JOHN SEMMENS: Semi-News http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm Lawyer Controversy Plagues Ford Campaign
In his campaign for the U.S. Senate, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn) is reported to have falsely claimed to be a lawyer. Ford was awarded a law degree by the University of Michigan Law School in 1996. Ford took the Tennessee bar exam in February 1997 but failed.
The allegation that Ford falsely claimed to be a lawyer stems from the following quote that appeared in the newspaper: I told Senator (Lamar) Alexander, I said, I wont hold it against you if Im elected, and theres two lawyers in the delegation who try their hardest to work through the issues.
Ford contends that the reporter misunderstood what he had said. The word I used was laweryou know, a person who makes laws, which is what I do in congress, Ford said.