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Rep Tom Delay Slams Senate Dems Boxer, Wyden, and Levin for allowing Terri Shiavo to Die.
Newswire | 3-18-05 | Tom Delay

Posted on 03/18/2005 11:32:52 AM PST by Thanatos

bc-DeLay-Schiavo DeLay: Terri Schiavo is Alive - This Fight is Not Over; House Continues to Work to Save Terri Schiavo

To: National Desk

Contact: Dan Allen or Shannon Flaherty,

202-225-4000, both of the Office of

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay

WASHINGTON, March 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today delivered the following remarks at a press availability on the House of Representatives' efforts to save the life of Terri Schiavo:

"It is now one o'clock on the East Coast, the time preordained by a Florida state judge to allow for denial of food and water to Terri Schiavo. This act of barbarism can be, and must be, prevented. The Senate has before it the Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act of 2005. This bill is the right thing to do. Unfortunately, they have chosen to adjourn rather than pass it.

"Those senators responsible for blocking the bill yesterday afternoon, Senators Boxer, Wyden, and Levin, have put Mrs. Schiavo's life at risk to prove a point - an unprecedented profile in cowardice. The American people are not interested in squabbles between Republicans and Democrats, or between the House and Senate. They care, and we care, about saving Terri Schiavo's life. The House bill will do that.

"Terri Schiavo is alive. She is not 'barely alive.' She is not 'being kept alive.' She is as alive as you or I, and as such we have a moral obligation to protect and defend her from the fate premeditated by the Florida courts. This is not over. We are still working, so are Mrs. Schiavo's lawyers, and so is the Florida state legislature. This is not over.

"To friends, family, and millions of people praying around the world this Palm Sunday weekend: do not be afraid. Terri Schiavo will not be forsaken."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: schiavo; terri; terrischiavo; tomdelay
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To: Thanatos

Instead of spending all his days at fundraisers maybe Tom Delay should find his way down to FL.


41 posted on 03/18/2005 12:13:26 PM PST by OneTimeLurker
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To: Thanatos

No, they are not controlled by the Judicial Branch. U.S. Marshals (not the deputies) are appointed by the President and subject to Senate confirmation. The Marshal's Service hires Court Security Officers to provide security for U.S. courthouses, Deputy U.S. Marshals are responsible for fugitive apprehension, for administering the Witness Security program (part of it) and for delivering and transporting federal prisoners. However, the U.S. Marshals Service is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, which is part of the Executive Branch.


42 posted on 03/18/2005 12:13:52 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired...)
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To: Thanatos

Count me in as part of the prayer group for her life to be saved.


43 posted on 03/18/2005 12:14:01 PM PST by Almondjoy
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To: Almondjoy

Ditto here; prayer in high gear.


44 posted on 03/18/2005 12:19:01 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired...)
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To: ManHunter

Isn't the state judge in contempt of Congress, by ignoring its subpoena and the order contained therein? (OK, no jokes about contempt of congress, this is serious). Shouldn't a federal judge have jurisdiction of that contempt order, which is a violation of federal law?


45 posted on 03/18/2005 12:24:22 PM PST by Defiant (This tagline has targeted 10 journalists intentionally, that I personally know of.)
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To: Piranha

Your definition, not mine. The famous, county by county, Red/Blue map of the 2004 presidential vote breakdown closely approximates the much broader meaning of and sense in which I use the term. And if it makes heavy left, PC coneheads go into the vapors when they hear it, why that is just a freebie.


46 posted on 03/18/2005 12:24:44 PM PST by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
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To: Defiant

Unfortunately, no. Contempt of Congress is not the same as contempt of court. I'm waiting to see how far Congress is willing to push this confrontation. I'd like nothing more than to see congress subpoena Judge Greer and for a U.S. Marshal show up at his house, place him under arrest, and escort him to Capitol Hill. That's one media event I would watch.


