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Jeb Bush's political obituary
WND ^ | Mar 30 05 | Farah

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?


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To: Diva Betsy Ross
Jeb let us down.I am not saying he is a bad person- but he is not a good leader."""

I'm not saying he's a bad person, either. I just wouldn't feel safe with a guy in the White House who couldn't stand up to hayseed judge George Greer. How could he stand up to Kim Il Jung?

21 posted on 03/30/2005 4:16:02 PM PST by churchillbuff
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To: dinok

You know I feel nothing for a spineless peice of(you know what) that doesnt stand up for the people in his state who voted for him. I hope its over for him. No book deals, no interviews, nothing that would provide a way for him to make money.


22 posted on 03/30/2005 4:16:08 PM PST by duck duck goose
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To: churchillbuff

Do you also think that Jeb Bush has the authority to shut down all the abortion mills in Florida that kills thousands of babies every year?


23 posted on 03/30/2005 4:16:21 PM PST by george wythe
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To: churchillbuff

24 posted on 03/30/2005 4:16:35 PM PST by Registered (They couldn't find the artist, so they hung the picture)
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To: Zivasmate
but by the year 2016 that will all have been forgotten

By then, we're looking at George P. Bush...the Great Latino Hope of the GOP Circus Tent.

25 posted on 03/30/2005 4:16:43 PM PST by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: churchillbuff

Yeah, I do agree that I think he will be haunted. I really believe he wanted to do the right thing. I guess it's easy for a lot of folks to talk about what they would have done. I'm guessing it may have been a bit more difficult to execute.

He struck out with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth.

Personally, I plan on laying the greater part of the blame on the unfaithful husband, the evil lawyer and the judge who actively killed Terri.

I also think this is a more constructive approach.


26 posted on 03/30/2005 4:16:46 PM PST by incredulous joe (1 for faith, 1 for hope, 1 for charity)
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To: george wythe

Here is the thing: Jeb has been trying for years to save her!!! Yet people expect him to break the law. GW and Jeb are not above the law! The real villians are the judges.


27 posted on 03/30/2005 4:16:46 PM PST by KevinDavis (Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
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To: Theodore R.
Can't you see Jeb a dozen years from now giving a speech trying to defend what he did not do in March 2005?

He won't have to defend it to 95% of the American populace.

The fringers will have moved on to something else.

28 posted on 03/30/2005 4:17:31 PM PST by sinkspur (I'm in the WPPFF)
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To: churchillbuff

OMG...how will Jeb survive not having Mrs. Joseph Farah in his camp?


29 posted on 03/30/2005 4:17:34 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: churchillbuff
If Jeb Bush couldn't stand up to George Greer -- and Greer's rebellious order for local cops to resist a state agency and state law enforcement -- then how could he ever stand up to North Korea, Syria, China, Iran, Cuba, etc etc??

What about The Republican controlled Congress and Senate? The judge pissed on them as well. They don't appear to be doing anything either.

30 posted on 03/30/2005 4:17:35 PM PST by Bommer
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To: KevinDavis
Here is the thing: Jeb has been trying for years to save her!!! Yet people expect him to break the law. GW and Jeb are not above the law! The real villians are the judges.

You know the syndrome. Attack the people who tried to help you the most when you did not achieve your goals. Cut the nose off to spite the face.

32 posted on 03/30/2005 4:18:56 PM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: dinok
Farah and both of you are political naifs. There is NO way, < B>NONE,that Jeb was going to even enter the '08 GOP presidential primaries. Even before this,he wouldn't have been given the chance. Long ago, the Dems and the MSM were howling about how America isn't a monarchy and a third Bush, running for president,in a row, was more than even most GOP voters were willing to handle.

And Farah has been one anti-Bush machines since '00 !

33 posted on 03/30/2005 4:19:08 PM PST by nopardons
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To: churchillbuff; All

Anyone know the number of Feeding Tubes that are pulled annually to allow the patient to die?......

If so could you post a link to the information?


34 posted on 03/30/2005 4:19:08 PM PST by deport (You know you are getting older when everything either dries up or leaks.)
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To: dinok
And Hillary's' career is going gang busters. I get it and that is much better. Thanks

What a dipstick.
35 posted on 03/30/2005 4:19:34 PM PST by WHBates
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To: dinok
I don't feel sorry for Jello spine... I mean Jeb Bush. He chose to do nothing and will pay the price for it in the polls.

His career is over...he just doesn't know it yet.


Better to know Jeb's true colors now & not as President. Remember the Newsweek article about Comrade Kerry that ran after the election. The article outed him as indecisive, disorganize, vacillating, a weak, weak, man.
36 posted on 03/30/2005 4:19:59 PM PST by JonDavid
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To: churchillbuff
It appears that the Governor of Florida has a well concealed
middle name, but now it's exposed for all the world to see.

Jeb Coward Bush !!!

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37 posted on 03/30/2005 4:20:38 PM PST by GeekDejure ( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!!)
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To: peyton randolph
That is preventing a bloodbath between law enforcement."""

No it is allowing a local judge to enter into rebellion against state government. Those cops are on government payroll. Jeb Bush could have threatened to withhold their pay and pensions. That would have moved their lardy asses out of the way. "Donut break, boys! Let the governor through!"

38 posted on 03/30/2005 4:20:43 PM PST by churchillbuff
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To: af_vet_1981; All

Sad but true.


39 posted on 03/30/2005 4:20:48 PM PST by KevinDavis (Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
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To: Bommer

Yeah,...what about contempt of court.

Whatever happened to Sandy Berger?? Will he be coming up for trial anytime soon.


40 posted on 03/30/2005 4:20:51 PM PST by incredulous joe (1 for faith, 1 for hope, 1 for charity)
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