tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546196956221398487.post8078046966058186028..comments2023-10-22T07:19:29.285-05:00Comments on A juggling act: ElectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546196956221398487.post-58494527652732641772008-10-31T08:39:00.000-05:002008-10-31T08:39:00.000-05:00i couldn't agree w more with Sandi. I wish there w...i couldn't agree w more with Sandi. I wish there were a better way to select our high court judges. Appointment by the Govenor, and even if ratification by the Legislature, would be extremely fraught with political-ness, much like the US Supreme Court appointments.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I talked this morning with a colleague who is cousins with Kitchens. He agreed that Kitchens and his family are really nice people, but due to Kitchens' plaintiff lawyer background he could not vote for him. That said a lot to me.<BR/><BR/>ClarkChicago_or_Busthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14151545513977008375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546196956221398487.post-79799572785156265712008-10-30T22:10:00.000-05:002008-10-30T22:10:00.000-05:00I wish that none of our judges were elected. When ...I wish that none of our judges were elected. When you run for office, you have to raise money from a variety of sources, and it's rarely (or never) with no strings attached. Judges should not be part of that system. They should not be beholden to any special interests, in the interest of fairness and justice.Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09792338784184482536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546196956221398487.post-66563221385833489362008-10-30T20:35:00.000-05:002008-10-30T20:35:00.000-05:00I have to agree with you about the importance of t...I have to agree with you about the importance of the "right to vote". I am very disturbed by the large numbers of people who vote based on what someone else tells them to do, or vote according to the wishes of the people who bus them to the polls. No idea of the issues !<BR/><BR/>On Kitchens, I agree his ads and presentations show him to be a good person. But, if you notice, the tort reform so viciously fought for here a few years ago, has cleaned up the courts, improved the State's image of runaway lawsuits and has dramatically lowered insurance costs for doctors, hospitals, businesses.<BR/>Unfortunately, Mr. Kitchens doesn't tell in his ads that he is a trial lawyer/plaintiff attorney with thousands of dollars of support from local and out-of-state trail lawyers. The trial bar is fighting hard to recapture a majority in the Supreme Court and that will NOT be good for this State.<BR/>Mr. Smith has done a yeoman's job of clearing up backlogged cases and seems to make FAIR decisions, neither leaning too far in favor of business of medicine, but FAIR, and that's all I ask of a S.C. Justice. We did not have ANY fairness before. <BR/><BR/>thanks for considering this issue, and I again applaud you for your thoughtful consideration of all candidates.<BR/><BR/>Hope to see you at the Blues.<BR/><BR/>ClarkChicago_or_Busthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14151545513977008375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546196956221398487.post-22239243199483859682008-10-30T13:33:00.000-05:002008-10-30T13:33:00.000-05:00Girl, I am with you. It's tough and time-consuming...Girl, I am with you. It's tough and time-consuming to educate yourself about the candidates with all the campaign noise going on, but if you don't, you deserve the government you get.Nicole Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00921229689096451802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546196956221398487.post-4696350138249707992008-10-30T10:22:00.000-05:002008-10-30T10:22:00.000-05:00It's good to hear the perspective of someone who a...It's good to hear the perspective of someone who appreciates what many of us have grown up taking for granted.From the Doghousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457904542766217940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546196956221398487.post-14365377316441065082008-10-29T21:28:00.000-05:002008-10-29T21:28:00.000-05:00I am with you. Election day is a very special da...I am with you. Election day is a very special day. I always take my boys with me when I vote and I let them push the buttons for me. We discuss it in depth and we pray before we walk in. My Dad and several of my uncles served in Vietnam and one of my dear high school friends died a year ago in Iraq. Another dear friend is now a quadrapligic because of a sniper's bullet in Fallujah. I owe it to each of them to vote.<BR/><BR/>And I completely agree with you on Mr. Kitchens.Deanna https://www.blogger.com/profile/14114652107363722177noreply@blogger.com