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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pompsander who wrote (751185)	10/6/2006 12:32:13 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

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: pompsander who wrote (751185)	10/6/2006 12:37:01 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Former President George H.W. Bush warns of 'wild' Democrats...(41 into the fray, GOOD !) AP ^ \| Thu, Oct. 05, 2006 GLADWYNE, Pa. - Former President George H.W. Bush said Thursday that a Democratic takeover of Congress would be a "ghastly thing for our country." Bush, speaking at a fundraiser for Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., warned that the Republican majority of the Senate is at risk. "This is more than party versus party, it is the idea that if we have some of these wild Democrats in charge of these committees it will be a ghastly thing for our country," Bush said. Democrats would need to gain six seats in the Senate and 15 in the House in the Nov. 7 general election to gain control of each chamber. Bush cited the effect of a Democratic takeover on GOP members of Congress, including Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., as well as on the president. "I would hate to think what Sen. Arlen's life would be like, what Rick's life would be like, and my son's life would be like if we lose control of the Congress," Bush said. The Democrats, he said, "just have a very different view ... and they'd be pushing all kinds of crazy legislation."