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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:28 AM Original message |
As New Lawyer, Senator Defended Big Tobacco |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Of course she did. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Do NOT disparage attorneys for doing their job! |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You are accosting me for reporting what the NY Times wrote? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. she has been completely upfront about the fact she worked on the phillip morris matter |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Once again, go bitch to the NY Times, WTF is wrong with you people |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Do you believe your professional choices wouldn't be on the table |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I agree with you. She took a stinker of a case and won. That means she's got a good mind. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. How can you possibly take this article as a swipe at lawyers??? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. No, not the article--the klinking editorial turd of a comment posted AFTER the article. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Oh I get it, pounce on my comment and blame me for her lapse in ethical judgement |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I did not "pounce," nor did I "blame." You wrote that comment, I didn't. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. What the fuck do I care if you take me seriously or not, this isn't my life's work |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Always aggressive, aren't you? Tsk, tsk. Bite me? You're fond of the two word retort, apparently. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. A narcotics peddler (individual crime) is a lot different than a major corporation defending |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. So now she's in trouble for being a good lawyer? Is there... |
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antimatter98 (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. A good lawyer doesn't promote dying at the hands of corporate America. n/t |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. A good lawyer zealously represents his/her client. |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I don't know when she graduated from law school |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. she graduated from law school in 1991 |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. They didn't hire HER. They hired her firm. |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Either she did a minor amount of paperwork and research |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. she probably started out with a relatively minor role and grew into a more senior role |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. "For a case like this"? She was assembling documents in response to subpoenas. nt |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That is not what the OP implies and says. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I suspect the OP/article is mistaken or exaggerating. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. At first I though it said |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Defending the Habanero Gang |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. Two things: One: a new lawyer in a firm does not have a thing to say about |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's a lawyer's job to represent all sorts of clients |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I guess no one here read the article completely |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I read it. And I worked at a big law firm. Believe me, the "option" |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. this reminds me of the right wing rant against Tony West |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Yes, and it's particularly interesting to see such broad brushing on a "progressive" forum. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
18. Well let's have a law then, companies and criminals we don't like should not be able to hire |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. What a steaming pile of bullshit |
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