Should JE be ashamed of his career as a trial lawyer, as Obama implied?

[Clintonista2]

Poll question: Should JE be ashamed of his career as a trial lawyer, as Obama implied?

http://kos.dailykos.com/

[DemKR]

1. K&R

[Windy]

6. Shouldn't you two (Lirwin and DemKR) be in Iowa pushpolling for Hill

instead of spamming DU to death and making asses out of yourselves?

[Clintonista2]

13. Who e-rages more? Windy or Sandnsea?

[mtnsnake]

25. LOL

Good one! :evilgrin:

[polichick]

2. Wow, is Obama THAT desperate???

Not good.

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. he didn't imply that

and you know it

[Windy]

4. Obama did NOT say that. Typical hillary supporter BS (harvard law grad)

Obama graduated Harvard Law and was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He could have had his pick of any position at any prestige law firm in the country for a very lucrative sum (without setting foot in a court room first btw) but instead, chose public service work in Chicago. I commend him for that.

That is not some kind of overt or covert slap at Edwards. It is a fact that he chose not to capitalize on his degree from Harvard. It has NOTHING to do with Edwards!!!

Edwards doesn't deserve to be drug into the Hillary dirt either btw!!!

[Double T]

5. If YOU are fighting the scumbag greed mongering corporate insurance companies..............

you're OK with me. Awards need to be brought in line and lawyers need their fees capped to 20% of the award.

[Tactical Progressive]

22. A sliding scale is needed

I would suggest 30% down to 3%, depending upon the jury award.

Less than 1/3 all the way down to single digits would hold the legal profession in much better esteem.

At 3% of say ten billion dollars, like say some class-action tobacco settlement, that's three-hundred million dollars, which is more than enough of a payday for anyone.

[jillan]

7. Where did Obama say that?

I have heard people question the fact that Edwards made millions but never did pro-bono work while he was a trial lawyer....
but I never heard this one.

[Clintonista2]

11. He was speaking at one of his rallies

And talked about how he wanted to serve the public, which is why he didn't become a trial lawyer. It was really a nasty swipe, one that Edwards didn't deserve (and I'm NO FAN of Edwards).

edit: Kos is talking about it too http://kos.dailykos.com/

[Tactical Progressive]

20. People are catching up to Obama's demeaning rhetoric

Nasty character assassination is WHAT HE DOES.

And in the doing he typically smears many other Dems, in this case trial lawyers who are often the last or even only resort for helpless people fighting against big power.

And even beyond the individual character assassination, and the broad anti-Democrat smears, he does it by resorting to and reinforcing the worst of Publican memes, ie trial lawyers are scum.

He knocks down Democrats to build himself up. He doesn't care - he's all about Obama and only Obama.

This is a continual pattern with Pabo.

[stray cat]

8. If I'm up against a corparate giant - I want Edwards on my side!

[flpoljunkie]

12. Does that apply to hedge funds, as well?

[surfermaw]

24. You got that right,

[BootinUp]

9. its not a question of shame

it was a choice. A lawyer who gets 1/3 of any settlement cannot claim social change, public service as his motivation, not credibly anyways. However, it is still a worthy occupation that is needed.

[surfermaw]

10. Obama, really isn't ready to be President

He is a little green isn't he, sometimes a lawyer and a jury is the only thing some men have, God Bless men like John Edwards that stands up for the average american,

[Yael]

14. Obama is not quick on his feet enough

he would have made a lousy trial attorney. ;)

[Tactical Progressive]

21. Yeah, but he reads speeches well

Now who does that remind me of?

[patrice]

15. Could you supply a link to whatever it is that you are referring to, please? nt

[Clintonista2]

16. added

[AtomicKitten]

17. Should Lirwin2 be ashamed of stirring up/making up shit? Yes indeed.

[Clintonista2]

18. link?

[no_hypocrisy]

19. I consider John Edwards to be an honorable attorney at law.

He chose out of all the possibilities of a legal career to defend the individual against the body corporate. Trial attorneys such as JE speak for the individual who is injured, maimed, or killed by a defective product which was marketed, promised to be, presumed to be, and sold as "safe" and/or the individual who is likewise disabled or killed by someone's careless or reckless behavior. Without effective counsel, the lives of these victims and their families are blunted and destroyed. They lose their jobs and income, their homes, etc. to medical and hospital bills, their financial future, and often a chance to lead a quiet and noble life without trial attorneys who can effectively speak on their behalf.

As a graduate from a good law school, I'm amazed that Barack Obama would intimate or imply that John Edwards should be ashamed of his choice of law practice and all he has accomplished on behalf of his clients. If JE couldn't do his job well and his clients suffered, that would be another story altogether.

[DemKR]

23. obama should be ashamed

[laureloak]

26. Obama is becoming slimey.

After stealing all his material from Edwards, Obama proceeds to steal trial lawyer slur from the Repubs.

[mtnsnake]

27. K&R!

Too funny :evilgrin: