Trick!

Celtic stunt
Chicago lawyer adopts Irish alias for upcoming election
IRISH ECHO by BRENDAN KANE, October 26

EXCERPT: "Fred Rhine legally became Patrick Michael O'Brien On Oct. 7. He plans to run for the position of judge in the "Windy City" next year. In an interview with the Irish Echo yesterday, O'Brien confessed he had no known Irish relatives, and confirmed that he did not even know the words to "Danny Boy."

Describing his ruse as "a commentary on what it takes to win" in Chicago's Irish-American dominated political bear-pit, O'Brien said he would rather run based on his credentials. A lawyer of some 19 years' of practice under his belt, O'Brien describes himself as a legal scholar. He found his original German-Danish surname was not enough to propel him past Irish-sounding candidates with little experience."

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