Annoy the greedy trial lawyers who want to stop reform, vote Bush:
The horror
Trial lawyers are using tobacco money won in lawsuits to finance an all-out bid to defeat presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush and other Republicans, the New York Times reports.
"It would be very, very horrifying to trial lawyers if Bush were elected," said John P. Coale, a Washington lawyer involved in the tobacco litigation, who has given more than $70,000 to the Democrats. "To combat that, we want to make sure we have a Democratic president, House and Senate. There is some serious tobacco money being spread around."
Reporter Leslie Wayne said Mr. Bush has become the trial lawyers' "worst nightmare" because of his record in Texas of curbing civil litigation, capping legal fees and limiting jury awards.
One of the biggest Democratic contributors has been Baltimore Orioles' owner Peter G. Angelos, who represented the state of Maryland in tobacco litigation. He has given $400,000 so far, and vows to do whatever is necessary to defeat Mr. Bush.
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