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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (18793)	10/14/2004 5:30:03 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 27181

The reason for doctors leaving areas is DUE to Insurance companies jacking up rates After the Stock Market Crash.They were artificially keeping rates low throughout the nineties because they made tons of money on stocks,bonds,derivatives,etc.We have had lawsuits in our profession forever but did you hear of any doctors leaving areas....NO........and believe me I don't love lawyers but I will testify for the plaintiffs if an egregious error is made.The medical profession has done a poor job of weeding out the bad apples.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (18793)	10/14/2004 5:53:20 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27181

Bushies Giving Up On Pennsylvania Narrowing the battleground With less than three weeks left until election day and many state polls still deadlocked, both campaigns have to make some key choices about where to focus their efforts. While Kerry-Edwards will invest at least some advertising dollars and resources in 21 states, the Dems, reports the Boston Globe, will be going for broke in seven of them: Florida, Minnesota, Nevada, Iowa, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The last week's worth of polling in four of those seven key states adds up to gibberish. In both Ohio and Wisconsin, two polling firms thought Kerry led, and another two thought he trailed. In Nevada, no public poll has been published in more than a week, and the results were mixed before then. Iowa moved from Bush, to Kerry, to a tie. But there's something of a consensus in the remaining three states. Over the last seven days, Bush led Kerry by between 3 and 5 points in Florida. In Minnesota, Kerry's up 1 to 2, and in Pennsylvania, Kerry's up between 1 and 3. There are indications that the Bush/Cheney campaign is also narrowing its gaze: According to the New York Daily News, the Republicans appear to be abandoning Pennsylvania. Though Bush has visited Pennsylvania 39 times since taking office, the White House reports the president hasn't scheduled any more trips to the state. Nor is Pennsylvania now in the top ten markets in which Bush is buying ads. Though a Bush campaign spokesman denied that B/C '04 was ceding the state to Kerry, no campaigning is a pretty reliable indication of that. -- Jeff Horwitz [11:48 PDT, Oct. 14, 2004