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To: Brilliant
I wonder why the Bushes feel that they have to be our leaders when they can't stand up and do the right thing.

They are letting an American citizen be starved to death and they are too weak to even try to help her.

The Bushes are rich people and do not need the money so why do they want to be our leaders when they are so weak?

16 posted on 03/28/2005 1:03:02 PM PST by Joseph22 (Jesus save us)
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To: Joseph22

I'm surprised Jeb took it as far as he did. He did not have a good hand to play.

The Schindlers took the case all the way up the appellate chain, and lost. The State legislature passed a bill that was certain to get thrown out on appeal, and it was. Then the US Congress passed a law that was certain to accomplish nothing, and it did.

Jeb delayed this for 2 years. The State legislature had a chance to keep her alive for another few weeks by passing another statute, but it decided not to do so.

When you've got a Constitutional struggle between two of the branches of government, it is usually the third that decides which side wins. Here, there was a struggle between the Executive and the Courts. The legislature elected to side with the Courts by voting down the last piece of proposed legislation. If Bush couldn't even count on the legislature to back him up, then there is no point in proceeding. Bush is not a dictator. He has power but not absolute power. He did everything he could have done without going to jail.

Your ire might more appropriately be directed against the RINOs in the legislature, who had a chance to give Bush more power on this dispute, but decided not to.


20 posted on 03/28/2005 1:14:11 PM PST by Brilliant
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