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Harold Ford: caught on video clips (who you gonna believe? me or your lyin' eyes?)
American Thinker ^
| 10/25/06
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Posted on 10/25/2006 6:32:31 AM PDT by teddyballgame
See for yourself. CNN Headline News reports on Harold Ford, Jr.s campaign advisers claim (in response to a newspapers report that he never passed the bar examination) that he never held himself out to be a lawyer. Then, on CNN, Harold Ford states Im a lawyer.
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To: kaboom
It is that southern accent, he is definitely saying lair.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:00:33 AM PDT
by
sweetiepiezer
(A CARD CARRYING MEMBER OF THE VRWC!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Fairview
I think you're a lawyer if you practice law.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:08:05 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: teddyballgame
Slippery ethics on Ford's part. Makes him suitable to run as a Democrat. Fits right in with the party's principles.
To: teddyballgame
If he holds a juris doctorate degree then he is a Doctor of the Law.
But not passing the bar? It is a tough test but it isn't *that* hard.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:12:10 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: Ron in Acreage
"Will Ford campaign call this racist too?"
Sexist and homophobic, too. Have to invoke the Liberal Trinity at every opportunity -- even when you have to make one.
Repeat after me:
Racist and sexist and homophobic, oh my!
Racist and sexist and homophobic, oh my!
Racist and sexist and homophobic, oh my!
Racist and sexist and homophobic, oh my!
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:12:21 AM PDT
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: swain_forkbeard
"I think you're a lawyer if you practice law."
But you have to be admitted to the bar of the court before you can practice in that jurisdiction.
To: Fairview
You're a lawyer if you graduate from law school. That's not necessarily so. I don't know if it's by tradition or by law but those who have graduated law school but not yet passed the bar exam are not considered to be lawyers. As far as I know, the term 'lawyer' is reserved for those who have passed the bar exam.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:15:23 AM PDT
by
Bob
To: teddyballgame
I guess then when my wife calls me a "space cadet" I can tell everyone that I'm an astronaut now! Always wanted to be one so now's my chance! Life is great. :0 )
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:16:23 AM PDT
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: Fairview
Nope, you're a JD if you graduate from law school - not a lawyer until you're admitted to a bar.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:17:28 AM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: teddyballgame
LOL...I don't know about practicing law, but I know that in most, if not all States, making a public statement presenting yourself as an Engineer when in fact you are not licensed by the State in the regulated profession, is deemed "practicing without a license"...which is unlawful. You can't even have business cards with the title "Engineer". Some of you Lawyer-type Freepers should shed some light on this for us.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:17:31 AM PDT
by
Lekker 1
(("...the world will be...eleven degrees colder by the year 2000" -- K. Watt, Earth Day, 1970)
To: popdonnelly; Fairview; Bob
Don't know the facts of this issue or if he claimed to have "practiced" law but, in some states (maybe all, I don't know) it's a felony to practice law without a license. And passing the bar exam is usually a prerequisite to being licensed.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:18:24 AM PDT
by
jim macomber
(Author: "Bargained for Exchange", "Art & Part", "A Grave Breach" http://www.jamesmacomber.com)
To: kaboom
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:20:02 AM PDT
by
Grendel9
To: swain_forkbeard
I'm decended from a ford therefore I could've been a lawyer.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:20:03 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: YdontUleaveLibs
All the more reason for we broken glass Republicans to get out and vote Pubbies into office, to bury these lying, blood-drenched democrats asap ... to not do so when we have this amazing opportunity of liberal exposure is to commit slow suicide and spit in the face of our courageous military personnel fighting the war on terrorists.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:24:33 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
To: kaboom
Did he take his tourette meds or the ones MJ Fox did'nt?
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:25:08 AM PDT
by
colonialhk
(not a sooprize sooprize sooprize)
To: teddyballgame
I guess if the RNC ran an ad on this Ford would claim that's racist too.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:25:51 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
To: teddyballgame
I passed the NY bar but don't practice, and I have been known to self-identify as a lawyer. I think the key is passing a bar and getting a professional license.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:26:42 AM PDT
by
HitmanLV
("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
To: All
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:28:00 AM PDT
by
ElPatriota
(Let's not forget, we are all still friends despite our differences)
To: Fairview
You said: Wait a minute. You're a lawyer if you graduate from law school. You get admitted to the bar in your state and can practice law if you pass the bar exam. I think it's fair for him to say he's a lawyer if he graduated from law school; he should just not say that he is a practicing attorney.
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I have to disagree. If you graduate law school you are a law school graduate. You can put JD after your name (if you are lame). A lawyer is someone who practices law, and to do that you must pass the bar exam and be admitted to practice.
If I took a plumbing course at a technical school and passed it, I couldn't call myself a plumber unless I had a license.
Now, being a JOURNALIST is different, since there is no license required. All you have to do is write stuff-- I don't think you even have to be published.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:35:35 AM PDT
by
NCLaw441
To: BenLurkin
You said: But not passing the bar? It is a tough test but it isn't *that* hard.
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It can't be too hard, even I passed it, and on the first try.
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posted on
10/25/2006 7:37:14 AM PDT
by
NCLaw441
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