Daily Mislead: Bush sued car rental company in 1989 "frivolous" suit

[swag]

===============================
THE DAILY MIS-LEAD

< http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1805376&l=48861 >
===============================

BUSH CRITICISM OF FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS HYPOCRITICAL

President Bush has repeatedly criticized what he calls a plague of frivolous lawsuits. In 2001, he said, "It's really important that we not have our system ladened down by unnecessary lawsuits."<1> More recently he complained that "there's too many lawsuits, a lot of them frivolous and junk lawsuits."<2> Yet, as the historical record shows, it was George W. Bush who in 1998 actually hired a trial lawyer and filed a lawsuit against a rental car company that legal experts called "unnecessary."

On November 2, 2000, the New York Daily News reported that Bush sued Enterprise Rent-a-Car in Austin over a fender bender involving his daughter, even though no one was hurt, and insurance would have covered the collision.<3> Bush "also tried to sue the woman who was driving the rental car but was unable to serve her with papers." Lawyers familiar with Texas insurance law "said such a suit would normally be unnecessary." One lawyer involved in the case said Bush sued because he "had paid for the repairs out of his own pocket" and that Bush pursued legal action even though the parties "exhaustively tried to resolve it short of a lawsuit."

Sources:

1. "President Calls for Modernization of Medicare," Whitehouse.gov, 07/13/01, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1805376&l=48862.
2. "Over 1.5 Million Jobs Created and 10 Straight Months of Job Gains," Whitehouse.gov, 7/02/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1805376&l=48863.
3. New York Daily News, 11/02/00, pg. 31.

Visit www.Misleader.org for more about Bush Administration distortion.

[ixion]

1. "Bush pursued legal action even though

the parties "exhaustively tried to resolve it short of a lawsuit."

Sound familar?

[Cocoa]

2. bizarre

Bush sues a car rental company five days before election day? And I'm just hearing about this now?

[LisaM]

3. I wonder what the nature of the accident was...

and why one of his daughters would have been driving a rental car in 1998? Don't you have to be at least 18 to rent a car?

[buycitgo]

4. this has been around for awhile

been posted here before, I think

I know I read about it

[swag]

5. Yeah, I found it also on Tompaine

but it was today's Daily Mislead, and if the pukes keep trumpeting this trial lawyer shit, they deserve a facefull of this.

[colonel odis]

7. i think you have to be 25 for most companies to rent you one.

n/t

[bossfish]

16. Looks like the "other" driver was in the rental car...

"...Bush "also tried to sue the woman who was driving the rental car but was unable to serve her with papers..."

[wishlist]

6. Last Friday, Bushbaby blamed job losses on lawsuits against companies

and pledged to put a stop to lawsuits because they are the cause of job losses. I saw him say that in his speech. So now both job losses and high health care costs are the fault of trial lawyers like Edwards. And today we learned that the high gas prices are the fault of Dems like Kerry who oppose ANWR drilling according to Cheney.

More hypocritical Bushit piled higher and deeper

[DU9598]

8. Another Bush Flip Flop

Funny since I just saw a new Bush attack ad calling Kerry a flip flopper and picturing him as a pinocchio-nosed weather vane.

Time for Kerry to attack back?

[onethatcares]

13. no, let him shoot his wad,

everyday people already see thru him, let him go on and on, he's boring as two old dogs doing it. Kerry is better to let him spend the funds now and do a major hit in October when it's most needed.

[John_H]

9. Classic GOP--like the healthcare system, the legal system is only to be

used by them. When other people--particularly people who don't have Inc. after their names--use either, it's out of control.

[Longhorn]

10. Your title says "1989." It actually happened in 1998.

In 1989, his twins were seven years old! I hope they weren't driving! :)

[Jack from Charlotte]

11. The article about the suit is available at The NY Post Archives....

for a few $$. It also states that the rental care company, Enterprise, donated $98,000 to his campaign.

[Doctor_J]

12. so let's see

he's anti-abortion rights, though his girlfriend had an aboortion before it was legal

he's anti-lawsuit, though he himself filed one 6 six years ago

he's pro-life, though he executed 110 people while governor

What a turd.

[LisaM]

14. He also filed several lawsuits in 2000...

in case you'd forgotten!

[ixion]

15. and he's a big fan of the 'war on drugs'

despite the fact that he's a cokehead.