Bush Criticism of Frivolous Lawsuits Hypocritical

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> Bush Criticism of Frivolous Lawsuits

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> BUSH CRITICISM OF FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS HYPOCRITICAL

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> President Bush has repeatedly criticized what he

> calls a plague of frivolous lawsuits. In 2001, he

> said, " It's really important that we not have our

> system ladened down by unnecessary lawsuits. " [1]

> More recently he complained that " there's too many

> lawsuits, a lot of them frivolous and junk

> lawsuits. " [2] Yet, as the historical record shows,

> it was George W. Bush who in 1998 actually hired a

> trial lawyer and filed a lawsuit against a rental

> car company that legal experts called " unnecessary. "

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> On November 2, 2000, the New York Daily News

> reported that Bush sued Enterprise Rent-a-Car in

> Austin over a fender bender involving his daughter,

> even though no one was hurt, and insurance would

> have covered the collision.[3] Bush " also tried to

> sue the woman who was driving the rental car but was

> unable to serve her with papers. " Lawyers familiar

> with Texas insurance law " said such a suit would

> normally be unnecessary. " One lawyer involved in the

> case said Bush sued because he " had paid for the

> repairs out of his own pocket " and that Bush pursued

> legal action even though the parties " exhaustively

> tried to resolve it short of a lawsuit. "

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> Sources:

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> 1. " President Calls for Modernization of Medicare, "

> Whitehouse.gov, 07/13/01,

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http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=48862.

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> 2. " Over 1.5 Million Jobs Created and 10 Straight

> Months of Job Gains, " Whitehouse.gov, 7/02/04,

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http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=48863.

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> 3. New York Daily News, 11/02/00, pg. 31.

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