Miscellaneous

Barack Obama - Traffic Scofflaw!

Did you know that while he was living in Somerville (Somerville, represent!) and attending Harvard Law School, Barack racked up a strong 17 traffic violations, including seven in an eight-day stretch? And better yet, while this was from 1988 through 1991, he didn't actually pay those violations until last year, almost two decades later.

My high-school buddy Dave Hoffman asks the valid question of "how did Obama pass his character and fitness evaluation," when folks always say that past-due tickets are one of the big things that the Bar focuses on. Because if you didn't pay a parking ticket when you were in college, you might not have the high moral fiber so many lawyers proudly share with the public each and every day.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on February 14, 2008 (boomark / email).