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?
I'm all Bushed out.
I believe that nearly a million are on feeding tubes. There are people on tubes at home too, not just in facilities.
The unappeasables are not very grateful for that Jeb has done.
So a bunch of very, very loud, unruly, bazarro-DU nutcases say they are upset that Jeb Bush respects the law of the land. 1 (loud) percent of all Americans (if that) are these RW loonies. Big deal
Jeb and Condi in '08!
I expect the leaders that we elect to follow laws that is on the books. Laws may not be correct or good, but no politician is above the law.. Republican or Democrat.
And your middle name is ?
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Geek nopardons Dejure !!! ;-))
I agree, and have already said as much.
I wonder if anyone would care if Terri was starved to death if she had left a will to state that is what she wanted? I would. I think it is immoral and would not do as she wished.
I think that those who want to continue to support everything that the Bushes do should do so. Get your majorities out the polls, the best you can.
Michael Savage is an idiot,who now also appears to be a full body suited tinfoiler as well.
LOL
Probaly...
It's all the rage.
Bulimics have many tell tale physical signs of Severe Bulemia. Why do we not have any of those photos? Where are they?
Yeah, if he is doing the right thing and not the wrong thing. Duh.
Why? What good would such a ticket possibly be? HRC would cream it.
Not when a county judge is allowed to use local police to repel a state agency and state law enforcement. Then the rule of law is out the window --- especially when the governor lets the judge get away with this insurrection.
Booga booga!
Jeb Bush, Gov of FL.
Most noted for his now infamous words: "My hands are tied."
(Ain't it amazing how many FReepers would have made a better govenor than Jeb?)
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