It's common for lecturers to refer to themselves as "professors" because that's what the kids call them.
Do you really think this is an intentional lie? I know you don't like the man, but...if this were Clinton, I'd be saying the exact same thing.
Yes I do. Look at the article I referenced, he clearly tried to use his "status" as a Constitutional Law Professor to score points in a legal argument he was making. Every barred attorney has to pass a Character and Fitness Exam when they take a bar in any state. It is very extensive and bar committee's look for any contradictions or mistatements in potential Attorney's resume's or law school applications. For instance, if you lied about a job title when applying to law school then that could be used against you in denying you admission to a state bar. Obama, who has passed the bar in IL presumably (which has one of the most extensive bar exams behind CA, NY, VA) should know this and should cover his basis more. If it was just a little slip up it would be one thing, but he was clearly flat out lying about his legal background to sound more well versed on a Constitutional Laww Issue than George Bush. If for instance, he wrote on his law school application that he was a College Professor when he was not, I guarantee you that is something that would be highly scrutinized by Bar Examiners and anyone else in the Legal Profession.
Why are you so convinced that he was using it formally instead of colloquially, and attempting to lie instead of just offhandedly using a term that most Americans think are interchangeable?
You don't need to convince me that intentionally lying about such a matter would be wrong...of course it would be.
I'm just kind of saying, coming from someone who likes both McCain and Obama personally, and is pretty familiar with this whole full professor/lecturer thing, this seems like the sort of thing that I'd use to unreasonably justify disliking someone I already dislike.
