"Never send a monkey to do a man's job."
~ Captain Leo Davidson
Posted on 03/31/2005 4:49:44 AM PST by Saundra Duffy
TOO BAD JEB BUSH DOESN'T KNOW REAGAN'S SECRET by Dr. R. L. Hymers, Jr.
March 29, 2005
I know something right now that Jeb Bush doesn't know. I know he made the biggest political blunder of his life when he decided not to intervene and save Terri Schiavo from starving. How can it be that I, a pastor of an inner-city church, thousands of miles from Florida, have knowledge about this that Jeb doesn't have? Simple - I know an old Baptist deacon, and Jeb doesn't.
My old friend is named "Mack." He fought in World War II. When I was 13, he took me to a Baptist church for the first time. I was the boy next door. I became a Baptist preacher as a result of going to church with Mack and his family back in the fifties. His wife died a few years ago and Mack moved back to Vernon, Texas. I call him once a week just to chat. He turned 88 last Friday.
Mack is my weather vane. Whatever he says is what the American people think - in their hearts. He's way more accurate than any CBS poll, because the wording of polls often confuses people. You never get a confused answer from Mack. "Nope, Jeb Bush was wrong. He'll never be President if he doesn't find some way to save that girl." And that is exactly what will happen, because Mack is never wrong - ever - when it comes to knowing what the average American thinks deep down inside.
That's how I know something Jeb Bush doesn't know. See, Jeb has great strategists, genius politicos, the finest advisors money can buy. But he doesn't have Mack - or anybody like him.
That was President Reagan's secret, you know. When Reagan was a young man, he spent a few hours every week in a barber shop in Dixon, Illinois. With an actor's imagination, Reagan was later able to transport himself back to that Dixon barber shop. And in his mind he would ask the old men, Baptist deacons, Sunday School superintendents, gas station owners, druggists - the old men of that small town in the heartland - what they thought he should do. "Fellas, what do you think I ought to do about Terri Schiavo?" Reagan would have asked the old men in the barber shop of his actor's vision. They never let him down - not on Grenada, not on Libya, not on Reykjavik, never! No one ever quite figured out how he always seemed to know what the people in the heart of America wanted him to do. That was Reagan's secret.
But, you see, Jeb Bush was raised a little too high-toned to hang around some old men at a barber shop. He probably had his dad's hair stylist give him a trim now and then. Trust me, a hair stylist is not the same as an old-time barber, and George H. W. Bush, his dad, is not the same as the old men in Reagan's boyhood barber shop. Been in Washington too long. Remember, his dad was the son of a Senator.
I wish Jeb Bush knew a couple of old Southern Baptist deacons - men in their mid-eighties - World War II guys. Just a couple of old Baptist deacons, retired druggists, or gas station owners. There must be a lot of old guys like that up in Jacksonville. He could call Jerry Vines, pastor of First Baptist there. He could say, "Dr. Vines, I need a couple of real old retired deacons, the older the better. Need 'em just to talk things over once in a while."
It must be old men, remember. Women have a way of being swayed by the sentiment of a twisted poll or slanted news story.
What would those old men tell him? Why, I already know, because I talked to my friend Mack, in Vernon, Texas today. The old men would tell him, "Jeb, get in there and save that girl. Do whatever it takes." That's what a World War II guy would tell Jeb Bush. And if he listened to an old man like that, he'd be a front-runner for President in 2008. The old man would not be fooled by polls. He'd tell Jeb Bush what the Americans really think in their hearts. They'd say, "Yep, that's the way Grandpa would do it. I'm glad there's still somebody around like him." And the red states would turn to crimson - for Jeb.
If he listens to guys like Karl Rove and the "poll watchers" you can kiss him goodbye. He will never again play a major role in politics. Too bad Jeb doesn't know Reagan's secret. That's why he won't send in the National Guard - as Reagan (and Mack) would. And that's why, unlike Reagan, he will never be President.
CLICK HERE TO TELL JEB BUSH THAT REAGAN WOULD SEND IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. JEB BUSH'S E-MAIL IS JEB.BUSH@MYFLORIDA.COM
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You can read Dr. Hymers' sermons each week on the Internet at www.rlhymersjr.com. Click on "Sermon Manuscripts."
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"Mack" is right and you are wrong.
Exactly. If this abuse of power, this neglect of the two constitutions, this contempt for human life cannot be challenged, then nothing can (unless the Decalogue is displayed).
When he didn't and later claimed that he had exhausted "every legal avenue", I said at that moment, "JEB will never become President."
In deed, too many "political consultants running polls" will have ended JEB's career. The same can be said for President Bush on the illegal immigration problem (totally tone-deaf to average Americans of all stripes.)
