Posted on 03/30/2005 4:07:26 PM PST by churchillbuff
I never had any desire to run for political office, but, if I did, it would be to make a difference.
If I didn't think I could make a difference, what would be the point?
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told us last week he just didn't have the power and authority to save one innocent woman forced by court order and armed guard to starve to death in his state.
I don't believe that's true. Not for a minute do I believe it. Jeb Bush blinked. And that weakness that he showed for the whole world should represent the end of his political career.
It's unfortunate, because I believe Jeb Bush knew, deep in his convictions, it was wrong to let Terri Schiavo be murdered by a judge's order.
He even dispatched a team of state law enforcement officers to seize her hours after Judge George Greer refused to listen to his pleadings in the courtroom.
But he backed down. When local cops informed the state officers that they would enforce the judge's order, the agents of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement stopped.
That's not leadership. That's capitulation.
Gov. Jeb Bush shouldn't have merely dispatched officers to the scene to negotiate with the local cops, he should have led them. He should have personally persuaded those local officers that he was the highest law enforcement official in the state and he was ordering them to stand down.
He should have been a field general, not an armchair general.
He should have walked up to that hospice with overwhelming force behind him.
He should have done so with the whole world watching.
Jeb Bush has been talked about as a potential presidential candidate. But who is going to seriously consider a commander in chief who backs down at the first sign of resistance?
Bush may have been trying to take the safe route in this crisis, but it represents, in my estimation, the end of his political ambitions.
Jeb Bush was tested, and he was found lacking.
He allowed a terribly immoral action to take place in his state and did nothing but huff and puff about it.
And it wasn't the first time.
Say what you will about former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. I think she was a fascist. I think she was a criminal. I think she was possibly stark, raving mad. But she backed up her misguided convictions by sending armed federal agents swooping in to pick up little Elian Gonzalez and take him back to Cuba. It was wrong, but she wasn't afraid.
Back then, Gov. Jeb Bush sat by and watched his authority breached by Washington.
This time, he sat by and watched his authority breached by a puny, little county bureaucrat, a local politician, Judge George Greer.
Does the Florida governor have any authority?
If not, we shouldn't take the position seriously as a stepping stone to higher office. If it does, why didn't he use it when it counted?
I feel sorry for Jeb Bush today.
I think he knew right from wrong in this case but didn't have the courage of his convictions. I think he listened to all the wrong advisers. I think he will carry regrets about Terri Schiavo to his grave.
He could have been a hero. He could have been a leader.
Instead, he appears weak. Instead, he appears to vacillate.
My wife told me: "If Jeb Bush had done the right thing for Terri, I would have given up six months of my life to campaign for him. I would have done anything to help him."
I'm sure many people feel like that. Let me ask you today: Is anyone excited about the possibility of a third Bush administration?
Her blood on your hands, buddy. You can feel the evil radiating from you, by the way.
Try to get out more.
Yes, and I'd like to know more about all the political corruption around Florida in and around the hospice industry. There are a lot of questionable goings on going on around this Terri matter.
Instead of filling your head with f bombs maybe take a breath and notice that I am not defending Terri's euthanasia(murder). I'm against it.
The connection with New Agey cults of the husband's lawyer is pretty bizarre. The whole thing is moral madness.
Her blood is on Michale Shiavos hands, nice try.
Where I come from if all you got was a few F- and S- words for killing a Catholic woman, you'd be D_ _ n lucky.
Where I come from if all you got was a few F- and S- words for killing a Catholic woman, you'd be D_ _ n lucky
You need anger management classes, IMO. Anyway I'm male, and your language is more apt for the DUmpster.
Most reasonable people who take the time to study the factual basis and legal machinations will find that he is not the only bad actor in this abomination of "justice."
Yeh, right. Just like that "crazy fox". ;-)
Michael Savage has been great on this
Yeah real great when he uses DUmmie tin foil talking points that Karl Rove is to blame.
Rove must be doing something right, he has the kooky left and right going bonkers.
He was the only one with the power to say no. That is the reality.
Quite civilized of you. (sarcasm off) ;-)
Hey, I hear they're going to modify that encumbering monitoring ankle bracelet on your buddy, Martha. Upset about that too?
Michael Savage is great, a great entertainer. The man has been down the road. I love his zest and his mad act.
Most of what you may dislike about him is most likely all 'schtick'. He's a smart guy and very, very funny. His radio ads for his show make me laugh out loud. :-)
Do you support Terri Schiavo on day 13 as she fights to live without water and food. Could you survive this long?
Terri has proven M Schiavo to be a damned to hell liar. She wants to live "this way". Terri has proven this on day 13.
He is also one funny guy. I love it when he starts talking about his dog and plain old mundane little things. He breaks me up in laughter when he goes into a rant. He's great.
Negative, and those who study the case can see there is more than one bad character in this sorrid affair.
The law found that TERRI's wish was to die, in part but not solely based on Michael's testimony. Without the judicial order to withdraw the feeding tube and withhold attempts to feed and water by mouth, Terri would be in much better health today.
If the law found wrongly, then it too is partly to blame for a miscarriage of justice.
Terri has proven M Schiavo to be a damned to hell liar. She wants to live "this way". Terri has proven this on day 13
I have always been on Terri's and the Schindler's side. This would have never happened if michael schiavo wasn't such a controlling posterior oriface, add in his creepy in love with death lawyer and it's disgusting what is happeneing to Terri and the Schindler's.
But I ain't going to blame Jeb Bush for what michael schiavo is doing to Terri.
There is plenty of blame to go around and some folks carry a lot more responsibility than others to intervene because they have the office and have been elected to protect the people of Fl. That is where Jeb comes into play.....he engaged the enemy but as the battle ensued, he became a coward and didn't make the right (albeit tough) decision. He's the modern day Pontius Pilate in this scenario.
I believe his political career is over, as it should be.
I'm disgusted with a bunch (not all) of the quote Republicans. I'm going to look long and hard at what they did or didn't do in this situation and my vote will speak my displeasure. Kick the lot of them out and start with a fresh batch !!! Time for a little shakeup.
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