Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die

Human Events ^ | July 31, 2006 | Robert Schindler Sr.

[Quiet Man Jr.]

Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die

by Robert Schindler, Sr. Posted Jul 31, 2006

As most Americans know, on March 31, 2005, my daughter, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of starvation and thirst after having her feeding tube removed by court order. The sad chain of events that concluded with Terri’s death ignited a media firestorm nationally and internationally. What few saw or heard was the callous inaction of aspiring governor Charlie Crist.

Florida Atty. Gen. Charlie Crist let my daughter die. He had it within his authority to save her life, but he turned a blind eye to her suffering. Even worse, he worked to ensure her death.

Terri lived in a neurologically compromised state for reasons that are still unknown, and my family wanted nothing more than permission to care for Terri for the span of her natural life. We were denied.

My daughter tenaciously fought for her life for more than 13 days after being deprived of the most basic, natural and constant need that we all share—the need for nourishment—food and water. Terri was not on a respirator, nor terminally ill. She was not dying, nor succumbing to a dreadful disease. She was disabled. She was dependent on others, but still very much a life, a woman, and a person.

Over the course of several years, our family, our lawyers, and our friends pleaded for help from local, county, and state police and regulatory agencies with constitutional and statutory authority to investigate the many sworn statements of extreme abuse and neglect suffered by our daughter.

Hoping to save my daughter’s life, our family sought the help of Attorney General Charlie Crist. Not only did Charlie Crist refuse our family lawful access to the assets of his office, but he violated his oath of office by actively cooperated with those in positions of political and judicial authority whom denied us legal access to the police and regulatory systems meant to protect the weak. Multiple sworn agents from responsible police and regulatory agencies who found probable cause to investigate allegations of abuse in Terri's judicial and physical care, were ordered to shut down those probes. This heavy-handedness made us powerless.

Information of direct interest to Attorney General Charlie Crist's office was directly delivered to his personal hands, and he refused to properly execute the duties of his office. And it was with deliberate decision that he failed to attend a scheduled Tallahassee meeting with our family. On another occasion, we approached each other by chance. Upon recognizing me, Charlie Crist abruptly stopped and walked away.

That callous action encapsulates Charlie Crist. He walked away from a man whose daughter’s fate he controlled. At that moment, he turned his back on Terri. And he turned his back on the most fundamental duties of his office.

It is quite clear that Charlie Crist, to this day, has demonstrated no public affection for the cause of life, or Christianity, or any set of core values. He has been posturing to become governor for decades. With each voting audience he has crafted a message based on the expediency of the moment.

To add insult to injury, at a recent banquet, our alleged pro-life candidate for the Governor of Florida said the following about Judge George Greer and other judges involved in the death of my daughter, "You are heroes to all of us, and your defense of the judiciary and what is right is beyond admirable."

Through his actions, Charlie Crist has demonstrated that he has no regard for our most vulnerable citizens, the high duties of public office, or life itself. Charlie Crist’s celebration of the merciless judges who condemned Terri to death speaks to his true character.

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>> Can we replace their favorite jelly with jalapeno jelly?

You are making me chortle.

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OK with me.

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I'm making jelly, not chutney.

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The Ghost of Terri Schiavo

Michael Smerconish. He was at the recent UPenn Snuffestival and Ghoulie Gala with Michael Schiavo, Dr. Humane Death Cranford, Jay Wolfson, George Greer, Mary Labyak and Arthur Caplan. They were all there (except Felos and Bushnell), all these Schiavo case comrades in arms, proving by the common interest that their claims of objectivity and due process were a disgusting hoax.

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You must try my chortle. I'll send you the recipe.

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Good morning all. Was gone for a day to Nova Scotia and no internet access and looks like plenty is happening on the thread. Lots of catch up.

From the Fr. Pavone groundbreaking ceremony...

"That's why you and I are committed to raising up priests and raising up countless others who will make it not a hobby, not a part-time activity but will make it their life's vocation to restore protection to our most vulnerable brothers and sisters."

Yanta and other bishops from around the state, including Bishop Charles Grahmann of the Catholic Dioceses of Dallas who recently announced his resignation, wore hard hats during comments from Yanta, Shiavo's brother, Bobby Schindler, and Norma McCorvey, who was "Roe" in the landmark Roe vs. Wade case that legalized abortion. She now opposes the procedure.

A letter from President Bush and the first lady in support of the center also was read.

Clergy fighting abortion break ground on Amarillo home

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(this includes Ohioan from Florida's ping list, update to July 23.)



Terri on the road to recovery before the second stage began.

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Fair and balanced? Well, not quite. This review pretends to present both sides of the two opposing books.

Question of the day: Which way does the media bias go? (And this is from: ---CNS Nancy Frazier O'Brien is deputy editor of Catholic News Service and reports frequently on biomedical issues.)

