Thu, 08 Jul 2004

Lawyers Be Damned

I got a couple of interesting comments to my post bemoaning the selection of John Edwards to be Kerry's running mate, and my utter and complete loss of interest in Kerry's candidacy as a result.

So I did a bit more research - and became even more convinced that this was no "man of the people", going to bat for the "little guy". I invite the curious to observe the results of his landmark legal victories via Google : and if I may be so bold as to offer the link below as the best of the lot. Notably, The Atlantic is not considered a conservative publication by any means. Here's some samples from the article:

... the costs, initially paid by insurance companies and innocent stockholders, typically end up being spread across America in the form of higher insurance premiums and prices.

In short, the $4 million punitive award of which Edwards is so proud ultimately came out of the pockets of the same ordinary, hardworking Americans whose champion he purports to be—and a big chunk of it went into the pockets of John Edwards.

The piece concludes:

President Bush may not be the only national candidate who sees the world in black-and-white simplicities. And while Bush seems all too wedded to the plutocratic notion that what's good for rich Republicans is good for the country, Edwards seems all too comfortable with the populist myth that what's good for rich trial lawyers is good for those he has called "real people."

A look at John Edwards's legal career provides a window into the flaws of the legal system that made this mill worker's son a multimillionaire.

(link) [The Atlantic]

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