I've written a good bit before in this blog about Jere Beasley, the trial lawyer kingpin in Montgomery. However, I've also tried to make it clear that he's more than just a trial lawyer--he is a liberal trial lawyer. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with being liberal, but if you're a conservative, that generally means that you don't support the same folks liberals do.
Now, how do we know that Jere Beasley is a liberal? Well, to begin with, he is chairing Artur Davis' campaign for Governor as a Democrat. Davis has a rather liberal record as a Congressman and was a critical supporter of President Obama's. To put this in perspective, Jere Beasley is chairing the campaign for a man who got to watch the Super Bowl this past year with Mr. Obama. Mr. Beasley also has some pretty liberal opinions. In his "Jere Beasley" report blog he said that liberal Sen. Ted Kennedy "left a tremendous legacy" and said "Congress must stand with Obama on health care." I could go on, but in the interests of space, I'll stop there.
Well then, what are we to make of Jere Beasley's interesting post this week offering a favorable review of AG Troy King? He begins his post taking a few shots at AG King's opponent--Birmingham lawyer Luther Strange--and he then goes on to offer positive comments on King. He cites polls which claim that "Troy has done an outstanding job as Attorney General and deserves to be reelected." He continues: "I don't believe Troy should sit back and run a defensive campaign this time. he has a good record and it's one that folks around the state seem to like. "
This post is extremely interesting for several reasons. First, it demonstratse Troy King's support from a prominent liberal. Here is a man in Jere Beasley who supports Democrats and has always supported Democrats, but he goes to the trouble in his "Report" to take the time to compliment Troy King. This should call Troy King's "conservative credentials" seriously into question, and it makes his regular criticisms of President Obama ring hollow when he is praised by someone with such liberal connections. Furthermore, it makes you wonder why Troy King is getting such praise from a prominent Alabama trial lawyer. Perhaps it's because Beasley-Allen is getting lots of money from their state work on the recent drug lawsuits and is getting up to 14% of the winnings, plus expenses. If I were making that kind of money, I'd be willing to write some pretty positive stuff, too.
I really believe this post continues to underscore the ongoing problem in Alabama politics--an "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" approach is always the mentality, and it ends up just being a shell game to confuse the voters. Posts like these should start to get voters to ask real questions about the basis of Troy King's support.
Perhaps Troy King truly is a liberal heart--if he is, he needs to just admit it and run as a Democrat. Maybe he can get Jere Beasley to chair HIS campaign as well, at that rate.
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