EasyEd
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Post by EasyEd on Jan 26, 2007 16:20:30 GMT -5
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Filo
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Post by Filo on Jan 26, 2007 16:27:53 GMT -5
Good for John. A true American success story...manipulate the legal system to make a ton of money and look at the nice house you can buy.
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HoyaNyr320
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Post by HoyaNyr320 on Jan 26, 2007 16:37:48 GMT -5
Good for John. A true American success story...manipulate the legal system to make a ton of money and look at the nice house you can buy. Look, you can argue that Edwards is not in touch with the constituency that he mentions in his speeches but what proof do you have that he has "manipulated the legal system?" Just because someone is a good lawyer and has successfully won law suits doesn't mean they have done anything to stretch the law. Maybe he's a good lawyer and there are companies out there that <gasp!> have committed aggregious errors in the design of their products.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2007 16:48:45 GMT -5
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Filo
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Post by Filo on Jan 26, 2007 17:10:12 GMT -5
Good for John. A true American success story...manipulate the legal system to make a ton of money and look at the nice house you can buy. Look, you can argue that Edwards is not in touch with the constituency that he mentions in his speeches but what proof do you have that he has "manipulated the legal system?" Just because someone is a good lawyer and has successfully won law suits doesn't mean they have done anything to stretch the law. Maybe he's a good lawyer and there are companies out there that <gasp!> have committed aggregious errors in the design of their products. Look, maybe you should know what you are talking about before making an argument -- you see, it is not always all about "big companies" and insurance companies and egregious errors in "products." Sometimes there are actual human beings (in this case, doctors), who take unjustified hits because someone is a "good lawyer" (if by "good lawyer" you mean someone who does a great job representing his or her client, facts-be-damned). And I never intimated that he "stretched the law" in that he did something illegal. He has apparently played within the rules. Good for him. He still manipulated the legal system. Shame on the system, sure. But I don't want slime like that leading the country. Here's an article for you: Did 'Junk Science' Make John Edwards Rich? tinyurl.com/3479n2
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Jan 27, 2007 17:06:37 GMT -5
Manipulate the legal system? I assume you are considering that the defense side in those cases likely hired the biggest and best firms to protect themselves...who employ the brightest and best lawyers. If there was "manipulation" of the system, it happened on both sides. Trials are adversarial. That is there nature. It is not some administrative function, but rather two parties engaging one another in the courtroom.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jan 28, 2007 15:32:36 GMT -5
If you think being a trial lawyer is easy work then I suggest you read the book "A Civil Action" (don't see the movie - it is terrible).
I agree with Buff - its not like Edwards is going to contend for the nomination anyways.
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