Why are there so many doctors in Congress?

[Dulcinea]

Georgia alone has at least 2 doctors and 1 dentist. Boustany is a doctor.

Does the doctor business suck so bad that they all ran for public office?

[atreides1]

1. The medical business is fine

Maybe these "medical professionals" themselves suck as doctors.

Boustany had 8 lawsuits filed against him.

Coburn from Oklahoma wants the death penalty for doctors that perform abortions.

[demigoddess]

2. I figure they went into it for the money and then found out that it also

required compassion. and hard work.

[TxRider]

3. Takes money to be a winning candidate

And doctors tend to have some.

[jus_the_facts]

4. Because ONLY the wealthy can afford to become politicians.....

....same as it ever was. :think:

[Barack_America]

5. They are crap doctors looking for a more lucrative gig.

Boustany, in particular, had several very serious and very costly medical malpractice judgments against him.

Then there are others like Howard Dean, who have decided to devote themselves to furthering the cause of public health.

[Gman2]

6. They held AAAAA life in their hands, and a family's.

It is natural, that those that got a kick outta that, would want to hold all of our lives in their hands. And they got used to giving bad news. So, they wnant to tell us what we MUST DO, both holding our lives in their hands, and telling us we MUST DO IT.

[JaneQPublic]

7. Boustany had a bunch of malpractice suits...

...according to what KO said after the GOP response speech.

[Hepburn]

8. And I think I recall that he had some kind of problems with his state med brd.

Not sure...but I do believe I read that on the DU somewhere.

Anyone have a link? TIA...:hi: