That being said, there comes a point where someone like me has to say 'I'm no longer one of them (Republicans).'
The people I elected to protect my liberty let an innocent woman die in front of the entire world. That makes a lot of people (including me) angry and disappointed.
Whether this signals the end of our country, I think it depends on what you mean by 'our country.' I think it's a clear signal that we do not have the Constitutional Republic that was envisioned by the people who risked everything to get it started. That's a fact.
As far as my opinion is concerned, I think that the Commies put one over on us and stacked the courts while inculcating Socialism into our children and our society to the point where even otherwise logical people think that the judiciary has the final say. They don't.
Incidentally, I think that this is everything you said in your last post: a terrible sad family drama, a constitutional crisis and a battle between good and evil. And I think our side has lost on all fronts.
Lastly, I have a friend that is on Jeb Bush's staff. She's been telling me for YEARS that he's the man. He's been one of the people I admire the most in this party. I think he failed me, us and Ms. Schiavo, and I am deeply, deeply upset about it.
I agree with much of what you say. I just don't think the war is over and don't think our country has lost. If we had, this would be commonplace and we would all be about our business not even talking about it. And I guess I have always had a sanguine view about our leaders, always have been surprised when they served us well.
This battle will be fought I do believe. We just have to be smart and on our feet. My worry is that seeing this horror unfold, people will demand lethal injection as an alternative. My husband was saying a bullet would have been kinder. And rather than stop and think about what line we are crossing, we will all march over it. And the children of the boomers will all inherit bigger estates and social security and medicare solvency can be fixed. That is my paranoid worry.