Posted on 06/18/2005 5:52:16 AM PDT by veronica
Less than three months after his instructions to starve his wife to death were carried out by court order, Michael Schiavo is seeking a book deal.
Schiavo is in Manhattan, reports the New York Post - "shopping his book proposal among publishers."
"The timing couldn't be better," the Post notes, with news of his wife's autopsy on the front page of every newspaper this week.
Schiavo's book agent, David Vigliano, told the paper: "I think this is a seminal right to die with dignity story."
Schiavo's story, however, may not be over just yet.
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Friday he may ask prosecutors to probe questions about Michael's conduct on the night of his wife's collapse 15 years ago, which left her mentally disabled. :
I'd like to think that, however I suspect Bush got an advance copy of Fuhrman's manuscript. Calling for an investigation *NOW* is just a cya move.
This is the question that has tortured me.
It's not that I don't think the man should "go on with his life" when his wife is never going to wake up. Of course he should. It's called divorce. People do it every day. If he was honoring his marriage by keeping it, why sleep with other women? Make babies with another woman? How many people here would want their ex-spouse to make a decision about what you're going to have for dinner, let alone whether you live or die?
THAT is what the government should have decided. That the marriage was no longer intact, and that Mr. Schiavo ceased to have a marital obligation to Mrs. Schiavo the minute his honey dropped her drawers. If government wants so much say in the bedroom, perhaps they could start by upholding their own damn state laws against adultery. But then, too many politicians would be in hot water.
Blake doesn't golf?
Peterson and Hastings must be caddies--caddies never get to ride.
On another front, this web site is discussing a feud between Jeb and the NY Times.
Jeb Bush Battles 'The NY Times' Over Schiavo Case
By E&P Staff
Published: June 18, 2005 4:00 PM ET
NEW YORK A pitched battle has broken out between Gov. Jeb Bush and The New York Times--on the newspaper's editorial page.
Two days ago, the Times criticized the governor in an editorial called "Autopsy on the Schiavo Tragedy." While not naming Bush, it denounced "opportunistic politicians" who exploited the case. Today, the Times published a hard-hitting, critical letter from Jeb Bush--and another editorial attacking him.
Bush, in his letter, said that the Times' "grotesque and chilling disrespect for the sanctity of life has never been more apparent than in your June 16 editorial...Terri Schiavo was a deeply loved daughter, wife, sister and friend. The fact that her brain was atrophied or that she was blind or could not have been rehabilitated doesn't change that fact.
"While many medical professionals said she was in a persistent vegetative state, still other highly respected neurologists said there was a chance that she was not.
"In cases where patients do not have an expressed written directive regarding end-of-life decisions and where the patient's guardian has a conflict of interest, it only makes sense to err on the side of life....Despite claims of cynicism and being 'agenda-driven,' we will continue to strive to protect our most vulnerable citizens. All innocent human life is precious, and government has a duty to protect the weak, the disabled and the vulnerable."
While not directly responding to the letter, the Times published another editorial, which opened with:
"After Terri Schiavo was finally allowed to rest in peace on March 31, we hoped she would also have been granted in death what she surely would have wanted - an end to the bitterness that divided her family and made her private suffering a public spectacle....
"And so it was heartbreaking yesterday to see Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida thrust himself back into this tragedy just two days after the results of Ms. Schiavo's autopsy showed that her condition had been beyond hope and beyond therapy, that she most likely had been in a persistent vegetative state and that her relatives' allegations that she had been abused by her husband were false.
"For most of the nation, that news provided closure on a wrenching episode. But not for Mr. Bush, who asked a state prosecutor to investigate Michael Schiavo, Ms. Schiavo's husband. Mr. Bush said he wanted to clear up discrepancies in Mr. Schiavo's statements over the last 15 years about the time that elapsed between his finding his wife on the floor and his 911 call...
"Of all the politicians who tragically failed to understand and respect the sanctity and privacy of family life in this case, only Mr. Bush seems determined to save face by disturbing the family's peace further and berating those who had been saying all along that he was going down a terrible road."
FV SAYS: I also saw in today's Tampa Tribune that ME Throgmartin is Jeb Bush's employee and from another source, I heard that Thogmartin and the other ME (a rumor) are members of the hemlock society which has had several names changes).
Thogmartin recently battled cancer which is why he doesn't have much hair and Thogmartin, a Texan came to Pinellas in 2000 from Palm Beach where Rush Limbaugh is under investigation. Further, Ms. Woods, the other medical examiner was dismissed because she allegedly faked an autopsy regarding Lisa MacPherson who was starved and dehydrated while in the care of the Church of Scientology.
That's it for me today. Get it all over with in one post. lol FV
Most people would find it despicable that such a man would so profit on the unfathomably cruel way he treated his wife.
Sometimes the truth is so easy to see.
Gee, if it's that abhorent to you why do you post re: this story at all?
Sad, but so true.
Count me in as one of "most people".
Wjat do you care? I'm not buying any of the books. I don't reward bad behavior.
There are some values more important than the possibility of one's own impeachment.
Regardless, both the Florida State Constitution and the U.S. Constitution gave both Jeb and George the right to send in the National Guard and the Federal Marshalls.
Also there was that small matter of the Congressional Subpoena.....
"My 2 cents"
And mine.
Disgusting.
But your post inspired another thought. Perhaps no one should be speaking for anyone. If it's not in writing, err on the side of life.
I'm still trying to track down that law Jeb signed.
Dubya could have flown his Marine Helicopter there, and had the SS take her to the hearing, with a stop at Walter Reed first, congressional subpoena in hand.
There would have been hell to pay, but I would have respected him for it.
DK
The book and movie rights are certainly why he declined the million dollars to give custody of Terri to her parents. Remember that? There was no noble intent there, like our opponents tried to claim. He will make far more.
If Dubya had done that, he would have been right up there with Ronald Reagan in my mind.
Hell to pay? Like Impeachment?
Just curious.
Politicans do their best to make sure there won't be hell to pay, in the short (earthly) term, anyway.
You and I both.
Sigh.
DK
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