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To: floriduh voter

This woman, seriously, is speaking for a large element of the FL community. She is just more forthright than her compatriots.


1,877 posted on 01/29/2005 10:52:56 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.
This woman, seriously, is speaking for a large element of the FL community. She is just more forthright than her compatriots.

I'm so sorry to say that I think she is. We had our annual "the Saturday before the SuperBowl stinks for sports" neighborhood cookout and "tailgate" party today, and of the approximately 20 people engaged in a conversation about the Schiavo case (of which I was a part--there were about 150 people there, but this was a smaller group conversation), there were only two of us who firmly believe that Terri belongs with her family and should be given the therapy and care that she has been denied by her so-called "husband." Of the rest of the group, there were about 8 who seemed to have done quite a bit of reading and reasearch about the case, and whose opinions were the absolute opposite of mine. And the remaining 10 or so people in the group really didn't know much at all about the case, and either didn't have an opinion (except several said, "I'm sick to death of hearing about it,") or expressed strong (and uniformly negative) opinions about the passage of "Terri's Law" and what they viewed as the inappropriate interference of Governor Bush and the Florida Legislature in the case.

I have no reason to believe that, had I polled every person at the neighborhood party, that the "split" of opinions would be any different. I own a small research company, and employ 18 people--the split among them is very nearly identical to that which I found at this party today, despite the fact that virtually every one of us spends 8-10 hours a day on the computer for our work, and more at home pursuing our personal interests, so we all have more than ample access to information that you won't find in the MSM reports.

To be honest, although it is heartbreaking to me, I simply do not believe that either group is atypical of the feelings, opinions, and beliefs of people in Florida.

1,909 posted on 01/29/2005 6:28:34 PM PST by tbritton
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