Posted on 04/05/2005 2:06:47 PM PDT by Crackingham
U.S. Senate Republican leader Bill Frist said on Tuesday that courts had acted fairly in the Terri Schiavo "right-to-die" case, differing sharply from a vow of retribution by his House of Representatives counterpart, Tom DeLay.
"I believe we have a fair and independent judiciary today," said Frist, now trying to resolve a battle with Democrats over judicial nominations that threatens to tie his chamber into knots. "I respect that."
Frist and DeLay, as the Senate and House majority leaders, had led a charge for emergency legislation calling on the federal courts to review the Schiavo case. President Bush flew back from a Texas vacation to sign the bill into law. But federal courts refused to intervene and let stand a Florida state court order to remove a feeding tube from the brain-damaged woman. Schiavo's husband had said she would not have wanted to live in her condition, but her parents fought against the tube's removal. Schiavo died last week after spending 15 years in what courts had ruled was a persistent vegetative state.
DeLay, a Texas Republican, said afterward: "We will look at an arrogant, out-of-control, unaccountable judiciary that thumbed their nose at the Congress and president when given jurisdiction to hear this case anew."
In a written statement, DeLay said: "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior."
Frist, asked about the furor over the case, told reporters, "I will let members (of Congress) ... speak for themselves."
But the Tennessee Republican said he believed the courts "acted in a fair and independent way."
The Schiavo case was unique, Frist said. "Our bill said, 'let's let the courts take another look,"' he said.
in case you don't have Sis's email...try this :
http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm
And be sure to make clear that you are writing on behalf of Free Republic. That will help boost our collective credibility enormously.
and be sure to tell him that "atlaw" says "hey"
Uh, no. Bad idea. I might say me & atlaw feel the same, but no way could I speak in behalf of Free Republic.
Wouldn't be prudent.
I fully agree. That ill-advised crack should have been accompanied by a sarcasm tag. Sorry.
How was Cheney taken out of context? I missed it. Thanks.
On the bright side, I never did think I deserved my reputation for perfection.
LOL. See, I was just working off of those rumors that you were/are perfect.
Too bad I didn't read the thread up to your mea culpa. Then my reputation for perfection (self-administered of course) would also still be intact.
He was sucker-punched by being asked if he agreed with DeLay saying they were going to take "retribution" on the courts?
This was a deliberate distortion as DeLay never used any such word,
Cheney said he hadn't heard yet what DeLay had said, but that he didn't believe there should be "retribution"
He's usually too sharp to get caught in these word game traps...
I think there must be a misunderstanding. I agree with you about never letting the liberals win an election. I would make a rare exception in the case of Lincoln Chafee, who is pretty far to the left already. He is taking up a valuable GOP committee seat on Foreign Relations, and perhaps elsewhere.
I would also question whether the Rat party is really splitting in two. They are probably continuing to lose a few voters here and there, but the fact that they got 48 percent in November with a bad candidate suggests an enormous amount of strength, I'm sorry to say.
As a retired investigative reporter - I always investigated BOTH sides of an issue/story before going to print,
I still try to use that rule of thumb here - which is why I researched to see in what context Cheney's remark was made
I am doing fine Patriot. Retired, looking back a lot farther than I can look forward, so I really can't get myself too worked up over a mess of RINO's, I doubt that I will live long enough to see the worst of what is coming.
I pray God will forgive me and all those that have let this happen to a blessed country.
Ah, I see. Thanks again.
out of context or not, doesn't sound like he supports DeLay in this case
My reaction to Frist's and Lott's remarks:
draft letters for Congress re: judiciary run amok
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?selm=b1c67abe.0504080750.66233a0a%40posting.google.com
call for Terri Schiavo hearings
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?selm=7055e676.0504251326.b43d97%40posting.google.com
the not-printable "Analysis You Be The Judge: Was
Terri Schindler-Schiavo A Strangulation Victim?"
linked to from
http://theempirejournal.com/greer_schiavo_articles.htm
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