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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (115266)	8/24/2008 9:08:05 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Mine either. Some people with prematurely advanced political skills manage to wangle their way out of various bad situations. In my day, a Harvard student was expelled for shoplifting a small box of hole-reinforcers (that you licked and glued on notebook binder paper) from the Harvard Coop. But I also saw conspicuous examples of academic con-men at work. These included Rhodes Scholars and Ivy League Ph. D.s. I think someone should find out exactly what went on at Syracuse Law when Biden took an F for plagiarism--just how the circumstances were extenuated. But that's not juicy enough for the National Enquirer.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (115266)	8/25/2008 12:34:16 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

A black Hillary Clinton delegate on Sunday accused state Senate President Emil Jones of calling her an “Uncle Tom.” Jones — Barack Obama’s political mentor — denied using the racially loaded slur against Chicago political consultant Delmarie Cobb, but two aldermen who said they witnessed the Saturday night exchange back up Cobb’s account. “Last night, I was called an ‘Uncle Tom’ by Emil Jones in the lobby of the hotel, right in front of [Ald.] Freddrenna Lyle and [Ald.] Leslie Hairston and [Ald.] Latasha Thomas,” said Cobb, a member of Clinton’s Illinois Steering Committee. “I walked over to him and asked him, ‘What did you just call me?’ ” The embarrassing flap came on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, which will open tonight with a string of Chicago speakers talking about Obama’s life story. Jones is often referred to as Obama’s “political godfather.” michellemalkin.com