REPUBLICANS 1, LAWYERS 0 (Hillary voted no)

NY POST ^ | February 19, 2005 | EDITORIAL

[Mamzelle]

re: I would think the appropriate remedy would then be to require that sutis take place in the state where the alleged malfeasance occurred)))

Careful with that common sense stuff...here's why it wouldn't work. The firm of Breck, Mousse and Hairjel want to file a class action against Bayer aspirin because millions of people have endured minor stomach upset on their way to enjoying relief from headaches. Each one of the million sufferers will get a coupon for $4.50 for a bottle of aspirin. The lawyers will collect $3 for every coupon issued. But, where to file? How about Hattiesburg, Mississippi? Great juries there. But how to make it a Hattiesburg problem...

Aren't there drugstores in Hattiesburg that sell aspirin? Sue that drugstore!!make Fred's Pharmacy a defendant along with Bayer...that makes it a Hattiesburg lawsuit...

I understand where your common sense is coming from--but unfortunately, the law has no common sense.

[Dilbert56]

Issues like these will force her Thighness to make direct choices just as she's trying to fuzz up her image. She made overtures to the pro-life crowd but everyone knew it was simple posturing. When pro-life groups offer to meet with her, it ups the ante. Nice words, Senator, can you also walk the talk?

The Republicans need a clear trail of votes like this to be in place by 2007. Either she'll have to moderate her voting record, and piss off her liberal friends, or she'll be trapped by her Senate record a la Kerry. Soon she'll figure out that the only thing in the middle of the road is roadkill. Then we'll have the Democrats nominating another Northeast liberal.

[Honestfreedom]

Too early for wind surfing. They should have held the vote in June and he would have missed it. Not that there is anything wrong with it, I am looking forward to the summer and the water.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Actions speak louder than words.

Bill Clinton's wife can utter all the centrist statements she wants. But when it comes down to it, she's still a Leftist. Her nay vote on this finds it source not so much in favoring lawyers, of which she is one, but of using the litigation system to redistribute wealth from wealthy enterprises that became wealthy through Capitalism to 'the people' who she believes are the slaves and victims of any corporation.

Her dissent found its source in Marxism.

[cajun scpo]

Three 'major' votes in the early days of the Senate.

Condi Rice [Senate Roll Call Vote 0002] Dems [32-12] [Jeffords Nay]
Al Gonzales [0003] Dems [6-35] [Jeffords Nay]
Class Action Fairness Act [0009] Dems [18-26] [Jeffords Yea]

Four dem's voted YEA on all three.

Landrieu (D-LA) [maybe she is getting the message from home - next test will be on first Judicial nominee]
Lieberman (D-CT)
Nelson (D-NE)
Salazar (D-CO)

Eleven voted NAY on all three [no surprises here].

Akaka (D-HI)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Dayton (D-MN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

You hit upon another reason why Bill Clinton's wife voted nay on this bill. Not only is it a Marxist redistribution of wealth from corporations to "the people," but it also keeps medical costs so high, that she maintains the need to come riding in on her Socialist horse with a national healthcare bill in her hand.

She is a disgusting Leftist. She must be trounced from office.

And thanks from all of us who agree with you for sticking it to that parasite you were forced to deal with.

By the way, they use the term "compensate" because its definition implies a balance. This sense of right allows them and the lawyers to sleep at night. But you are correct, it is not "compensation," but blood-letting.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Their view of better healthcare is Socialized medicine. They have a vested interested in enabling lawsuits and keeping malpractice insurance unsustainably high. Their solution will be to put all medical care under the control of the federal government.