[prolifefirst]

She also told me Palin is evil and mean because she should be at home with her special needs child. When I pointed out that she is a PHYSICIAN working every day and has a learning disabled child of her own, her answer was not printable and she could not see the correlation.

I would think that most physicians would be Republican to combat government medicine, malpractice claims, high taxes, and forced abortion training.

[CholeraJoe]

You’d really be surprised. I’m a physician and while many of my colleagues are quite conservative, I’d guess at least a third are staunch liberals. They favor abortion on request, government-sponsored healthcare, huge social programs, forced mass immunization and strict gun control. Many are “nanny-staters” like Mayor Bloomberg and want taxation of tobacco, fast food, alcohol and gas guzzling cars out of existence.

Many are from both coasts. You find fewer in the south and midwest, but many in the Rockies, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

[surely_you_jest]

I would think that most physicians would be Republican to combat government medicine, malpractice claims, high taxes, and forced abortion training.

Based upon my neighborhood (I am an attorney and retired military officer living in the midst of a bunch of MDs in your typical hoity-toity gated golf course community), you'd be deluding yourself if you thought that.

[Mom MD]

many physicians are republicans. But many are true bleeding heart liberals out to save the world with an inflated sense of self importance (think social worker with more education and money)