[Mr. Silverback]

You don’t even have to turn to the first page—just look at the front cover, where Michael proclaims, “My two babies were threatened with death. I was condemned by the president, the majority leaders of the House and Senate, the governor of Florida, the pope, and the right-wing media. . . . I didn’t respond to their attacks. I didn’t confront their lies. Until now.”

Funny, I don't remember the President or any of those other pols condemning Michael Schiavo. I remember them saying we needed to review this case carefully before killing a young woman. Of course, Mr. Schiavo has never been known for his solid adherence to the truth.

"Slippery slope? Try cliffdiving."--Freeper Crazieman comments on the post-Terri world.

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[Darkwolf377]

You can always tell a prominent figure the Left will get behind:

Someone who has done something criminal, obscene or disgusting, but wants you to focus not on what they did (leaking secrets, killing someone, going to jail) but on how they are a VICTIM.

Another case in point: The cover of Time/Newsweek with the Dixie Chicks: "They were called unpatriotic". Oh, poor babies--one or two evil rightwingers who they never cared for anyway calls them unpatriotic, and now they won't shut up about how they were called unpatriotic.

Did people used to praise accomplishment in this country, or did I dream all that?

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[Sarajevo]

I was condemned by the president, the majority leaders of the House and Senate, the governor of Florida, the pope, and the right-wing media.

Just as the POS should have been. If he is a Registered Nurse, he should have his license revoked.

[Scotswife]

"Now, I admit that many people today think well of Michael and less of those of us who defended Terri Schiavo since the autopsy showed that she had been brain-dead when she was in a comatose state"

Sigh. It's a good article but statements like this just kill me.
The autopsy never showed Terri was "brain dead". The examiner never made such a claim.
Brain death is a very non-subjective diagnosis achieved only after a patient has displayed specific symptoms (or non-symptoms).
A brain dead person requires a respirator. Terri did not.
If Terri had truly been brain dead there never would have been any controversy as the doctors would have had the legal right to remove the respirator (of which she didn't have) despite any wishes of the family.

Some claim the autopsy proved Terri was in pvs state.
This is not true either. PVS can only be diagnosed by a team of experts from different fields of medicine over a period of time. Even then...the experts cannot agree on how to specifically define what pvs is (or isn't). It is very subjective and there HAVE been people diagnosed with "irreversible pvs" who have come out of it (unlike brain death).

The autopsy did prove Terri's had shrunk and had atrophied.
The shrunken brain should be expected with a person who was dehydrated for nearly 2 weeks. Any of us would have a shrunken brain after such an ordeal.
Everyone already knew parts of her brain had atrophied.
There are many people who have atrophied brains...alzheimers patients, the elderly, stroke victims, brain damaged patients.

Brain atrophy does not "prove" pvs, nor should it be a basis for a death sentence unless we are all willing to perform CT scans on nursing home patients and dehydrate 95% of them.

[tallhappy]

This issue more than illegal immigration will cause us to lose.

A country like this deserves (and in large part wants) Hillary Clinton or Al Gore as president.

[Tax-chick]

Michael Schiavo is a textbook sociopath. Their outstanding quality is that they consider themselves the victims.

[alwaysconservative]

Last night was my last night of watching Law and Order. They ran a completely revisionist version of the Schindler-Schiavo tragedy, only (KAZAM!) the bad guys were transformed into the family who "persecuted" (and of course killed our fair hero just trying to end his wife's suffering), and the "pseudo religious" "pro-life nut" Christian leader. That's it: I am completely fed up with Christians ALWAYS being the bad guys on Law and Order, and "pro-life" meaning "evil killer" in their tvspeak. If it is not a gun nut, a pro-life nut, it is a pedophile priest or a hypocritical parent who kills their child in the name of God. I don't have to watch this daily assault on my values anymore.

[MHGinTN]

" ... a place where a badly brain-damaged woman should have her food and water taken away simply because she is badly brain damaged a major inconvenience if she recovers any brain function and a major means to increasing media coverage and the wealth of several and her husband says she would not want to live that way."

I would point out that Chuck cannot address the following because of Michael's panting attorney entourage There exist video of Terri prior to the lawsuit settlement which show her responding to directions of where to look and to people speaking to her; at some point after the courts awarded Michael monies, Terri 'became brain dead' and not in the natural progression of her malady. I'm of the school who believe someone with intimate access to Terri 'hurried along her decline via artificial means such as injected insulin, etc.

[William Terrell]

Do any of you folks see how removing the the sole determination of a husband/wife for their spouse would lead to country-wide euthanasia?