Getting Rove: How Bob Perry Bought Texas for Karl Rove

[donsu]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/6/12850/70319

"Tort Reform":Truth to the Lies, Part 1: How Bob Perry Bought Texas for Karl Rove

George Bush and Dick Cheney and the US Chamber of Commerce (link, link), among other Republican operatives, have all engaged in some version of the "Trial lawyers are bad because they bring frivolous lawsuits that hurt businesses" schtick. President Bush resorted to this shameless canard in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention (link):

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Not only are these "We need tort reform to protect businesses" lies demonstrably false, but they are part of a master plan that Karl Rove thought up and Republicans used to gain control of Texas. The "demonstrably false" part, particularly with respect to health care, will be addressed in mind-numbing detail in a separate entry in this "Tort Reform": Truth to the Lies series. This current entry will mostly show how Karl Rove and Republicans used this issue to gain control of Texas.

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James Moore laid out some of the details in a recent Salon article. In the late 1980s, Rove began collaborating with Bob Perry. Their goal was to fund various Republican candidates and provide a fake issue to be used in political campaigns. Using these tactics, they little by little patiently expanded Republican power in Texas. I have added the internal links but the the text is from Moore's Salon article:

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When Rove went to Washington, Tom DeLay picked up where he left off in Texas and collaborates with Bob Perry to help build upon the "tort reform" foundation laid by Rove (link):
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I'd think Texans would be pissed at being played.

trial lawyers better start fighting back.

we WILL bring down Rove.

[ClassWarrior]

1. They're not "trial lawyers."

They're Public Protection Attorneys.

[donsu]

2. true

nt

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3. I take it that's Swiftboat funder Bob Perry

I'd never heard his name until this summer, but now it seems he turns up everywhere there's Republican dirty work to be done. A very dangerous fellow.