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'''Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.''' (b. Honolulu, August 4, 1961) is the 2008 nominee of the [[Democratic Party]] for president.<ref>[http://www.democrats.org Democratic Party website]</ref>  A law school lecturer for 12 years (1992-2004),<ref>[[http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media/index.html]]</ref> Obama has served as a freshman [[Democratic]] [[Senator]] from [[Illinois]] for 3.5 years, having first served in statewide office beginning in 2005.  [[Image:Democrat Obama during the Pledge.jpg|325px|thumb|right|Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama on the campaign trail with [[Bill Richardson]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] during the [[National Anthem]].]]

'''Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.''' (b. Honolulu, August 4, 1961) is the 2008 nominee of the [[Democratic Party]] for president.<ref>[http://www.democrats.org Democratic Party website]</ref>  A law school lecturer for 12 years (1992-2004),<ref>[[http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media/index.html]]</ref> Obama has served as a freshman [[Democratic]] [[Senator]] from [[Illinois]] for 3.5 years, having first served in statewide office beginning in 2005.  [[Image:Democrat Obama during the Pledge.jpg|325px|thumb|right|Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama on the campaign trail with [[Bill Richardson]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] during the [[National Anthem]].]]

Obama falsely claimed that he was a constitutional law professor, when in actuality he merely held the title of "Senior Lecturer."<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/30/politics/p132303D74.DTL&type=politics</ref><ref>http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4238307</ref>

According to the University of Chicago: "From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. . ."

Obama wore an American flag lapel pin after [[9/11]], but later stopped wearing it without adequate explanation.<ref>http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/when_did_obama_stop_wearing_a.html</ref>  Presumably it would have hurt him with anti-military campaign donors.<ref>In 2007, at critical moments in his campaign for the nomination, Obama had difficulties securing the anti-war supporters. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/04/politics/main2645861.shtml]</ref>

Obama wore an American flag lapel pin after [[9/11]], but later stopped wearing it without adequate explanation.<ref>http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/when_did_obama_stop_wearing_a.html</ref>  Presumably it would have hurt him with anti-military campaign donors.<ref>In 2007, at critical moments in his campaign for the nomination, Obama had difficulties securing the anti-war supporters. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/04/politics/main2645861.shtml]</ref>