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?
Hey, hows about a double-impeachment? Jeb and George........That should solidify the party!
Terri Schiavo, whose unjust execution I lament, is not worth cutting off that one nose.
It is more important to win the war than every battle in the war.
Amen.
I don't give a rats behind what the "Democrats" are "content" about. What? Shall we starve them to death, too?
Sorry, but a local judge can't tell county cops (the county being a subdivision of state government) to shoot at state police and repel a state agency sent by the governor. Your suggestion otherwise just shows you've bought into the judicial tyranny that we're being ruled by. Traditionally, it's the EXECUTIVE who has to enforce judicial rulings. Hamilton said precisely this in the Federalist Papers - as a reason why the courts are the "least dangerous branch": They have to rely on the executive to enforce their rulings. But Greer cut through the middleman and assumed the role of an executive. So he killed Terri - and he's helping to further the death of constituitonal government.
Agreed. But at least Jeb will continue to live. Terri will NOT.
Yes. Bring it on. Save hundreds of unborn babies while the courts fight it out. If he gets impeached, at least he saved lives.
30 million have died in our American Holocaust of Abortion because executives are cowards in the face of mass genocide.
I agree. Many of us want to do the right thing, but balk when push comes to shove. I'm sure Jeb knows what was the right thing. But he proved himself just plain ordinary. Not necessarily a sin (but maybe - only Jeb and God know), but not what a real leader would do, IMO. Saint Paul said it - I do the things I don't want to do, and I don't do the things I want to do. Sad, but true.
Yawn.................
Jeb Bush's legacy: He was the last man to turn his back on Terri, a dying vulnerable disabled Floridian. I wouldn't trust him with my cats; I love my cats too much.
I refuse to be a Republican anymore.
I was laughing at you, dear. :-)
He was elected by the people of Florida to protect and defend them. I was not.
It doesn't matter what any Democrat did for Terri. It is only important to destroy Republicans that could not save Terri. Had they saved Terri, it would be important to destroy them because they did not prosecute Michael. Had no one heard of Terri, there would be another reason.
There has not been a Congress or a President (or a Governor of Florida) more friendly to conservatives who call themselves Christians in my memory.
Therefore there must be a movement to oust them ...
It only makes sense ...
Thank you. Hitting a word count tonight are ya??
I will never forget. Jeb Bush could have saved Terri but chose not to because he's a COWARD!
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