slow news day? Obama got 17 parking tickets while at Harvard Law School!!!!!!!

[WI_DEM]

17 parking tickets over three years (88-91) this will destroy his presidential ambitions.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/08/obama_paid_late_parking_tickets/

I hate to think how many tickets I got in Madison over three years for having a meter run out or parking on the wrong side of the street (alternate parking) during winter! Good thing I'm not running for president.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Only Three! He's Got My Vote!

The Cambridge ticket brigade are nasty, nasty - like piranhas on a cow carcass.

He done good.

[liberal N proud]

2. A president and his entire regime is caught in lies, soldiers die

And those who return are spit upon by the government but what are they talking about on the news?

That Obama payed back parking tickets.

This is just how fucked up our world is, they will smear him over this if they can and blow it completely out of proportion.

[tridim]

3. I know for a fact I have unpaid parking tickets from my college days

They gave up trying to collect long ago because I threatened to deduct the difference from my alumni association dues. :)

[karlrschneider]

4. Interesting comment from the article:

"At times, he received multiple tickets in the same day for exceeding the time limit at a meter."

Why isn't that multiple jeopardy?

(I'm only barely kidding here) :eyes:

[CorpGovActivist]

5. He Just Got a Boost among MA Voters and Harvard Grads Everywhere

The Cambridge meter minders are - well, to put it charitably - predatory.

Now I'm wondering if all mine are paid.

:rofl:

- Dave

[MADem]

9. Damn right!!! Of course, those PARKING TICKETS are SERIOUS

...way more important than Bush or Cheney's DUIs........

[malaise]

24. Way more serious than

Libby's lies or Bush and Cheney's war crimes.

[Bluzmann57]

6. Well that's it then

How can anyone support him if he is a parking scofflaw? These people who get parking tickets must be stopped. No Obama at all. Hopefully, all you out there will recognize this for the :sarcasm: it is.

[David Zephyr]

7. Oh my! Bill Bennett will be "outraged".

They can all kiss Obama's ass. Go Obama!

[WI_DEM]

8. I "bet" he will

[walldude]

22. LOL... good one.

:toast:

[shain from kane]

10. Lovely Rita, meter maid. A day in the life.

[cally]

11. I guess I can't run for Pres.

I have many more parking tickets than that from my college days.

[iamjoy]

12. He Just Lost Roxy Harvey's Vote

Dead Like Me fans will get this.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

13. Sounds like I'd like to have a beer with him How bout you? n/t

[WI_DEM]

17. yup

[cureautismnow]

14. "Don't follow leaders.

Watch the parkin' meters!"

-RZ, Subterranean Homesick Blues

[jimshoes]

15. What next.... overdue

library books, ripping the "do not remove tags" from mattresses? Sheesh!:banghead:

[Dr Fate]

16. He also tears those labels off of mattresses.

Or so i heard.

[liberal renegade]

18. BFD!

[Cheap_Trick]

19. talk about desperate

this is the best dirt they can come up with? they're slipping in their old age. fucking pussies.

[Canuckistanian]

20. Shocked. Shocked, I say.

And outraged. Shocked and outraged.

And disappointed.

So, there you have it.

Shocked, outraged and.. um... disappointed.

Shocked, outraged and disappointed.

Can I go now?

[Generic Brad]

21. A scoff law?

Next thing we'll hear is that he has spread litter with cigarrett butts. :sarcasm:

[michaelwb]

23. Tip of the iceberg

Just before Iowa the true bombshell will be revealed - videos that he didn't re-wind when he returned them to the video store when he was in college!!!!

How long will we tolerate politicians flaunting the laws of civilized society.

;-)

[ProfessorGAC]

27. Well, Another Reason

See my post right below yours. The legal process must take swift action!
The Professor

[AlCzervik]

25. it makes him more like the rest of us. I used to work in Downtown Boston

and the few times i drove in instead of taking the T i always got a ticket.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. I Say We Call For His Summary Execution

What a criminal! And here i voted for him for the senate. I should be flogged for that, too!
The Professor