[nanny]

I don't know about now - but there was a time Texas was the place lawyers wanted to file their lawsuits - much like Mississippi is now.

I see why you and I are differing here. You see, I don't think a judge should be pro-anything except legal. I don't want a pro-business judge. I want a judge that is fair to both sides. That is the only way justice can be served. Businesses deserve to be sued sometimes.
I don't want a judge that goes into it with a bias one way or another.

But I don't think you are naive enough to believe that these trial lawyers are continuing to back loosing candidates. They may prefer democratic judges - but my knowledge of human nature tells me they are pragmatic and they will buy what they can.

Also, we won't disagree on the premise that most, if not all, democrats are bad for this country. Where we part company is the premise that all Republicans are good. Just not so. In my thinking all politicians are pretty scary people. They are out for their own personal agenda, and that entails pleasing their contributors - which, by the way, is not the average citizen. The best we can hope for is that we can elect politicians whose agenda meshes with ours from time to time.

[writmeister]

Texas has changed much in the last few years. I do not want a pro-anything judiciary either. I also do not think all GOP judges are good -- I worked to defeat several in the 2002 primaries. I just have a strong preference for elected judges and a strong preference against lifetime appointments.

I might be convinced to support appointed judges if they were appointed for a specific term with no option for reappointment.