Posted on 04/01/2005 7:42:27 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Public opinion may be shifting on the decision to disconnect Terri Schiavo's feeding tube and starve her to death, according to a new Fox Opinion Dynamics survey - with a significant percentage of Americans now saying it was "murder."
When asked about the "decision to remove" Schiavo's feeding tube, 38 percent of Americans told Opinion Dynamics that they disagreed with the decision, with 42 percent backing the move.
A full 20 percent said they were unsure.
A widely circulated ABC News poll last week asked if it was right to pull Schiavo's feeding tube, noting that she's been "on life support for 15 years" with a condition that is "irreversible."
Phrasing the question like that, 63 percent backed the decision to remove her tube, with 28 opposed.
In perhaps the most startling finding on the survey, fifty percent of African Americans told Opinion Dynamics that removing Schiavo's feeding tube was "an act of murder."
Thirty-nine percent of Republicans agreed. Even among Americans under 30, more than a third of the population [35 percent] believe that Schiavo was murdered.
Opinion Dynamics surveyed 900 registered voters on March 29-30, the day before Schiavo died.
I think he went to nursing school so he could get a well-paying job, and he had Terri to talk about with his classmates and instructors. He won ther malpractice lawsuit, and attending nursing school would have been an acceptable use of those funds as long as he was doing it for Terri's sake. He asked his lawyer if he could use the money to pay for nursing school so he could nurse his disabled wife, the lawyer said sure why not, and he got to access Terri's funds for the time he went to nursing school. It's almost like getting a scholarship. Why he chose to be a nurse is beyond me, but his admission would be practically guaranteed if he is male and has a reasonable GPA.
LOL! Just like a Salem witch trial, where they hold the witch under water, and if she survives she's a witch, if she drowns she's not..... Darn, she drowned, maybe she's not a witch. Oooops!
Let's suppose that a month ago elderly Granny said at the dinner table that 'she was useless anymore and just wanted to die'.
Let's suppose that two weeks ago, I honored Granny's wishes and began to deny her both food and water.
Let's suppose that she finally died at 9:03 on 3/31/2005, just as Terri Schiavo died.
Suppose that I then called the medical examiner to come pick up Granny's dead body.
Now, you tell me where I would be right now?????
Would I be charged with murder?????
I think it's definitely obfuscation when you report on a poll and report what certain groups replied without even mentioning the overall numbers. It's also selective reporting of the type that the NY Times practices.
I realize many aren't as concerned about the journalistic standards of the Times as fact that they are on the wrong side, but as far as I'm concerned selectively reporting only conservative things is no better than selectively reporting only liberal things.
My point is not that the 29% is insignificant. It's very significant!
But NewsMax should have reported all the poll results instead of just cherry-picking the numbers that look good for the Schindler side.
I wonder if the pro-Terri news trend will increase over the next few weeks... say every time Felos gives a press conference? You can't listen to this snake and not get a sickening feeling about what he did to Terri.
Yes, because you didn't get Judge Greer's permission to starve Granny.
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