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?
Your problem, ma'am is that one never knows what your opinions are about anything. And there you have it.
Noe wonder you chose a nic with "geek" as the first word! LOL
LOL, this will be fun.
Terri can't swallow. You want Jeb and his mother to DROWN her,I guess.
Even in 2000 people said that GWBush was an imperfect conservative.
Seriously, compare prior republican candidates. X41 and Dole were underwhelming as candidats. The issue is where do we go from here.
This is just ONE battle in the culture war. It is a lost. A tradgic loss, but it can still be a victory.
Texans rallied around "remember the Alamo", why not "for Terri"? We STILL have to deal with the issue of judges, we STILL have to deal with protecting marriage, we STILL have to deal with private SS accounts, we STILL have to deal with permanent tax cuts. The RATS would just love to see republicans burn their own neighborhood.
So we lick our wounds, pick ourselves up, and go and attack the ENEMY as identified. The enemy is CLEARLY the judiciary, the enemy is the democrats who stood silent OR openly voted against terri. THAT is who we have to deal with. Attacking Jeb or GW only gives aid and comfort to the enemy.
Are your delusions tied to substance abuse,or just inherited ?
LOL !
Dehydrating her is a much better idea.
And Environmentaly sound.
Save the whales,dehydrate humans!
Kinda catchy,no?
Learned, lot's of practice over many years. Plus I so enjoyed proving I am right. Unfortunately I only get to play for real in my field, but I have won more then a few hopeless fights. Never think inside the box. That is the trouble wiht just about everyone, let your delusional mind go, solve the problem any way you can in your mind and then figure out how to make that imaginary solution work in the real world. Repeat as often as neccessary.
Oh No I gave away a huge secret, but not to worry no one will believe me.
Try me, I am one of the few (only) rational posters currently on this thread.
I have done guardianship cases as an attorney. I would have an difficult time accepting Greers arrogance as the norm. I have been at hearings in the hospital room, I have had living wills challenged. I have NEVER had a situation with a husband/wife having a lover and new family.
Respectfully, quite often there are only a handful of judges (or magistrates) who handle the incapacity hearings. If there are only two, then a review would be passed on to the other judge who would affirm whatever their friend next door did. The reality is that judges DO know each other and will have a tendency to protect their own.
Greer has basically screwed up and his ALL of FL will now pay a price for his song and dance.
There are many good suggestions out there including yours. It is just a question of which ones we WILL have the Republican controled legislature of FL write into law and adopt.
Jeb Bush can still sign that into law.
Well maybe because her soon to be lifeless body is covered with GOP finger prints.
It seems that FR needs a rabies shot or an enema.
And WHAT the bloody hell,you pervert, would I want with your used underwear?
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I have no idea WHAT the bloody hell you wanted my panties for...
and I was amazed that you were so insistent to receive them
that you wouldn't even wait for me to wash them...
anyway... now that you got 'em... enjoy yourself (sniff sniff) !!! ;-))
So, I read your post and, curious, I got out my little pocket constitution, and I was searching and searching and searching, and for some reason, I couldn't find a Josef MENGELE Branch. Thinking that, perhaps, I missed it as I was skimming through it, I thought it best to just politely ask you if you could give me the article number that gives the details on this branch of which you speak.
So, could you? THanks in advance. :)
There is "thinking out of the box" and then there is what you're doing, NOT THINKING AT ALL/THINKING LIKE A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD.
You "gave away" nothing at all. LOL
The ONLY person who believes that statement is you. LOL
If it weren't for Jeb Bush, Terri would have been dead years ago
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