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?
"Never mind all that!"
Sort of reminds you of shoes and other feet, huh? Some people just can't be pleased!!
Try to get a grip; Hospice is not a killing machine.
W had no choice but to sign whatever bill he was given by Congress that might help save Terri. If the law is lacking, blame the Senate for watering it down. I'd like to see the Senate revert back to being selected by state legislatures, rather than by popular vote. There'd be much less posturing for the public by those 100 prima donnas.
And my nic had to do with Clinton.
Now, now, don't try to bring reason into the discussion.
And YOU'll attack the messenger
And here is another AmishDude prediction having come true (BTW, note the parenthetical in the title, which is a common feature of churchillbuff threads.):
Alan Keyes on Farah's WorldNetDaily Radioactive ("Reagan would have had the stones to save Terri")Same feces, different thread.
Posted by churchillbuff to ex-snook; Madeleine Ward; Saundra Duffy; EternalVigilance; floriduh voter; Aquinasfan On News/Activism 03/30/2005 3:11:03 PM CST · 101 of 179
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I blame you for not making a citizen's arrest of Judge Greer. It's your fault. Where were you, tough guy?
If anyone is going to explain politics to me it sure wont be someone with single digit IQ like you...
From this one poster alone, in the thousands, no doubt.
Somebody needs some attention.
'm sure many people feel like that. Let me ask you today: Is anyone excited about the possibility of a third Bush administration?
Not anymore
I hope someone can figure out a way to investigate them.
It's just something they forget about after being elected. Pro-life is like a 4 year chicada who surfaces only during presidential elections.
Jeb should have the gonads of Dubya who did not let the constitution requirement of who should declare war interfere with his invading Iraq.
Conflict between "right to die" advocates, such as Felos and 'err on the side of life' advocates like the Catholic church, etc.
You got the Cliff Notes on him.
That family has had problems for years and to make it a
problem for the rest of the country is sick.
Why don't all you third party types go down and feed her.
If not, then shut up. You folks are the armchair generals.
It is your type that went third party and gave us Carter and Clinton.
Well, in this case the family wants her alive. Some strange person with her last name who is living with a common law wife seems to insist differently.
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