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Kings,

As much as I admire your devotion, I don't see G.W.Bush doing anything anymore, nor have I heard him say anything about Terri since last week's trilateral summit (though I could be wrong). Perhaps G.W.Bush and, more importantly, Jeb Bush see themselves as not being able to legally do anymore. Personally I disagree with that view. Very strongly in fact. Terri is not a political issue. Terri is not an approval ratings issue. Terri is first and foremost a human being who is being killed by government order in plain view of her loving family. And that's what makes it so unjust.

I wonder why, after all Jeb Bush has done over the last couple years, he seems so quick to throw in the towel and wash his hands of it all. That's not a judgment, just an observation and an opinion.

In the end, I just want what most other decent people want: For Terri to live. Everything else, including G.W.Bush's political legacy (as much as I like him), is inconsequential to me.

Regards,
Norman

Norman,

I agree with you completely. My "devotion" is not to the Bushs, it's to Terri. That's why, if you've read my posts, I'm looking for a bipartisan mercy coalition to step in.

The Bushs are powerless, in this sense. If they storm the hospice, their governance is over- and Pubs can kiss their majority goodbye. If they do not storm, they lose the respect of most of the people on this thread.

That's why I think they turned low profile, and GWB is sending out DEM surrogates, and working behind the scenes, to save Terri.
It's a tough choice. Do you want to lose your majority, have Dems take control, and thus further entrench judicial activism and the culture of death- or do you alienate your base.
I think the Bushs have adopted a strategy to try to depoliticize this, and get bipartisan support to save Terri.

For myself, bipartisan support is the only way to save Terri now. I could be wrong. But, that's how I see it.

Never give up! Never give up! Never! Never! Never!