That the law and order conservatives have chosen to use children to make their point and endorsed violence to force their point has not been lost on the moderates in the country. It's appalling.
I an afraid we will be seeing more of this in the future. Someone had (re)discovered that emotion is far more powerful a mover, than is logic
The emotional responses in the name of defending the indefensible Clinton, were key in the evolution of this very dangerous practice. But it would seem that the "blind 40%" of the nations population, and their leaders, are not the only ones to play these particular cards.
You are absolutley right. As I've said on other Terri threads, and my suit is flame resistant, this is very bad politically for the GOP. No matter what they do, they will either upset the pro-life base or they will upset the moderates. Either way, they will have diminished support and the dims, if they keep a low profile (not hard to do) can walk into the empoty space next election cycle. I live in Pinellas Park and I can honestly say that what the FL legislature, Jeb and George have done will cost them in the next election. I am a conservative and Bush supporter, and so are many of my colleagues at work. We support smaller government and local control of issues and what they are doing is blatant pandering. We are all as mad as h*ll that the federal government is getting involved in a family case that is a matter of state and local law. Too many people here want to see a dictatorial power used to save Terri. That's the wrong way to do it.