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Re: Math is Hard for Lawyers Too

Cara DeGette — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:13:06 -0000

What on earth did Caplis have to say about the bitten-off ear? That is one motley crew of a line-up to be bragging about...

Re: Math is Hard for Lawyers Too

Wendy Norris — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:41:36 -0000

thanks for the follow-up One would think that, as a lawyer with 20 years of experience, Caplis would have a little more concern for accuracy and truth. I can't imagine fudging numbers to fit a meme - as he did in this particular broadcast - would be too well received by a judge or jury.

Does he have flexible ethical principles that are casually applied in one of his professions but not the other?

Re: Math is Hard for Lawyers Too

bmenezes — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:05:40 -0000

And 33 percent is even more different than 70 percent... Interesting to note that Caplis also did not cite the CDC figures that show the actual rate was 33 percent (based on more than 854,000 abortions reported to CDC in 2002, vs. the 10,000-person sampling used to extrapolate the 43 percent figure in the Guttmacher Institute study).

Bill Menezes

Editorial Director

Colorado Media Matters

Re: Math is Hard for Lawyers Too

Wendy Norris — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:22:28 -0000

Law school is hard and Caplis is not a dumb guy So why would he make such a dumb statement?