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?
Yes, they'd howl the way they did when Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. Made him look all the manlier.
Why risk it? Just lockup Greer and throw away the key. It will be fun.
It's a flaw, I know.
So, where do you stand on removing feeding tubes and other life saving equipment?
First of all, you couldn't persuade anyone to vote for the Dem presidential candidate, who REALLY is a Conservative.
Secondly,the politicians KNOW that!
Thirdly, even IF you could manage to seduce enough morons to follow your lead, that would only elect the Dem and then whoa Nelly, watch what he/she would would.And NOBODY in the GOP would then think that running a more Conservative candidate would win election, so they'd run even MORE damned RINOS!
Just admit it, you the 8 horrible years that Clinton was president.
First of all, you couldn't persuade anyone to vote for the Dem presidential candidate, who REALLY is a Conservative.
Secondly,the politicians KNOW that!
Thirdly, even IF you could manage to seduce enough morons to follow your lead, that would only elect the Dem and then whoa Nelly, watch what he/she would would.And NOBODY in the GOP would then think that running a more Conservative candidate would win election, so they'd run even MORE damned RINOS!
Just admit it, you LOVED the 8 horrible years that Clinton was president.
No problem. Didn't mean to be sharp with you.
Hie thee to the nearest elementary school and plead with them to accept you in the first grade and have someone teach you reading comprehension.
Wow!
Thank you (bow). Thank you (bow). Thank you (bow.)
Such wonderful compliments! No,no, you mustn't.. Well, okay, just a few more bows, but then I really must go pick up the kids. What with the Nanny off for the day and me with the old mercedes...I have to leave a bit early to make it to the University on time.
Legal options are always so tiring, don't you think? And there's just so many ways for those people to mess up all the well made plans. But we try. Oh, of course we do have our good days and our even better days. We don't have any bad days. Unless we're vacationing in florida. But we don't vacation there much anymore - to many lawyers and judges - such riffraff. But I know you understand as you seem to have so many of them in your area of the woods.
It was so sweet of you to write that lovely letter. Not many people from your school do that these days, but it's so wonderful to see some are still taught to communicate on a level of some understanding.
Your grasp of the concept of living is delightful, young man! Your parents must be so proud. And your fiance, too, must be so proud of you.
Yes. I was in the movies. You know, the movies these days are just not up to the quality of the days gone by. What with all the vulgarities these days. Who acts?? They just seem to stand around, doing nothing. But then, so many people just stand around. Are you one of them? Oh, my goodness. You are? Well... Oh, dear. Time's flying. Off I am.
Please, do continue to drop by, and if I'm out leave your calling card. Kids these days do still use calling cards, don't they?
Obviously. LOL
Intellectually dishonest too, you are full of surprises aren't you.
Oh well, each to his own; your loss. :-)
Yeah. Issues.
Judge and judges all want legal, correct?
Got to have a legal reason to lock him up.
That way he stays locked up.
No boby wants to play (fairly), how bout you ->#691
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