Posted on 03/24/2005 3:29:58 PM PST by carl in alaska
Legal experts say that if Florida Gov. Jeb Bush defies state judge George Greer and orders state troopers to rescue Terri Schiavo, he and any other officials who participate in such a move risk a contempt citation from Greer that could put them in jail.
But with a powerful ally in the White House, Terri Schiavo's would-be rescuers have nothing to fear from the runaway judge.
In 2001, President Clinton pardoned drug dealers, international money launderers - even FALN terrorists, who were spared in a blatant bid to win votes for his wife's Senate campaign.
The episode taught a bewildered nation that the powers of the president to pardon anyone he wishes are absolute and irrefutable.
Today, Clinton is the most popular American politician in the world and his wife is the frontrunning candidate for her party's presidential nomination. In other words, the Pardongate scandal's lasting political fallout was nil.
He even pardoned his own brother, who had been convicted of selling cocaine.
Should Gov. Bush decide to rescue Terri Schiavo by force in violation of Judge Greer's order, President Bush could do the same for his brother - along with any other officials the right-to-die judge tries to punish.
Would there be controversy? You bet. Would the Bush family's political enemies try to capitalize? Absolutely.
But a nation that forgives one president for pardoning terrorists will certainly forgive another who uses his pardon power to save a life.
Once Terri Schiavo begins to receive the treatment she's been denied for more than a decade, her condition will almost certainly improve. Nurses who have cared for her have already testified she can speak and eat without a feeding tube, in stark contradiction of Judge Greer's findings.
Terri's recovery, however minimal, would serve as powerful evidence that the Bush brothers did the right thing in coming to her rescue.
In the meantime, the nation would be spared the haunting specter of its government starving an innocent citizen to death.
EXCUSE ME???!!! I don't think so. My comments were directed to dirtboy, not to you. And exactly what anal BS are you taking about? I was merely playing along and I found the whole idea of W pardoning Jeb humorous in the first place, but then other posters decided to take it way too seriously.
The reference to "I am ZOT proof" is in reference to a ZOT thread from back in January.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1314525/posts
Meek, this guy actually thinks I'm a troll... LOL
We are already thrown out of control - or I guess you think it is lawful for the Mass Supreme Court to enact law requiring gay marriage? Time for a constitutional war to get our laws back.
ok i am not advocating this but just asking....what if something were to happen to michael schiavo? and i mean as in his demise with these folks attempting to get guns and such. if he were killed, would this end the quest to murder terri or would the judges ensure it anyway?
" Nurses who have cared for her have already testified she can speak and eat without a feeding tube, in stark contradiction of Judge Greer's findings."
What you posted states the pardon would restore state and federal rights. It says nothing about the offense to which the pardon applied being a state offense. I think there is a difference.
I wouldn't even start to go there...you're not dragging me into THAT hypothetical.
You? A troll? haha!I see that post has been removed now. :^)
You already got one of your posts (176) pulled for name calling and personal attacks... I'd say you're the one treading on thin ice with the mods, not me.
In the case of Massachussetts, that's a hopeless local matter.
I didn't run to my mommy... I just figured Meek would have fun laughing at you too.
It's absolutely hilarious that you could be so seriously confused when someone jokes as an aside about your tagline in reference to a discussion about joking about taglines!
What are the odds?? You take the nobel prize for cluelessness. Hands down.
You're the one who needs to get a clue... notice how your post 176 is gone... the mods fail to see the humor.
As far as I know the new affadavits by the nurses are legit. I'm not really sure when they were sworn and witnessed, but the conservative media is reporting that this is "new information," as in sworn this week. It will take some digging to find out precisely when they were sworn out.
Actually you set Meek up to look like an total idiot because Meek trusted you had a grasp on the flow and subtleties of the discussion. Oops. Meek may want to be more careful about trusting you next time.
Why don't you let Meek speak for himself...
Carl and I have a question you might know the answer to. When were the affadavits of the nurses who claim Michael was abusive executed? Some say they're brand new, but it seems to me they have been out there awhile but were just now made public.
Meek already opened mouth and inserted foot:
You? A troll? haha!
I see that post has been removed now. :^)
188 posted on 03/25/2005 12:03:52 PM EST by MeekOneGOP
Meek speaking was exactly what I was referring to. You set Meek up to look stupid since he didn't know the whole conversation was about tagline referrals. OK, "troll?" Get it? I'm not saying you're a troll. It's a joke. Like dirtboy is a drooling moron.
Who cares if the law is on his side.
he has the POWER.
"Might invariably makes right."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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