47 posted on 03/18/2005 12:30:47 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired...)
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To: ManHunter

Rush talked about the wider implications in this case. My guess is that we could balance the federal budget if we applied the principles to nursing home residents. I heard recently there are 6 million people in nursing homes. Any one else care to estimate what we are paying in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to keep incompetent people alive?


48 posted on 03/18/2005 12:32:14 PM PST by ClaireSolt (.)
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To: ClaireSolt

That's absolutely true. And, in many cases, the residents of nursing homes signed over all of their assets to the nursing homes before they were admitted. I'm hoping your point is not the same as the [unstated] opinion of many Democrats: that we could ease the burden on the health care system and the federal budget by allowing this order (and the number that are likely to follow) to stand.


49 posted on 03/18/2005 12:36:03 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired...)
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To: GeekDejure

LOL... I like it!


50 posted on 03/18/2005 1:20:21 PM PST by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs a soldier)
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To: Thanatos

Always knew I liked Delay for a reason.


51 posted on 03/18/2005 1:31:34 PM PST by trubluolyguy (More to come when my sense aren't intoxicated with the smell of burning liberal idealism.)
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To: Thanatos

Far be it for me to suggest anyone break the law but, what if a bunch of us who believe murder by starvation is somehow "wrong" (silly us, I guess) simply stormed the hospital, and kidnapped the poor woman. Take her to a private hospital where she can get the care her (murderer) husband has denied her for 15 years?


52 posted on 03/18/2005 1:34:34 PM PST by trubluolyguy (More to come when my sense aren't intoxicated with the smell of burning liberal idealism.)
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To: Drango
It's not lady like, but BS! This is NOT a States Rights issue. The federal gov. is charged with just a very few things and one of those is protecting the lives of its citizenry.
53 posted on 03/18/2005 1:36:13 PM PST by varina davis
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To: trubluolyguy

I used to live in Delay's district, worked the polls there, was a member of a local republican woman's group, and it is a place where people understand right and wrong. There have been times I've been angry with him (get mad at all of the pols on some issues) but today I am right proud of him.


54 posted on 03/18/2005 1:38:42 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Fudd Fan
Oh no, not this again

At least the font is smaller this time.

55 posted on 03/18/2005 1:48:44 PM PST by Krodg
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To: ManHunter

My recollection is that contempt of Congress consists in failing to show up, or failing to answer questions without asserting a valid privilege, or failing to produce documents or things. If Congress can order the production of a person or a thing, it would be logical to assume that they can order that the person be kept alive and that the thing be preserved. Wouldn't removal of a feeding tube from a person who is the subject of a valid congressional subpoena constitute an effort to destroy evidence and thus constitute contempt of Congress? Or have you some knowledge of the statute that provides otherwise?


56 posted on 03/18/2005 1:49:12 PM PST by Defiant (This tagline has targeted 10 journalists intentionally, that I personally know of.)
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To: Thanatos

Tom Delay does me proud as an American, Christian and Republican. Only statesmen talk and act that way.


57 posted on 03/18/2005 1:52:04 PM PST by DarthVader (John "Diarrhea of the Mouth" Kerry = Vile Smelling Excrement)
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To: Howlin

I actually was thinking the same thing... "This has shown up everywhere..." However, it brought a tear to my eye this morning when I first read it.

I don't think it is being done maliciously, I just really think that there are so many who come to this forum that feel almost entrenched into this story, because it goes much further and branches into so many corrupt directions. I firmly believe that "spam" threads violate teh rules... I guess I just see this post as something necessary for many to see, not a "spam thread", that's all.


58 posted on 03/18/2005 1:57:55 PM PST by Hand em their arse
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To: Thanatos

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1365750/posts


59 posted on 03/18/2005 2:00:19 PM PST by OPS4 (worth repeating)
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To: Howlin
You've posted that exact same thing on about ten threads.

He's been spamming every thread with similar stuff for days.

60 posted on 03/18/2005 2:00:46 PM PST by COEXERJ145
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