Reply #54: I strongly queston the Republicans when they use the argument against

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the men and women who are in effect the total fuel for those corporations' success.

The law does not prohibit corporations from purchasing public air time, so far as I know.

I'm guessing there would be claims of exclusional prohibition by those companies' legal arms and that if Frank Rich is permitted to blast Bush every Sunday in the NYTIMES, Corporation A, B, or C is likely permitted to buy advertising time, whether they are pharmaceuticals or not. I'm guessing. A DUer who knows the legal ropes needs to help me on this one.

Edwards' emphasis is obviously in the right direction and I hope a way through can be found. My enthusiasm for the sentiment against the pharmaceuticals has to do especially with their emphasis on market control (sometimes or often at the expense of the public health interest) and that that emphasis precludes a healthy clinical environment for their scientists. Would love to see the marketing toned WAY down and the scientific discovery aspect racheted way UP.