Obama Lawyer Career Explored By LA Times

(Conclusion)
Her only hope was a quick and successful end to the Invasion AND the war. That, of course, didn't happen. Once she made that vote, nothing she's done or could have done would save her.

Given her natural constituency, given the competence level of George Bush and the ideological mindset of his administration and Party, she, in effect, rolled the dice with that vote and came up snake eyes.

Nothing else really matters.

With all the back and forth going on [and Ive certainly been a part of it] about Obama's resume, specifically, and the comparisons between Obama and Hillary, in general, there are some things that are evident:

Obama's resume is pretty much what we would expect given Obama's long standing profile. There aren't any bombshells and one would be hard pressed to find anything from this nonstory.

Two, Hillary isn't being hurt by her sense of entitlement, her belittling of Obama, her misrepresentation of the facts, her inside baseball type way of dealing with opponents or, even, Obama's sleekly efficient panther of a campaign so much as the one thing that many said would be a problem: Her vote against the war.

Take that away from the equation and, I think, Hillary wins Iowa. The fact that she voted for a war that any hard-core democrat could see was fishy raised the old spectors of "amoral" triangulation and no-different-from-republicanism DLC centrism. The invasion quickly going south forced her to start backing and filling and that evoked the issue of trust. The anti-war heart of the Party had the bone she provided them and they've never let go. That core, in turn, has energised the rest of the Party and it's Katy bar the Door, here comes the perfect storm vis a vis Hillary's presidential aspirations.
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Here's another case of trying to create a story where there is no story. First fews paragraphs lead you to believe Sen. Obama didn't do the things he said he did, then if you get to the "end" and realize that's not the case he actually did do the things he said he did -- just another hack reporter in need of story but didn't have one.

We need to hear more about those letters Sen O wrote on State stationary that enabled millions of government $$ to go to his slum lord pal Rezko. That's the nugget in this article and i am sure it's going to be a big gold one for the GOP.

He can't bowl and he used to smoke ciggies!!!

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The financial aspects of practice require that someone who does something like CR law to have other areas of practice to allow the lights to be kept on. By in large, he did as he said within the parameters of working at a firm. Polished his resume? Sure did. And the 1 in 1000 of YOU out there who have never polished your resume can all pat yourselves on the back and feel good about not voting for the only candidate that might be able to save the Constitution while basking in your false sense of moral superiority. He did as he said he did . . . he fought more for the "little man" as much or more than the "big man" and when he did it looks like he performed his advocacy with the zeal and thoroughness required by law regardless of who the client was. And here is a dirty little secret: Lawyers OFTEN do not like their clients or think them innocent, but until Bush started screwing with the 4th Amendment, everyone is due a defense. Even Bush, when he is eventually tried for war crimes, should have a defender at bar. It's a core concept upon which this country is built.

There is a distinction many of you seem to be missing. There is a difference between polishing and embellishing. It's the same difference between the concept of spin and outright lying: favorable language vs. fabrication. Compared to most attorneys, this guy is an angel.

OBAMA IS A LIAR AND FRAUD. OBAMABOT'S BETTY FORD IS AWAITING. YES YOU CAN--SHAKE THE KOOLAIDE ADDICTION.

OMG! Obama embellishing his record....no! This man is so arrogant and it is finally starting to show. Let's hope it's not too late.

Obama voted "present" 130 times in the State Senate, refusing to take a stand.

You can't do that as the Pres.

Let's compare:
Barack -- Editor of Harvard Law Review
HRC -- Flunked first bar exam
Barack -- Worked for small firm with civil-rights reputation by choice
HRC -- Worked for large law factory with emphasis on (often questionable) billable hours after connections procured her the job
Barack -- Went directly into public service after practicing law
HRC -- Hung around at law factory and learned how to get rich quick trading cattle futures until hubby elected president
Barack -- No evidence that he hid billing records from his firm
HRC -- Not so much
Barack -- Actually lived in Illinois for five years before running for state senate
HRC -- Carpetbagged to NY with sole intention of launching presidential bid

If the criterion here is who was the better lawyer and that criterion is measured on the pitbull/sleaze scale, HRC wins hands down.