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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
John McCaslin :: Townhall.com Columnist
Backing Barack
by John McCaslin
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While we're handing out diplomas, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was the commencement speaker Sunday at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va., and if audience response was any indication when Mr. Kaine brought up Sens. John McCain, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, the latter is the preferred candidate.

"Measuring response on a scale of 1 to 10, Senator Clinton scored about 0.02," attendee Steve A. Brown of Springfield writes to Inside the Beltway. "Senator McCain scored about a 0.5 and ... Mr. Obama scored the highest with about a 4.0."

Groucho was wrong

Several legal heavyweights appear in the 30th anniversary issue (May 19) of the Legal Times, which crowns the 90 greatest Washington lawyers of the past 30 years.

"These thirty lawyers have upheld their profession's core values of public duty and client service, building pro bono practices, acting as bar presidents, taking on community causes, holding public service positions, and fighting to expand liberties and protect civil rights," the publication notes.

Inside the Beltway reached one such worthy counsel, D.C. malpractice lawyer Jack Olender, for his reaction: "I have one major disagreement with my all-time favorite quip-master, Groucho Marx. You'll recall he said, 'I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.' "

The lawyer stressed that he is "thrilled" to receive the honors "with my personal heroes like Bob Bennett, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ken Mundy, Robert Strauss, Joe Rauh Jr., Judge Patricia Wald and Edward Bennett Williams."

Oh, and he also adds: "I'm particularly happy to be in the 'Visionaries' category who are alive and kicking, versus the 'Pioneers in Law' with those who have passed on to the big courtroom in the sky."

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John McCaslin is a contributing columnist on Townhall.com and author of Inside The Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops, and Shenanigans from around the Nation's Capital .

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Reply # 1
Date: May 22, 2008 - 12:01 AM EST
Whites? try hispanics, italians, asians
CORRECTION TO THE MEDIA !!

It's not a white vs. black thing.

MANY other peoples in America do NOT like Obamba.

Just wait til you hear what Puerto Rico says.

Arizona (todo mexicano) REJECTS OBAMBA!

You can add Rev. Wright to the REAL reason people do not like Obamba.

JUST SAY "NO" TO "O"

NO-BAMA
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Reply # 2
Date: May 21, 2008 - 11:55 PM EST
THE AUDACITY OF DOPE !
p.s. anyone notice how obamba's been doing a little too much tweek or crank lately? i can see it in his palor and normally people gain weight when they quit smoking cigs--but not doper Obamba.

watch it come out when he has to go to the hospital! the guy STILL does DOPE.

I JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT IF IT'S COKE OR TWEEK...or some special concoction created out of Chicago where he partied with Rev. Wright. You really don’t think Wright is SOBER when he goes on his tirades do you?

JUST SAY “NO” TO “O”

Sing & rejoice: “Bye-bye la Obamba” and take your pole-dancing hood wife with you!
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