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muchacho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 04:41 PM
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The first lawyer POTUS?
My money is on Lincoln.

Anyone?
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LibInternationalist Donating Member (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 04:42 PM
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1. that would be John Adams
sheesh
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muchacho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 04:45 PM
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2. Damn!
Damn! My dad mentioned the other day that the office went to hell when the lawyers started being elected.

he's a Repub so I thought I might be able to tie in the first lawyer with the first Repub and say "You know, you're right"
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LibInternationalist Donating Member (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 04:54 PM
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3. 25 have been lawyers, actually
including Jefferson, Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Calvin Coolidge, both Roosevelts, and Nixon
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 04:56 PM
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4. The best presidents, except for Washington, have been lawyers.
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LibInternationalist Donating Member (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 04:59 PM
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5. 10 out of 16 Republican Presidents* have been lawyers
*includes George W. Bush
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 05:18 PM
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6. George W. is NOT a lawyer
He has a gentleman's "C" MBA, but he is no lawyer. Neither was Reagan. Nixon was, Carter was not, Clinton was; LBJ - Nope. Will post 'em all. This lawyer says, get it right next time!
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 05:19 PM
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7. No, but he is one of the 16 Republicans
which is what was said grammatically.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 05:26 PM
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9. Misleading at best. But fine, have it your way.
Anyway, he is not a lawyer. We agree on that. He could never have passed the bar exam, that's for sure, without "help."
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 07:17 PM
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11. I think he had "help"
on his SAT scores, along with getting into the natl guard.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:14 PM
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12. * applied to U of Texas Law School but wasn't accepted. That's why
he did the MBA at Harvard.
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 05:24 PM
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8. Hell, he's not even a president!
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muchacho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 07:13 PM
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10. har
eom
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