Political malpractice

Townhall ^ | July 9, 2004 | Thomas Sowell

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[MeekOneGOP]

Senator Kerry has been busy posing for the media shooting guns, playing hockey, declaring himself as having "conservative" values, and even saying that life begins at conception. The point of all this is to counter any attempt to depict him as a limousine liberal, out of touch with the values of mainstream Americans.

It is an insult to our intelligence to act as if posing with guns is as significant as how the Senator has voted on gun control laws during his 16 years in Congress. It is an insult to our intelligence to claim conservative values when both liberal and non-partisan organizations have rated John Kerry's voting record as the most liberal in the Senate, more liberal even than Ted Kennedy's.

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"Just the fact, ma'am" .....

Kerry-Edwards are the #1 and #4 most LIBERAL Senators.
They are THE MOST LIBERAL ticket ever!:

John Kerry's Rating

Senator John Kerry (D)
Massachusetts
Democrat, Years of Service: 19

ACU Ratings for Senator Kerry:
Year 2003	13
Year 2002	20
Lifetime	5

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John Edward's Rating

Senator John Edwards (D)
North Carolina
Democrat, Years of Service: 5

ACU Ratings for Senator Edwards:
Year 2003	13
Year 2002	30
Lifetime	12

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Edwards: "Your mouthwash just ain't cuttin' it!!"

[MeekOneGOP]

Just as Senator Kerry's long-ago military tour of duty in Vietnam is exploited politically today, so Senator Edwards' working class origins are being similarly exploited. But John Edwards has long since grown rich as a lawyer suing for millions of dollars in medical malpractice lawsuits.

Edwards' specialty was suing when babies were born with brain defects, which he -- like other lawyers cashing in on junk science and gullible juries -- blamed on the failure of doctors to have had those babies delivered by Caesarian section.

Since then, Caesarian operations have increased greatly, but without reducing those birth defects that Edwards and others had blamed on a lack of Caesarian deliveries. Studies validated by leading medical authorities, here and overseas, have found no such link between birth defects and a lack of Caesarian births.

Meanwhile, lawyers like John Edwards could laugh all the way to the bank.

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Pic by PhilDragoo .....

[MeekOneGOP]

Great article, folks. Thanks for the post and ping!

Pic by PhilDragoo .....

[Wolfstar]

The big question this election year is whether the voters will care about facts or will be overwhelmed by phony images and political spin.

Thanks for the ping, Howlin. Prof. Sowell is right to wonder about the voters. My question is: Will voters care more about self-preservation than Dem glitz and hollow socialist promises?

 

My tagline until the election:
A vote for Kerry-Edwards is a vote for Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Jacques Chirac, the UN, International Criminal Court, and Hollyweirdos like Michael Moore and Whoopie Goldberg.
If you stay home or cast a vote for a minority party, that's a vote for Kerry-Edwards — unless you’re a liberal/Leftist who’ll vote for Nader, a minority party, or not vote.

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Thanks for the ping.
Thomas Sowell is one of my favorites.