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?
Jeb and his mother need to visit Terri and her paretns, and the four of them need to give Terri water. And Jeb needs to do this as a person, not a governor -- and yeah, the four of them will probably get arrested. It might not be the best idea, but it's something. Short of that, I want Jeb to follow the law. This is all so awful.
Smile. Wink. Giggle. Giggle.
You've used that "GOOD GERMAN" line before and it's not only silly,but inappropriate; not to mention THE net's post to end all posts of a someone who is incapable of debate. Don't you know that anyone who pulls that junk is immediately seen as having lost the argument and in spades? LOL
Not a bad post, at once calm and polemical (not an easy task). Yes, it was naughty, and not really apposite, but who cares; it got me to laugh. That is good. These threads need more of it.
See you are thinking inside the box, starting thinking get the job done with the powers you have without making things worse.
It is therefor patently obvious that your reading comprehension skill level is less than ZERO.
How did I know that nobody finds you worthy of being called precious?
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Because you know I gave my panties only to you (sniff sniff) !!! ;-))
is misfeasence married to Mr. Feasence?
With such style, meaning is secondary. 2 + 2 only equals four always and forever with math nerds. The rest of us are prepared to fudge.
Since we're spreading the blame around, I also think the Schindler family lawyers have been totally incompetent. Not anywhere near as smart as Johnnie Cochran (and that's the only good thing I can say about him).
It's kinda like the Hitler rule:
First one to call someone Hitler automatically loses
(Unless, of course, one is talking to someone who is actually named "Hitler")
No. Divorced. Otherwise, missesfeasence.
Okay, I read what you posted in #691. That post,alone, proves that you are incapable of rational thought. It was a childish, pathetic,irrational, senseless, emotional post, signifying the abject lack of knowledge and understanding that is endemic in most of your posts.
It's that sort of absurdist posting one sees occasionally. Less crude than, say an A+Bert, but full of its own raw power.
He's dead, Jim.
CORRECT ! :-)
Thanks for telling me that and about time too. He was a damned troll.
You misunderstand - I was suggesting that the poster get himself into jail for the rest of his life - not Jeb.
Your suggestion is, of course, not much more than fantasy. Jeb is not going to break the law. Those who think it should be broken - are free to do it themselves.
I knew you'd like it, thanks.
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