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Long Arm of the Law School

9.22.08 @ 12:01AM

TRUE CRIMSON
Re: Brett Joshpe's Obama the Harvard Lawyer:

Great piece, and the last time two lawyers were sleeping in the White House it worked out so well for us too, eh? Putting the plagiarist lawyer a short distance down the street won't make it any better.
-- Roger Ross
Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Hillary and Bill are both lawyers. Kerry's a lawyer. John Edwards is a lawyer. Biden's a lawyer.

McCain and Sarah are not lawyers. That's reason enough to vote for them. Lawyers work both sides of the street. They speak with forked tongues.
-- Fred Edwards

Editors of Law Reviews write articles for publication in their Review. Did Obama? Law professors, sometimes even law instructors, write articles for publication. Did Obama?

Please let us know.
-- Christopher J. Small
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

"Obama's challenge never has been to show people he is smart enough to serve as president; few would deny that he is. His HLS degree confirms his intelligence..."

Sorry, but I don't think he's very smart. He won't release his grades at Columbia, yet didn't graduate Honor roll in a relatively easy major, Political Science (makes him between 2.0-3.3, more than likely like the 2.6 I got as an Engineering student). He was President of the Law Review, yet had no published articles. He was never considered for any prestigious law firms, and even the NAACP didn't want him. He only gives soaring speeches when he has a trusty teleprompter. When he's on his own, he sounds like a stammering idiot, hence the nickname "Stuttering Barry."
-- Lawrence D. Cannon, P.E.
Terry, Mississippi

If Obama wins the presidency, he might further lower America's opinion of lawyers. I have long felt they should never be allowed to serve in top positions in government. Any profession which can willfully ignore right and wrong (arguing that it gets in the way of advocacy) has to be populated with a majority which lacks any true sense of morality.

Shakespeare was right. I have lawyer friends who freely admit the country would be better off if we were to shoot six out of every seven lawyers (if they weren't among those shot!).

I believe it was Mark Twain who observed, "One lawyer in a small town can barely make a living. Two, however, manage to do quite well."
-- R. Goodson
In exile in Florida

MAJORITY BLUNDERERS
Re: Andrew Cline's Pelosi and Reid Blew It:

I believe another significant contributing factor to the diminishing approval of the Dems is the rhetoric of the Obamas (Barack and Michelle!), their friends and supporters. I would say all the Democrat chickens are coming home to roost.
-- Mike S.
Sarasota, Florida

Actually, if it weren't for all the liberalism which has been injected through the American public school system over the past 30 years, the Democrats would be down about 20 points.

I would be willing to see Obama win the White House, if it weren't for those old, old Supreme Court justices the next president is going to get to replace.

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