Last evening we had a Republican couple for dinner (not in the sense of Hannibal Lector, however, more's the pity). Despite trying to avoid the subject of politics, they made a few remarks about John Edwards, and called him an "ambulance chasing trial lawyer". Since I knew that the GOP candidate for Florida senator, Mel Martinez, is also a trial lawyer, I Googled him, and came up with this.
It's like reading about John Edwards' career!
We're going to their house for dinner tonight, and I printed the piece and plan to deliver it to them. I thought you may have similar friends who like to stereotype our candidates with meaningless labels. Wingnuts are pretty good at bad-mouthing the competition. I'll find out how good they are at defending their position when confronted with facts they didn't know.
