Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Junior: Substance-free
One of my favorite fellow bloggers, Hugh Hewitt, has Junior pegged:
I find [Harold] Ford, [Junior] a generally appealing guy, but if I were running the world there would be a law that you can’t be a career politician until you’ve done something else in life. This would hold doubly true for the children of politicians who as a class don’t seem particularly impressive or gifted. (See Casey, Robert Jr. for more on this subject.)
One other thing about Harold Ford. He graduated the University of Michigan Law School and failed the bar. This is not common. Michigan is an outstanding law school, perhaps even in the country’s top 20. Most of its graduates effortlessly pass the bar.
The relevance of this? Perhaps Ford is just a young guy who has coasted along with a pretty face and a famous name without being burdened by any undue amount of substance.
Editor's note: I couldn't have said it any better myself.
I find [Harold] Ford, [Junior] a generally appealing guy, but if I were running the world there would be a law that you can’t be a career politician until you’ve done something else in life. This would hold doubly true for the children of politicians who as a class don’t seem particularly impressive or gifted. (See Casey, Robert Jr. for more on this subject.)
One other thing about Harold Ford. He graduated the University of Michigan Law School and failed the bar. This is not common. Michigan is an outstanding law school, perhaps even in the country’s top 20. Most of its graduates effortlessly pass the bar.
The relevance of this? Perhaps Ford is just a young guy who has coasted along with a pretty face and a famous name without being burdened by any undue amount of substance.
Editor's note: I couldn't have said it any better myself.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Wednesday, October 18, 2006 
