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?
Ad we are not near to such yet. Nor is the act of either executive -- the State Governor or the Federal President to go in with armed and strong force to take that hostage away from her murderers illegal. It would not be illegal in Iraq, it can not be illegal here.
This article is a pile of rubbish. (And, I'm being kind)
I am not an evangelical and I would stay home too!
Answer: The Executive branch has the power to pardon for things decided in the Judicial.
There you go.
Perhaps people should focus on allowing "Fault" divorce in the event of a incapcity case like this. A specifically enumerated immediation family (mother/father/brother/sister) could petition the court to make a "fault" finding for divorce for cause. (in michaels case his new girlfriend and family. Remember no common law marraige in FL)
We should be creating a list of changes that should be made to prevent this from happening again.
FIRST: We the end of Democrat filibusters for judges.
-second: Jury trials for a finding of fact that the person wanted to die when the family can not reach agreeent.
-third: Appointment of a RANDOM selected Attorney ad Littem in ALL incapacity cases where death is a possible request.
-fourth: Shall issue language in the federal review. IOW no substantial likelihood of succes test for TR0's.
-fifth: codifying the presumption of life in the absence of a living will.
-sixth: ??? insert constructive ideas here.
One thing is 100% certain. WITHOUT republicans in office we are all next to be "executed."
Exactly. You just defeated your entire, self righteous argument. YOU have no idea what the Governor or President could/should/would have done.
That's right. Jeb Bush is a bad, bad, man. You guys are the majority. If you don't get what you want, you should send in troops. That's my idea of solving domestic problems.
Mission accomplished.
Thank you,
Hillary
Statement Endorsed by the Communist Party of America
You make some excellent points.
You make some excellent points.
On the floor of the House (two Sundays ago when they had their emergency session), several Congressmen, at least one of whom is a doctor, said that every day thousands of people have feeding tubes and other life saving equipment disconnected.
Previous to that, I had been using the number hundreds.
Several freepers have said that it happens in hospitals and nursing homes and hospices every single day.
USA Today had an article that I asked someone to post but no one ever did (we subscribe to the magazine) that said that feeding tubes were removed every day of the week all year long in this country with no fanfare after families and their doctors consulted and decided there was no hope.
Now I am not up on all the details but were I Jeb before storming the hospice I would have filled an appeal in Greer court and then thrown Greer in jail and appointed a friendly judge to Greers court. Then when I was elected president in 2008 I would not get any crap from the Surpreme Court or any other court.
First of all, you'd have to find a definition of RINO that everyone would agree on; NOT just YOUR definition.
And if you think that you could get REAL Conservatives to vote for Hillary or any other damned Dem,you're out of your wee mind.
Voting, or not voting at all, to "teach a lesson", does NOTHING.It "teaches" NOBODY anything and only you what you do NOT want.
So I'll ask again..... How can the Gov. suspend someone that is subject to impeachment......... Just curious... Make me a pretty post spelling it out....
Perhaps then you can comfort your conscience as to the humanity of prolonging a person in a hopeless state of living death, to suffer indefinitely because you don't believe in removing a feeding tube.
I hope you realize on the other hand that there are others who consider your position immoral?
This is NOT an easy issue.
That is why the law, and many of us here believe such decisions are best left up to the individual and their family members.
And not to the Congress or Presidents or Governors, or these unseemly and often ugly demonstrations outside of a dying person's hospice.
I know one Bush 2004 Elector who won't support Jeb for President if he doesn't step up to the plate and rescue Terri from the GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT sentence toward the disabled...ME!
Not even SERIAL MURDERS are considered GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT!!!
Ah, thank you. Usually, an artist is not appreciated in his own time.
If true, I'm surprised. I would have guessed most people who were against abortion would be against killing the non-terminally ill.
I wonder what makes this case so different?
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