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To: combjelly who wrote (305526)	10/6/2006 12:35:37 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585095

Yeah, if all this were coming together on the Republican side, it would be the result of some evil and nefariously plotted plan! But as for it coming from the Dems, you can be pretty sure it's just dumb luck. It's revealing the weakness of the Rove "divide and rule" strategy, where they get to 51% and don't even attempt to build consensus. It's just too easy to turn enough voters to have them lose control.

To: combjelly who wrote (305526)	10/6/2006 12:44:21 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1585095

Ford called self a lawyer but did not pass bar exam By Michael Davis Staff Writer 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?" tfponline.com.

To: combjelly who wrote (305526)	10/6/2006 4:07:10 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585095

And for once their strategy of sitting on their hands and doing nothing has paid off. It makes Hastert et al look like fools when they start claiming that the Democrats are behind it all and driving this thing. But even a Fox viewer has got to notice that almost all of the ones calling for Hastert's head are conservatives and/or Republicans. Actually, the strategy they've been using is very calculated. Word has gone out from Dean's office....."use any fall out from Foley in your local campaigns very carefully and prudently"......but on the national level, the DNC will not take advantage. And I agree with that approach for two reasons: with a circular shooting gallery in play within the the GOP, the Dems don't need to do anything but watch the mayhem and destruction; the other reason is that it could have been as easily a Dem sending prurient emails to pages. The Dems are very fortunate that there are no Dems involved.