A Trial Lawyer on Ticket Has Corporate U.S. Seeing Red

[papau]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-lawyers13sep13.story
THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
A Trial Lawyer on Ticket Has Corporate U.S. Seeing Red
With Edwards as their lightning rod, business interests see Nov. 2 as critical to 'legal reform.'
By David G. Savage
Times Staff Writer

September 13, 2004

WASHINGTON — The billionaire chairman of an insurance company describes members of the group as "terrorists." To the head of a national wholesalers group, they seem like "predators."<snip>

President Bush has long campaigned against what he calls "frivolous and junk lawsuits," and he hopes to make "tort reform" a centerpiece of a second term in office. Many business leaders hope he gets a chance.

"We cannot ignore what may prove to be a make-or-break election for legal reform at the national level," said Thomas J. Donohue, the chamber's president, shunning the business lobby's traditional neutrality in presidential races. "When voters go to the polls, they need to know lawsuit abuse destroys jobs, drives doctors out of business and forces companies into bankruptcy."<snip>

"You cannot be pro-doctor, pro-patient, pro-hospital and pro-trial lawyer at the same time," Bush said at a rally Friday in West Virginia. "You have to choose. My opponent made his choice, and he put him on the ticket."<snip>

"Corporate America is in charge these days. They control the White House, the Congress and the Supreme Court. But so far, they don't control the right to trial by a jury. That's the only place where ordinary citizens can go and have their complaints heard," Quinn said. "Ordinary people can't hire lobbyists in Washington, but in the courtroom, they get an equal chance to stand up against a corporation."<snip>

[drdigi420]

1. Aww, call them a waambulance

the poor little corporations, required to do business without injuring or stealing from their customers, how will they ever survive?

[Search Party]

2. poor poor corporate 'murka

when is enough enough?

greed is the right wings epidemic

[Czolgosz]

3. We should have our responses ready

Because the Korporate Khamber of Komerce will spend a large sum of money attacking John Edwards in late October. We should already be talking up Edwards's strong stance for American people against corporate greed.

[spooky3]

5. The KKK tried it against Edwards in 1998 and he blew them away.

He's ready for them; don't worry.

[HughBeaumont]

4. These bitches NEED to be put in check.

Gee, sorry that you fuckers have and exploit every advantage known to mankind and that STILL isn't enough. Enough is NEVER, EVER enough with these people.

Ever so true even in parody

[peacetalksforall]

6. Are we of the people, for the people, by the people - or

of the corporate-military, for the corporate-military, by the corporate-military?