October 20th 2008
The Sharks At The Head Of The Dem Party
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arrack Obama and Joe Biden are both lawyers, as are Hillary and Bill Clinton. Oh, and Michelle Obama is a lawyer, too. That takes care of the top of the Dem party.
Moving on, John Edwards, the disgusting former Dem candidate for president, is a lawyer, and so is his poor suffering wife, Elizabeth, who ought to sue him. In fact, an email I received recently revealed that every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate).
Every Democrat vice-presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Bentsen, went to law school, as did Harry Reid. The email said both Congressional Dem leaders are lawyers, but I don’t find evidence that Nancy Pelosi is. What law school would accept her? What the heck; it’s an almost perfect sweep for the Dems.
Not so for the GOP. President Bush and Vice President Cheney are not lawyers, but businessmen. John McCain was career military and Sarah Palin’s degree is in journalism.
Mitt Romney has a Juris Doctor, but he’s also got an MBA. Mike Huckabee put his religion degree to work as a pastor. I’m not sure how Ron Paul’s BA degree in biology has played out for him, but he does seem to be surrounded by a lot of smarmy stuff. He went on to become an OB/Gyn, delivering oodles of babies (as commenter Rich pointed out; thanks.) The other three primary contenders, none of whom won much approval from GOP voters, were all lawyers - or played one on TV: Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson.
The leaders of the Republican Revolution were not lawyers. Newt Gingrich was a history professor; Tom Delay was an exterminator; and, Dick Armey was an economist. House Minority Leader Boehner was a plastic manufacturer, and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is a heart surgeon.
Who was the last Republican president who was a lawyer? Gerald Ford, who left office 31 years ago and who barely won the Republican nomination when he ran in 1976 against Ronald Reagan, who was most decidedly not a lawyer.
In short, the leadership of the Democratic party is made up overwhelmingly of people who’s business is writing and applying laws and regulations. The GOP’s leadership is made up overwhelmingly of people who have tried to make a living despite all those laws and regulations.
Who do you trust more to fix the economy? The party of lawyers, or the party of business people?
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October 21st, 2008 at 8:53 am
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October 20th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Dr. Ron Paul holds a PhD in medicine from Duke University and The University of Pittsburgh, was a flight Surgeon in the Air Forceand had an OB/GYN practice over 30 years, delivering over 4000 babies.
A little more than “a degree in biology”, I would say…
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October 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
But judging by how the Republican establishment treated Dr. Paul, your point about the other Republican candidates is well taken…
October 20th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Thanks, Rich. True to form, Paul’s Wikipedia entry was formatted differently from the others, I skimmed quickly and missed it. I’ll correct the post.