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?
Okay, okay
Do it for Terri ...
You want to know who is really "spineless, not to mention uneducated? You and your ilk.
I agree, I have tried to listen to Savage to see what the allure is. My time could be better spent capturing terrorists with a democratic plan than listening to him.
Once the congressional subpoenas were issued, federal law protected Terri from any harm as she was a witness. The state court order would be effectively stayed until after she testified. The U.S. Marshals should have been sent in immediately. Despite the beliefs of Just@ss Greer, a state court order doesn't trump a federal statute.
He knows it, I think he fell on this sword to save someone or something else. Whatever, he is a good man, but his pulic life is over and that is for the best.
Sometimes you have to risk EVERYTHING to do what you know is right.
In this case, Jeb could have stepped in and saved Terri's life through the use of force.
He may have had to go to jail, but you know what? I would have respected him for it, even voted for him if he deceided to run for President. Instead he chose to do the politically safe thing when it really mattered and a disabled woman is going to die because of it.
You are totally right!!! I am really disappointed in my freepers on this subject. They are supposed to be law and order guys and gals but they want Jeb to break the law.
Lets go to the problem and start getting rid of these legislating judges.
Nothing like name calling on FR...
As if there are no other republicans to run for office.
Your premise is that if we dont support Jello we get Hillary? Quite a stretch there...
go drink your Bush cool aid...
Why does this not constitute trolling?
And Jeb was NEVER going to run for the presidency to begin with.
But as one of THE biggest Bushbashers on FR, you continue to post every single article you can find,that denigrates any member of that family.
Yes, I get that impression. However out of his madness he sometimes has a spark of genius. He supported the Swift boats from day one. He predicted from day one that Kobe will be cleared. He has also supported Terri from day one. He believes that when President Bush's father Bill Clinton went to Sumatra for hurricane relief, they talked more than saving people. Remember Hillary's FBI files too.
You bet it did.
You want both Bush's to be on the equal scumbag "piss on the law" level as Bill Clinton?
You bet they do.
"Better to know Jeb's true colors now & not as President"
dotto that...
I agree, he just would not make a good leader.
Heh.
Jeb Bush worked within his envolope. Do you want him to be a dictator. I don't think he likes what is happening to Terri any more than I do. Yes, he could have sent the National Guard in armed to the teeth and he would have gotten many volunteers including me. The people need to wake up and stop listening to CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS. Terri is not the only one being treated like this. The courts need to be taken into acount for their operating. Terri is sending us a message start copying. God Bless Terri and God Bless America.
Jeb Bush did a lot for Terri, but when it got down to where it counted the most, he wimped out. He should have called the local cops' bluff. What were they going to do -- fire on the state troopers? Instead he gave in. Thanks a lot, Jeb.
Yep, and there no consequenses!
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