Kerry's comeback line about Edwards being a "trial lawyer"

[zulchzulu]

This needs to be drilled in John Kerry's head. Whenever someone (like Larry King the other night interviewing JK and THK) asks about Edwards having "the liability of being a trial lawyer", he simply has to pepper his response about how "that great American President, Abraham Lincoln, was, at one point, a trial lawyer"...

That would shut them up on that silly notion.

Another angle would be to say that Edwards was smart enough to graduate from law school, unlike Bush who flunked out...



Then John could mention that he is slightly taller than Abe and would be the tallest President so far...if he wants.

[NMDemDist2]

1. bush flunked out... I had forgotten that! ROFL n/t

[coloradodem2005]

4. I didn't even know that Bush went to Law School.

I thought that he didn't even get accepted. I know that he went for an MBA and got one. Couldn't his family have bought him a law degree? Could someone elaborate on this.

[AP]

8. He didn't go to law school, AFAIK. He was rejected from UT.

[coloradodem2005]

9. I just wrote a timeline where he started Law School there in 1972.

He flunked out in 1973.

[AP]

10. Well, that certainly was well-hidden in 2000. I'd love to see

confirmation. Do you have a cite for an original sources?

[coloradodem2005]

12. It was an alternate timeline.

It was Alternate history so there are no sources. Just a little funny thing that I made up.

[AP]

16. Does the alternate timeline end up with prison time?

[coloradodem2005]

20. I don't know yet.

Might end up with no MBA.

[Tweed]

2. Recent polling showed that a majority of people think that being

a trial lawyer is a good thing. I'll take that info and just let the Republicans shoot themselves in the foot with it.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. Kerry doesn't have to respond to any of that crap...let Edwards do it...

...I guarantee you that it will be MUCH more effective coming from him.

[zulchzulu]

5. Yep, Edwards could deliver a great line about Abe and him

Talk about slappin' them down...

[mbee]

24. Hundreds of trial lawyers were flowing into FL by Bushco to steal

the 2000 Election!

[MajorFlaw]

6. Shrub did not flunk out of law school. His application to TCU was

rejected. IIRC the words used were, "While we believe that there is a place in the world for George Bush, our school isn't it." Shrub is still looking for something other than drinking and drugging that he's good at.

[katieforeman]

11. What does TCU stand for?

What about IIRC? Is that an exact quote?

[MajorFlaw]

13. TCU=Texas Christian University. IIRC= if I recall correctly. And, no,

that is not a direct quote, but it is pretty close. The words used in the letter of rejection to shrub were not very flattering.

[Tansy_Gold]

19. No, it was UTA

University of Texas at Austin, IIRC. It sure as heck wasn't TCU!


(edited to add ------ )

Tansy Gold, former 'Frog mom

[MajorFlaw]

21. I must have disremembered. Thanks for correcting me.

n/t

[DieboldMustDie]

7. Why is representing citizens challenging corporate interests...

seen as a liability? :shrug:

[charlyvi]

14. Because it costs them money.

So they feel it is very anti-business and, therefore, anti-American. Of course, having to be made accountable for defective products is not something they like to mention; after all, the investor class must have their profits. (sarcasm)

[senseandsensibility]

15. I really like

the line about* not even being able to get into law school. Of course the fact that he was turned down by the law school he applied to is not known to the average American, and it shows that he wanted to be a lawyer(the same as Edwards) BUT WASN'T SMART ENOUGH. Now that's a two for one punch. I was just think thinking that a surrogate should be spreading this all over the airwaves; it sounds too conceited for Kerry or Edwards to say it, I suppose.

[wish_I_could_vote]

17. My personal favorite:

"Obliviously on he sails
with test scores lower than Quayle's"

[PurityOfEssence]

18. Who dislikes lawyers most? Criminals.

Makes perfect sense to me...

Two lawyers versus two criminals.

[Dover]

22. ........the Atticus Finches of the world are rare in this jaded society

but they DO still exist, and many a trial lawyer was inspired to enter into this vocation for all the right reasons...a la Finch.

http://www.sevillepublishing.com/html/atticus_finch.html

[NNadir]

25. The world sure could use some Atticus Finching now.

Decency. Integrity. Humanity. Dignity. Consistency.

Whatever happened to ideals like those? Damn, whatever happened to them.

[patricia92243]

23. Perfect answer!! Kerry looks like honest Abe and Edwards has same..

profession.

[dpbrown]

26. Better a trial lawyer than a training wheels President

Republicans hate trial lawyers because they actually make money HELPING people.

DPB

[DeepModem Mom]

27. Good idea -- Edwards has the same background as our greatest Pres n/t