The RATS are going to wish Terri Shiavo was still living before this thing settles out. Trust me.
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?
Blah blah blah I know more about Florida Law than anyone in Florida blah blah blah look at me take on the Evil Bush Family blah blah blah I'm smarter than Jeb Bush, and know more about his job than he does blah blah blah which is why I write for an irrelevent publication blah blah blah I are so smart blah blah blah
There's hardly anybody left to speak to them though; I think they've all been on TV in the last two weeks.
I have heard a number of lawyers say that Jeb has indeed done everything available to him within the law.
Are you a lawyer?
Maybe people aren't responding because they just don't take that crap seriously anymore.
Though I know a few who refuse to accept what is NOT being said as the truth, many are, and they are astounded.
Actually, they're upset. Saying he should have done his job.
Saundra, you need to back off *JUST* a little bit.
If you make those kind of comments you will continue to look like a fool.
Thanks for demonstrating that some can't argue with facts.
Yet another irresponsible post for a new Freeper.
Hmmmmm? I think Jeb didn't send the DCF in because Judge Greer issued a court order to keep DCF OUT - Geeeeee .. I wonder if that might have been the reason ..?? Ya think!
Go back to DU,FU,LP, or where that garbage sells. You ARE a troll and that's all.
Check Florida's laws.
The cops fall under Jeb's chain. He could have suspended them because they did not allow the FDLE to proceed.
I don't understand who or what you are referring to with that statement.
By "crap" uttered to my reference of the Florida Constitution as posted in post#207, you are effectively saying that no one takes the law seriously anymore. So I guess that Jeb doesn't take his state's constitution seriously either.
That explains quite a bit.
I haven't trash anyone (Freeper) and as you well know I seldom do. Not even you, sinkpur or poobah. Personally I don't know why people get so damn upset when you bash them. Mel now.
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