Conference quokka::non_custodial_parents

219.0. "Tort Reform" by CSC32::HADDOCK (I'm afraid I'm paranoid) Fri Jul 17 1992 13:53

    I had somewhat of a "revelation" a couple days ago while watching
    the Democratic Convention.  They did a piece on an "average" 
    "middle-class" couple.  He a coach at a small college, she a lawyer.
    He was vacillating between Bush and Perot.  She was absolutely pro
    Democrat and absolutely hateful towards Dan Quayle.  Saying things
    like "He can't even spell potato".  For myself I thoght the "potato(e)"
    incident was somewhat humorous, but not realy deserving of the hatred
    with which she was lambasting Quayle.
    
    Later, one of the commentators ( I was channel hopping, so I don't
    recall which one) commented that *lawyers* were a big constituency
    of the *Democratic* party, and lawyers tended to be very anti-
    Quayle because Quayle is about the only politition advocating
    any form or tort ( legal system) reform.
    
    I now recall that a few months back that Dan Quayle spoke before
    the National Bar Association, and after his speach about the
    need for tort reform, some up-t-up in the orgaization got up and
    lambasted Quayle with sometiing like "that's the stupidist thing
    I ever heard of".
    
    So whaterver else Quayle is or is not.  He seems to be the *only*
    politition acvocating any *fix* of the parasitic legal system, and
    if the only thing they can find to lambast him with ( I know--there
    have been others ) is his spelling then Dan and I have a lot in
    common ( spelling wise that is ;^) ).
    
    fred();

Does anyone know of the reforms that Dan Quayle has proposed??  Please post!

Thanks

     re .1
    
    I don't have any specificics.  Only that he's the only one even saying
    that it's needed.  If anyone else has any sepcifics, I'd also like
    to hear them.
    fred();