[Yaelle]

Dear Governor Bush,

I am from the Schwarzenegger state, but I wanted to commend you for making a very wise legal ruling for the freedom to live even if one is very ill and incapacitated. If there is no written legal instruction, no verbal account should be enough to remove care and feeding from an injured or ill person. We are not speaking of removing artificial life support to let someone whose time has come pass on. We are talking about withholding fluids from a poor living being who cannot drink without help.

The emotional nature of this Schiavo case was overwhelming to any caring person, but besides this, there is a serious legal/ethical problem here, with only one solution leading toward protection of the right to live. The injured and incapacitated, even if they cannot speak, experience pleasure and have as much right to the pursuit of happiness as the outspoken guy speeding along in his Porsche with his fine cigar by his side. Our Constitution was meant to protect our most basic rights.

You have taken a great step in the only right direction. I cannot pay you back politically at this time but I would vote for you should you ever go for a national office. I won't ever forget your work on this behalf.

Yours,
Yaelle

[.30Carbine]

Dear Governor Jeb Bush,

How can any of us who have been watching over and praying for Terri Schiavo thank you enough for what you have done to save her life? You took up the mantle of the Redeemer and saved her life from destruction by those whose motives are certainly questionable.

I understand that for the sake of expediency Terri's Bill had to be framed in such a way that it applied specifically to Terri and specifically to this time. This was wisdom. I hope for you to build upon that wisdom now that the crisis is over, so that laws are put in place to protect others in similar circumstances.

As Washington has recently passed legislation outlawing the horrid partial birth abortion practice, you, too, are participating in a brand new way in bringing about a new Culture of Life in America!

Please follow up Terri's Law with your particular influence and authority to protect the lives of many more who will be ensnared by the current Culture of Death. Many folks from my own state of Vermont have their winter homes in Florida and retire there in the autumn years of their lives. Not one of them should have to face what Terri has had to go through because of the lack of compassion of a family member in control of their medical decisions when they are unable to communicate their wishes for themselves.

No one should ever be denied food and water. The delivery system for that basic sustenance being a feeding tube should no more be considered "life support" than a spoon is.

I praise you for your excellent leadership! You have exercised great wisdom. I beseech you to keep up the good work now that it has been begun.

Most humbly and gratefully,

[MarMema]

ping for prolifers to thank the Prolife Governor!!

[pollywog]

Governor Bush,
From the bottom of my heart I want to THANK YOU for doing the right thing for Terri Schiavo. May God Bless You.

[beachlover]

hey summer, I love and support Jeb and Columba as much as you. Those Jeb bashes need to leave the FR and find some other group to join. How dare them. Thanks for staying true Summer! Thanks Jeb for being the most honorable, honest, kind, wonderful Governor this country has EVER had.

[beachlover]

PS Hey Summer, one more thing about Jeb....last week when all those folks were tearing into Jeb---Columba was leading a group from the USA to see the Pope and honor Mother Terase. What Godly folks these two people are. I am so pissed at the back biting. Alot of unloyal people need to hold their head in shame. If any of us had really listened to the kinds of words Jeb uses---they are loyalty, family, dreams, God, faith, family, friends....