No, mine is not a hollow apology. Mine is a suggestion of a calculated response. You don't win wars just by attacking. You've gotta have a plan that makes sense. There was no chance that Bush would win this battle. Bush consulted with dozens of conservative lawyers about what more he could have done, and I can assure you that they unanimously told him that he had reached the end of his rope. I'm a conservative lawyer, and I would have told him the same thing. Unless he was prepared to take up arms, he had no options. And a leader who leads an armed revolt doesn't have much chance unless he has an army behind him. Ask John Brown.
Sure you do, but when every passing moment brings this innocent woman closer to death by starvation, you gotta ACT if you're the Governor or the President, not plan.
As I see it, if Jeb Bush becomes outspoken and brave AFTER Terri's death, his leadership, (and President Bush's), will mean nothing to people. Right now he has the extremely rare opportunity to become a real leader, a leader by example who will stand up in the face of tyranny and go against the odds. (Though in reality the odds are on Jeb Bush's side, because it is the Governor who can enforce the existing laws of Florida, not the county judge). It isn't that Jeb Bush can't go against Judge Greer's order, it's that we won't.