You will take the word of an stodgy old baptist deacon who you know nothing about and who apparently has never lived in Florida or is familiar with our State laws over the Governor of Florida.
Yea, that's real intelligent.
I am just surpirsed you haven't realized you can blame abortions on the Bush brothers, too. I'll give you time.
Jeb is the touchy-feely wimp of the family.
And I don't like his choice of women.
If I were him, I would have intervened after 24 hours, defying the courts if needed!
Seems like these "elected" polititions become catatonic when faced with a decision by an appointed nutcase.
If old Jeb can't stand up to some judge, how can we expect him to stand up against the terrorists?
If old Jeb had been in W's position in 2000, I guess Gore would have successfully stolen the election with the help of those scary judges.
Jeb Bush has the constitutional authority, under Florida's constitution, to order the local police to stand down while DCF takes this woman into custody. It is not simply a question of guns or force. It will increasingly become so when constitutional authority refuses to take action that individual citizens have to take up arms to protect themselves. We retain the natural, God-given, right to self-defense.
"Never send a monkey to do a man's job."
~ Captain Leo Davidson
"And I don't like his choice of women."
I don't like his suits.
I'll take "Mack's" word over yours ANY DAY!!!!!!!! You think "Mack" is a fool. Figures.
The Schiavo spectacle is giving political opportunists a shot of adrenaline they haven't felt in decades. It feels mighty.
The people are apathetic and reminded that their good fortune is at the hands of the state, not by their individual liberty or rights.
History is repeating itself.........Again.
Either way it's a betrayal. This is a watershed event for me.
Repeating. Thank you. (Me, too.)
Putting words in my mouth. You put words in Jebs mouth. don't you see what you're doing? Maybe check the laws before you keep going.
Jeb Bush will not be blamed, except for some loudmouths on this post. In fact, it is the same loudmouths and millions of Americans that directly are responsible for Terri's heartbreaking plight. Had they gotten off they butts and destroyed the Democrat "Dr. Death/Traitor" Party years ago, we would not have the judges on the bench that sustained this tragedy!!! Look in the mirror folks, you did this to Terri, not Jeb or GW Bush.
And, I suspect the left-wing of the Democrat party has a solid solution to the Social Security problem. Reduce the excess older population, and with their euthanasia departure, Social Security costs will decrease at the same time, with mass "court approved" killings of the aged and infirm. For a test program, the Democrat Dr. Death's can petition the Vatican to pull the feeding tube on the Pope. Barney Frank says that would be just peachy!!! Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman of south Florida is beside herself with unlimited joy. Congressman Wexler of south Florida will gleefully pull the feeding tube from the Pope's nose!!! America is getting just what it voted for. Until the present, current, Democrat Party is totally destroyed at the ballot box, the Dr. Death's, the perverts, the America haters, the secular, the Godless, etc will rule the day and, and with it, your lives. Your destiny does not lie in any given politician hands. It rests squarely within yourself. End of story!!!
Like I said, they are eating, drinking and being merry while poor Terri is being dehydrated and starved to death. And people like George Felos are getting their jollies off of the spectacle.
Gov. Bush did what he could - and more than I agreed with, since I believed that Mrs. Schaivo died 15 years ago. What you ask him to do is abosultely insane - to start what would be, in reality, and armed conflict within his state, to provoke a Constitutional crisis for a matter that is well within the bounds of law, and justice for that matter.
I fail to see why this is the hill everyone wants to die on - the woman is clearly never going to recover any semblance of consciousness. Her cerebral cortex is almost entirely scar tissue and cerebralspinal fluid. Her spinal cord functions, but that's about it.
Gov. Bush did what he could - and more than I agreed with, since I believed that Mrs. Schaivo died 15 years ago. What you ask him to do is abosultely insane - to start what would be, in reality, and armed conflict within his state, to provoke a Constitutional crisis for a matter that is well within the bounds of law, and justice for that matter.
I fail to see why this is the hill everyone wants to die on - the woman is clearly never going to recover any semblance of consciousness. Her cerebral cortex is almost entirely scar tissue and cerebralspinal fluid. Her spinal cord functions, but that's about it.
I have had a gut full of all you experts knowing what Jeb Bush should do. I suspect the great majority of you have had no more reponsibility than taking out the trash.
The Governor of my state has the OBLIGATION to OBEY the LAWS of the State of Florida. I grieve for Terri and I strongly believe the Governor does also.
It's in God's hands now. Quit trying to be little gods and seek out HIS answer.
Sorry. Jeb is tarred by his boasting that he would rescue her
followed by his meek retreat.
So you support an armed conflict between state troopers and/or national guard with the local police? That's what it would come down to and there are hundreds of protestors and hospice people that could get caught in the crossfire, don't forget.
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