But during the controversy and since Schiavo's death, it has not always been easy to sort fact from fiction. With "The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life," bioethicists Arthur Caplan, James McCartney and Dominic Sisti make a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate by allowing readers to digest the various source documents for themselves.

The book brings together essays, legislation, political speeches and a variety of other documents related to the Schiavo case from more than 50 contributors.

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"Fighting for Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What It Means for All of Us" by David Gibbs, an attorney for Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, offers nearly the opposite -- little documentation and lots of commentary.

It is clear from the start that Gibbs believes Schiavo was killed and that he feels some guilt over failing to win some sort of permanent reprieve for the disabled woman.

Two books on Terri Schiavo make different contributions to debate

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From Steven Ertelt, Life News on the UN issue:

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New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- Debate is continuing on a United Nations treaty regarding the disabled and fierce battles are expected to continue until the end of the day Friday. Diplomats are debating the issue of abortion but also proper treatment for the disabled -- a discussion that has some pro-life advocates citing euthanasia concerns.

Two debates are occurring in the discussion over the treaty.

In one, pro-life nations are attempting to make sure the deceptive phrase "reproductive rights" does not make it into the treaty.

Battles Over Abortion, Euthanasia in United Nations Disability Treaty Continue

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This Florida Baptist Witness Q & A is to Tom Gallagher. On the site is a compendium of Q & A's for other candidates, Harris, Crist and others.

Why do you want to be governor?

I have a lot of experience in our state. And this state has certainly been the state opportunity for me. I came down to go to the University of Miami and afterwards I went to New York and worked and spent my time in the military. ... And so I came down and went into business down there with a friend of mine and then started my own business. And so, Florida’s really been the state of opportunity for me personally and with well over a thousand a people a day moving in, it’s been the state of opportunity for a lot of people. And I’m blessed to have seven-year-old and I want to make sure that this state is the state of opportunity when he’s out to get to get his first job, and for his kids, too. We’re at a place now that it’s extremely important on how we move this state forward – whether we continue what I think is a fantastic job that Jeb Bush has done in regards to education and our economy and so many areas and our state’s fiscal strength that I’m concerned about how we continue moving forward and I want to make sure we move in the right direction.

Tom Gallagher

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Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher spent an hour with the Marion County Right to Life committee, telling them he was against abortion, civil unions and stem-cell research, while his opponent's positions were not so clear.

"I'm very concerned that the conservative voice we've had in Tallahassee in the Governor's Office, there's a good chance of it not being there," Gallagher said. "We're certainly not going to get it from either of the Democrats, and I'm afraid we're not going to get it from my opponent."

Gallagher, Crist throw jabs at each other on road

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Ping to FV's post #1,037 above and this thread by wjersey...

On Mikey...

Apart from the issue that now defines him publicly, the nursing supervisor told me he is "mostly conservative."

"I'm a live-and-let-live guy," he said, which I am sure some will find ironic.

The Ghost Of Terri Schiavo

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Another ping to the discussion after the debate on Gallagher and Crist...

FLA GUV DEBATE GALLAGHER V. CRIST TONIGHT AT 8:00 PM EST PBS!

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We recently discovered you cannot make jelly out of watermelons. Wife knows how much I like melons, but it just doesn't work.

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Seen this thread??

Harris, Crist lead the field in Republican straw poll

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Ping to lively discussion thread posted by p Pyro7480. Thanks, narses.

US OKs wider access for Barr 'morning-after' pill (Bush Adminstration Betrays Social Conservatives)

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8mmmauser, LOOK WHO CONDUCTED THE STRAW POLL. THE PINELLAS REPUBLICAN PARTY. They are as unreliable as the mainstream media. They are all RINOS.

They endorsed Greer and I hold them personally liable for Terri's wrongful death/murder. They endorsed a culture of death.

PINELLAS COUNTY = RINOVILLE. Nobody can believe a word the Pinellas GOP says. Nobody!

Did they call the 59,000 voters who chose Jan Govan instead of J. Greer? Those are 59,000 votes for Tom Gallagher.

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Now, that is bias on an industrial strength scale. Pinellas cosmetic surgery must be booming with all the requests for Rino-plasty.

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The Caplan book can't wait to lie about the case. It puts a lie right in the title: "The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life." Now tell me, how can you trust the contents of a book that tells a lie in its title?

Terri was not dying, Mr. Bioethicist. That's official. The autopsy report gave her ten more years. Therefore, this was not an "end-of-life" question. Nor was it adjudicated as an end-of-life question. It was litigated, rather, as an "assisted suicide" case under the umbrella of privacy rights.

Again we see that a "bioethicist" (with only one exception that I know of) is a death merchant. Their only intellectual input into medicine is to to say, "This is a tragedy for all concerned," and announce that the patient must die.

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You must be mistaken. Your wife can do anything. She's probably hiding your watermelon jelly until your birthday.

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That it some photo of Katherine Harris!