I think it's Taser time! Here, Use it wisely! lol
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?
To Michael Schiavo, George Felos, Judge Greer, and every other judge and perpetrator of this horrible murder of Terri Schiavo:
May you rot in hell,
Forever and ever,
Amen.
To Jeb Bush:
Just finish your term and fade away.
I don't think Jeb has any cahunas. I am very disappointed in the Bush brothers. When Schiavo invited them to visit Terri, an opportunity was blown to call the killers bluff. Instead, these men bowed to the feet of an activist judiciary that snubbed their noses at the law.
The jurists have effectively created an open season on people with serious disabilities. Pandoras box has been opened.
Thanks Jeb for the weak backbone. You let an innocent woman die a heinous death.
I have little respect for either.
lol!!!
Sue UCLA...your degree is not only worthless,but they failed to teach you anything at all. You may imagine that "politics is your passion", but that doesn't mean that you understand or know anything at all about it. Your post proves that you are devoid of any understanding of it utterly.
Yes, you can post your opinion; however, I am also allowed to tell you that your ridiculous post proves how very little knowledge AND understanding you have on this topic.
You disagree that this mess has become worse over the past 2 weeks? REALLY? Thanks for proving,yet once again,that my opinion of you is correct. :-)
Nope, newbie is never capitalized, unless it comes at the beginning of a sentence and yes, I was a newbie here, long ago, but I wasn't as much of a naif as you are. I was NEVER that much of a political naif! LOL
Bush in Florida NEVER intended to take her into proctective custody.
He's not stupid, neither are those attorneys around him.
Do make the mistake he's planning on you making.
He thinks WE'RE stupid and will vote blindly because we're Republicans.
He's forgotten what a true Republican stands for: Life, Liberty, and the ....doesn't matter what #3 is, folks, with out numbers 1 and 2....
He's trash.
Here's the point.........then you are saying that we are helplessly going to be controlled by these corrupt Judges?? At some point, when is there going to be a showdown?? How many people have to be murdered in the meantime??
You certainly do not speak for conservative Republicans.
Oh, wait a minute, you weren't around then.
There is a difference between criticizing a politician and expecting a politician to break the law sp you can get your way. And there is a difference between criticizing those who support you and going after the real culprits (ie Judge Greer)
And don't forget - yes you are free to say whatever you want in American - and others are free to tell you what they think of what you have to say.
"So if the law told you to go jump off a bridge - would you?"
Wow, how long did it take you to come up with that one. Special points for originality....not! And, so's your old man...so there.
They've already started blaming the medical examiner!
I'm sure he's out there looking for one.
This can't be stressed enough. All of these clowns going around saying "Let's all withdraw our support from these Republicans" were NEVER Bush supporters in the first place.
They're the usual fringe elements and/or disguised lefties trying to exploit this.
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