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.
Our country was founded on facing down and utltimately defeating the great odds stacked against us. Our fledgling nation of ragtag, overmatched defenders defeated an Empire. Yours is a very hollow apology for Jeb Bush considering just how far this case reaches into American civil and religious rights and stomps on them.
It's not about the chances of Jeb Bush "winning", it's about doing everything humanly possible to stop Terri Schiavo's murder and preventing our rights from being snatched away by a heartless, pagan judiciary. Our elected 'leaders' are standing around with their hands in their pockets and bemoaning their impotency while a woman dies, fully cognizant that she is being murdered in PLAIN SIGHT. Jeb Bush stopped short of doing evrything possible simply for political purposes.
Once you comprehend the full ramifications of Terri's horrendous death sentence and how it affects EACH AND EVERY AMERICAN IN THE FUTURE, and how it advances by leaps and bounds the Culture of Death and the judicial tyranny that supports it, then you begin to see that this is a major victory for the dark side of our society, because "good men decided to do nothing". Jeb Bush, and all of our craven elected leaders, have miserably failed us all.
Excellent post. Pinging some folks to read it.
Excellent post. "Brilliant", one might say ;0)