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Mon Feb 3, 2014, 01:33 PM Feb 2014

Republicans are for tort reform, right? Unless...

Unless they are the ones suing other republicans, right?

WorldNetDaily's Garth Kant is clearly Steve Stockman's favorite reporter. He knows Kant won't write anything negative about him, so he plies Kant with scoops, like his run for Senate.

So, Kant uses a Jan. 31 WND article to promote Stockman's filing of a libel lawsuit against a PAC supporting his Republican opponent, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, that was "provided exclusively to WND." It reads like a Stockman press release, and Kant doesn't bother to obtain any response from the Cornyn camp. He writes:

http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=2329602

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Republicans are for tort reform, right? Unless... (Original Post) Archae Feb 2014 OP
unless they are named Greg Abbott TexasTowelie Feb 2014 #1
Yeah, that story needs to get out. nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #2

TexasTowelie

(112,257 posts)
1. unless they are named Greg Abbott
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 01:40 PM
Feb 2014

and they need to collect millions in a lightning strike before reforming tort laws.

Oops, different story--my bad!

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