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Harold Ford Jr. called self a lawyer but did not pass bar exam
www.tfponline.com ^ | October 06, 2006 | Michael Davis

Posted on 10/06/2006 6:06:43 AM PDT by falcon1966

Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Harold Ford Jr. referred to himself as a lawyer earlier this week, but the congressman has not passed the bar exam.

Michael Powell, senior adviser to the Ford campaign, said U.S. Rep. Ford took the Tennessee bar exam in February 1997 and failed. He said that was the only time Rep. Ford has taken the test.

Rep. Ford, of Memphis, got his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1996, according to his congressional Web site.

He said Tuesday during a meeting with Chattanooga Times Free Press editors and reporters that Republican opponent Bob Corker has said the next senator should be a businessman and not a lawyer.

"I told Senator (Lamar) Alexander, I said, ‘I won’t hold it against you if I’m elected, and there’s two lawyers in the delegation who try their hardest to work through the issues," Rep. Ford said.

Corker campaign spokesman Todd Womack said, "If Congressman Ford will stretch the truth about his own resume, what else will he stretch the truth about?" Mr. Powell said it is his understanding that Rep. Ford was joking when he made reference to being a lawyer during Tuesday’s meeting.

"He has never held himself out as a lawyer," Mr. Powell said.

He said President Bush has referred to Rep. Ford as a lawyer.

"I think it makes sense to send somebody up to Washington who’s not a lawyer," President Bush said at a Nashville fundraiser in late August, according to a transcript. "Nothing wrong with lawyers, we got a lot of them up there."

Mr. Powell said the GOP is finding "petty" things to talk about.

"We’re a month out from the election, and the Republicans and Mr. Corker still are not talking about the issues," he said.


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1 posted on 10/06/2006 6:06:44 AM PDT by falcon1966
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To: falcon1966

Ford is a Democrat. He can say whatever he wants.

Frankly, I could care less. But, if he was a Republican, there would be 3,245 stories about it in a Google search.


2 posted on 10/06/2006 6:08:26 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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To: falcon1966
Awww he meant to pass it.
3 posted on 10/06/2006 6:08:44 AM PDT by kinoxi (.)
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To: kinoxi

His bar exam results were fake but accurate.


4 posted on 10/06/2006 6:09:41 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: falcon1966

He failed the bar?


5 posted on 10/06/2006 6:12:03 AM PDT by Mo1 (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC - BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: falcon1966
Do you have to pass the bar to say you're a lawyer (if you went to law school)?

I've known lots of people who went to law school and worked as tax accountants, corporate lawyers, and investment bankers who didn't take the bar but still referred to themselves as lawyers. Were they wrong to do that?

6 posted on 10/06/2006 6:12:29 AM PDT by Dark Skies (Allah sez "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.")
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To: falcon1966
It is my understanding that Chuck Schumer never took the bar exam either.

But of course, dems can lie, it's their right.

7 posted on 10/06/2006 6:12:55 AM PDT by OldFriend (Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
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To: falcon1966

Could this be a crime?


8 posted on 10/06/2006 6:13:06 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: falcon1966

Ford graduated from UofM Law School and FAILED the Tennessee Bar Exam!!!! That is quite an embarrassment.


9 posted on 10/06/2006 6:14:14 AM PDT by Bahbah (Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)
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To: Mo1
Check this out....

Failing The Bar Exam

Snort.

10 posted on 10/06/2006 6:14:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Could this be a crime?

Passing the bar should be a capital offense....
11 posted on 10/06/2006 6:14:47 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: falcon1966

The press says the people of Tennessee are going to vote for Ford.

We all know how accurate the press is.


12 posted on 10/06/2006 6:15:48 AM PDT by new yorker 77 (FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
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To: Bahbah

LIAR!! LIAR!!

Of course he is a liberal Dem so it's OK. (sarcasm)


13 posted on 10/06/2006 6:16:02 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: Bahbah

Yeah, but he trah-ed!!!!

ROFL


14 posted on 10/06/2006 6:16:35 AM PDT by pinz-n-needlez (Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
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To: Dark Skies

You have to pass a bar exam to practice law. If you haven't, you can say you have a law degree, but you cannot call yourself a lawyer nor hold yourself out as practicing law.


15 posted on 10/06/2006 6:17:26 AM PDT by Bahbah (Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)
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To: Dark Skies

Yes. They may even be wrong to call themselves accountants!


16 posted on 10/06/2006 6:18:04 AM PDT by JubJub
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To: Kozak
The ford family and the bars.


17 posted on 10/06/2006 6:18:36 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: xsmommy

Can you still call yourself a lawyer if you sit for the bar exam only once and fail it?


18 posted on 10/06/2006 6:19:57 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: pinz-n-needlez

LOL. Yes, he did, while Alphonso Jackson, now Sec. of HUD, while he graduated from law school, did not even attempt to take the bar exam.


19 posted on 10/06/2006 6:20:14 AM PDT by Bahbah (Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)
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To: Dark Skies
There's a difference between representing oneself as a JD and representing oneself as admitted to the bar.

There is no such thing as a corporate lawyer who has not passed the bar exam. Such an individual may be called a legal consultant, but it would be unethical for them to represent themselves to clients as a lawyer.

20 posted on 10/06/2006 6:20:14 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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