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Edited on Wed Dec-26-07 08:09 AM by fed-up
ime for change (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-25-07 08:00 PM
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GOP Demonization of Trial Lawyers and How Edwards Will Fight Back If He’s the Democratic Nominee
Edited on Tue Dec-25-07 08:52 PM by Time for change
Republicans have been expressing nothing but contempt for trial lawyers for many years now. When John Edwards ran for Vice President in 2004 the anti-trial lawyer rhetoric heated up a notch. If he wins the Democratic presidential nomination, that rhetoric will heat up quite a bit more. Edwards is not just any trial lawyer. He is one of the most talented and successful trial lawyers ever to practice law in our country.
When Republican hostility and contempt for trial lawyers first became apparent to me, it was difficult for me to understand. The Republican Party is the party of the rich and powerful. Trial lawyers usually make quite a bit of money. So it would seem that the Republican Party would be very cozy with them. Furthermore, I too held a good amount of suspicion towards trial lawyers. It seemed to me that they made a lot more money than they deserved. I enjoyed lawyer jokes like bigots enjoy ethnic jokes. It seemed to me that since I held both Republicans and trial lawyers in such poor esteem that they should be natural allies.
But I eventually learned that my feelings about trial lawyers at the time were indicative of my ignorance on the subject. The irony is that the extent of my ignorance was largely due to Republican propaganda against trial lawyers – and I didn’t even know it. Like so many other Americans, then and now, I was disgusted at what I perceived as an overly litigious society characterized by a multitude of trivial lawsuits, which I believed led to skyrocketing costs that hurt us all.
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