I would not trust Bill O'Reilly on this one, even if you could get through to him. He savaged the Swift Boat Vets and he protected Dan Rather. You never know where he will come down on an issue.
Yes, he might choose to investigate Terri's injuries, Judge Greer, the Euthanasia movement, Hospice, etc. OR he could decide to focus on poor Michael and his "heroic" quest to put his "wife" out of her misery, and how Jeb Bush "unconstitutionally" stopped him.
As far as I know, Hannity and Greta have expressed sympathy for Terri and her family, and I would stick with people like them.
Note: Ken Connor represented Gov. Jeb Bush in Bush vs. Schiavo.
Terri Schiavo was denied due process
Ken Connor
attorney Tampa
February 1, 2005
In your Jan. 27 editorial, "Court right to decline," you take issue with the statement I made in connection with the Bush v. Schiavo case: "The reality is that in Florida convicted felons receive more due-process protections than Terri Schiavo has received in this case."
While the statement I made may be a sad reflection on the state of jurisprudence in Florida, it is most assuredly true. If Michael Schiavo has his way, Terry Schiavo will die by starvation and dehydration pursuant to a court order authorizing her death.
Accused capital felons in Florida are entitled to independent counsel; competent representation; a jury trial; and upon conviction, an automatic review of their death penalty by the Florida Supreme Court.
Terri Schiavo has never received any of these protections. She has not had the benefit of independent counsel and, indeed, when the decision authorizing her starvation was made, she didn't even have the benefit of a guardian ad litem. Terri never received the benefit of a jury trial, and the Supreme Court refused to review the order authorizing the withdrawal of nutrition and hydration.
Like it or not, convicted murderers Ted Bundy and Danny Rolling received more due-process protections than Terri Schiavo, a person utterly innocent of any wrong-doing. And if Bundy or Rolling had been sentenced to death by starvation and dehydration, their sentences would most assuredly have been set aside as violative of the Constitution's prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.
Terri Schiavo is, admittedly, profoundly handicapped. However, she is still a person entitled to be treated with human dignity and worthy of the full protection of the law. The sad reality, however, is that the Florida courts, in refusing to accord greater due-process protection to Terri Schiavo, have treated her as less than a whole person.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/sfl-brmail888feb01,0,1718071.story?coll=sfla-news-letters
Isn't it ironic that a lot of freepers who did link exchanges with the swifties are the same freepers who are helping Terri? DOES MICHAEL SCHIAVO REALLY KNOW WHAT HE'S UP AGAINST in addition to God Almighty?
ATTENTION ALL FREEPERS: Terri February thread see POST 2615.
txrangerette says:
"I would not trust Bill O'Reilly on this one, even if you could get through to him. He savaged the Swift Boat Vets and he protected Dan Rather. You never know where he will come down on an issue.
Yes, he might choose to investigate Terri's injuries, Judge Greer, the Euthanasia movement, Hospice, etc. OR he could decide to focus on poor Michael and his "heroic" quest to put his "wife" out of her misery, and how Jeb Bush "unconstitutionally" stopped him.
As far as I know, Hannity and Greta have expressed sympathy for Terri and her family, and I would stick with people like them."
I know what you mean, txrangerette, but O'Reilly did have a woman on who was mistakingly diagnosed as having PVC, and she and O'Reilly had a great conversation. This so-called "once a vegetable" was quite a talker! :)