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GEORGE FELOS TRIES AGAIN: What does Felos pull out of the hat? That Senator Jim King said he was "hoodwinked" into signing Terri's Law.

Jim King? Hoodwinked? By his constituents and other concerned FL citizens?

Oh, that is rich.

[floriduh voter]

We should undo Terri's Law because Jim King erred on the side of life? I don't think so.

[floriduh voter]

We should undo Terri's Law because Jim King erred on the side of life? I don't think so.

[Angleena]

I remember reading the article about this. He had stated that he didn't want to revisit Terri's law by looking into Bill 692 because he was "hoodwinked" into supporting Terri's law because of email he received from people that did not live in Florida but wrote on behalf of Terri's law. He was quoted as regretting his vote in favor of Terri's law.

Part of his problem is that he was on the committee for the Right to die laws that are now being looked at and he considered that law to be his legacy.
snippet from an article:

State Senate President James King, who had initially been the principal obstacle to enactment of the first "Terri's law," said in an interview with the Tampa Tribune that he would not allow the bill to leave committee and come before the full Senate for consideration. "I don't want anything on the floor in that Senate that is going to give platforms to people who want to roll back the hands of time for whatever reason," King said. "As soon as you put something on the floor, as well-intended as it may be, anybody can amend it. Then all of a sudden I'm sitting there facing a bill or bills that can dismantle what I consider to be my legacy.''
http://www.nrlc.org/news/2003/nrl12/florida_bill_would_protect_terri.htm

http://www.catholic-pages.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=985

[syriacus]

Jim King? Hoodwinked? By his constituents and other concerned FL citizens?

He would have liked to vote "against" Terri's Law, after he voted "for" Terri's Law.