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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (11009)	7/9/2004 1:17:46 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

They COULD prefer someone MORE liberal.

To: Carolyn who wrote (11009)	7/9/2004 10:34:36 AM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Send it to the White House. I'm not the only one who's noticed the Kerry/Edwards health care hypocrisy. Saw the following by Thomas Sowell in this mornings R-J (found the link to the story on Google).. jewishworldreview.com Thomas Sowell Political malpractice newsandopinion.com ...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. Like so many liberals who talk about "bringing down the cost of health care," John Edwards has in fact been driving up the cost of medical treatment. "Defensive medicine," such as unnecessary Caesarian operations, is not cheap. Defensive medicine protects doctors from slick lawyers far more than it protects patients. Senator Edwards has already shown the same blithe disregard for facts as a politician that he showed as a lawyer. He has used the old liberal claim of "hunger in America" during this year's primary campaign, even though studies show no such thing — and in fact show obesity to be more common in the lower income brackets. "Hunger in America" claims were once big stuff in the media but hard facts have long since shot down this contrived alarm. John Edwards must know that "hunger in America" claims are bunk, but he obviously doesn't care. The big question this election year is whether the voters will care about facts or will be overwhelmed by phony images and political spin.