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?
Glad to see you can laugh at yourself as am I.
Another five month wonder.
"If you, Mr. Thought police don't like free speech then move to China"
I believe thats MS Thought police.
You're so right. There's been a big power grab by the courts in the last 50 years. They're deciding issues that are not even mentioned in our constitutions and ruling that this or that law is "unconstitutional." The Supreme Court should never had heard the Roe v. Wade case because abortion is not even mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Congress must begin acting to limit the power of the judiciary. These judges are making decisions affecting all aspects of our lives and seizing power that belongs in the legislative branch.
I wonder if they will now drool over Jesse Jackson the corporate blackmailer who cheats on his wife to run for Governor of Florida.
Read this: if she had left a will, it's none of your business.
You wouldn't know what "truth" is, if it clamped its teeth on your nose and hung on until you dropped dead!
Be our guest!
He's gone into hiding now.
Well, that's good to hear... so I suppose whatever the idiots over on the left have to offer are going to be more to your liking??? I mean Good Lord, and don't give me the I'd rather sit out, and not vote crap because that is just as moronic.....
If you're going to wait and vote for someone who represents EVERY SINGLE ISSUE AND VALUE that you stand for, God Bless because it sounds like you'll probably be sitting out every election till the day you die...
I'm disappointed, absolutely... do I wish Jeb stepped in and stuck the tube back in himself, you bet your a*s... But, he didn't...
So, when/if you see a Hillary-Bush contest for 2008, go ahead, vote for Hillary... you'll really show 'em, won't you...
I wonder if the Patriots debated this way. The judges defied the law again and again. The judges did not uphold the law. Jeb had the opportunity to use his constitutional powers but did not want to cross the line with a weak woman.
Jeb is a spineless coward.
In your dreams.
Are you sure you're really Amish...lol.
In my case, it's DOCTOR Thought Police.
Not true. I am a big time Bush supporter. All of them as a matter of fact. Both the Prez and I was for a long time supporter of Jeb. I think that you are going to have to accept that this is going to cause a rift with voters. Like it or not.
Real cute DUmmy, that the best you got??
Abortions are good for getting votes, don't expect a republican to do away with it, they aren't that stupid.
Polls show the Republicans are more in danger of losing votes for interfering in what MOST people see as painful personal family decisions when it comes to letting a loved one go to be with God under such difficult circumstances.
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