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I was there, too! (I loved meeting you guys!)

Obviously, some of Terri's supporters feel that their efforts on her behalf were diminished when the big guys showed up, then left to do a little bragging. They clearly lacked diplomacy when they forgot to recognize the folks who were working in the trenches.

To those of you who feel put out:

1. Human nature is such that there has always been braggarts and there always will be. If you need to be in the spotlight in your activism, please choose a tiny little cause that doesn't attract national media attention.

2. If the resentment is about the mention of Terri in various non-profit groups fundraising efforts, it may be from a lack of knowledge concerning the nonprofit world. Ask any employee of a fundraising department of a local charitable organization, and they will tell you just how much pressure the group is under just to meet its budget quotas.

3. Terri received free publicity as a result of these solicitations. We need to recognize that the fund raising letters went to hundreds of thousands known supporters of the Right-to-life cause. Although this solicitation may not have gone directly into Terri's fund, Terri received free national exposure worth probably close to $100,000. Alan Keyes is not asking the Terri Foundation to reimburse him for his mailing expenses.

4. These groups are in the wings, waiting, ready and available if there is something they can do to help. They have used their lobbyists, their political network and their smallest connections to help the Schindler Family. They will do so, again, if need be. We really should be expressing gratitude towards all who have made any effort on Terri's behalf.

5. On an aside, it doesn't really need to be said, but if the Schindlers caught wind of this squabbling over bragging rights, they would possibly be quite disturbed. Talk about a hope squasher. In summary, we all have the same goals and we all need each other. Some may have better skills at publicity; Others may have better skills at communication; Others may excel at compassion. Terri's cause needs the services of all who care and all whom G*d sends to help Terri and the Schindler family get through their ordeal. < /rant

Randall Terry hasn't done any bragging whatsoever. He told what happened on his web site. He told the truth.

I've had many conservations with Randall Terry and the guy is as humble as he can possibly be.

It's sad when "Christians" become jealous of each other and begin to backbite and assault each other's character. This is truly shameful.

Randall Terry is a true hero and some of you people are displaying the most unbecoming behavior with your obvious jealousy for the man. He does what he does full time because he is effective and he is one of the most articulate pro-life spokesmen on the planet. This is why he is HATED by NOW and Planned Parenthood and other liberal organizations. If you want to join the "other side" and start sending your dollars to NOW and Planned Parenthood, they will gladly accept your cash no questions asked. They need money TOO and they have a lot more support from their pro-abortion, pro-death liberal brood than Randall and Alan receive from conservatives and Christians. Do you hear about these pro-abortion liberals backstabbing and backbiting each other?

NO.

So-called conservatives and Christians sure will though.

Stop being so petty and hypercritical. Grow up people!

Nicely put!
Many people both individually, and from many unrelated organizations worked hard, and helped God accomplish a miracle.
Terri Schiavo is not dead yet!
Many individuals and organizations continue to work very hard to make sure Terri isnt murdered, and neither will anyone else be be murdered by court ordered starvation.
Some individuals do what we can, when we can, and prayers count as doing something.
God bless everyone involved.
Special thanks to those who were able to use their resources to garner attention from the media and government.
And can and will do so again if need be.
Extra special thanks to people like Floriduh Voter, and many other people from individuals, to organizations who continue daily to fight for Terri, behind the spotlight, but with the tenacity and integrity to see this fight through to the hopefully sweet end, when Terri can receive the love and care her family wants to give her, without fear that the courts will order her starved to death, because she is not able to say verbally she wants to live, and they wont uphold her basic right to life and/or take as evidence her obviously strong will to live as a sign of her own wishes, that she is fighting for life every day she draws breath.

If Jimmy Carter had shown up in support of Terri Schiavo, I would have refrained from spitting on him, although I would not have shook his hand.And I detest him more than any "infamous" individual alive today!
If we must all explain all of our reasons, and be judged as worthy or unworthy of fighting for Terri Schiavo,I guess I should not have attended the vigils.
I just care. Is that reason enough? Or do I also have to say I am afraid if they can murder Terri,what would they do to my cousin who is not "normal", and what would they do to me, if I were incapacitated?
And the lady who came up to me and asked me what she could do, since she, like I, just felt compelled to show support by being there. Neither of us had ever "protested" anything before. We came because we could, we cared, and we could think of nothing else to do to show our support for Terri's fight.We didnt come for 15 minutes of fame, and neither of us wanted to be interviewed by the press, or meet "famous" people.
Lots of people came to "help", not knowing how best to go about that, but it seemed the Schindler family took some comfort from our presence,and if that is all we accomplished, that was enough.