No, not impeachment.
Even on this forum, many people think Terri wanted to die. This would have been weeks of nothing but Terri news. WRT Dubya, everything bad about his judgement.
A major distraction from the few items a president can get done. If a president wants to be all to everyone, you get Bill Clinton, a do nothing president.
RWR had about 4 main items on his agenda. Defeating Communism was his big item. He has focused on that for decades.
Dubya is not a great communicator, but people do know what he believes. Getting excoriated in the press for weeks actually detracts from his Iraq war agenda, his Social Security agenda, his tax reform agenda...etc.
If you like, each of those agendas are about people dying. The Iraq war being the easiest to see. SocSec is forcing people into bad decisions on their post retirement years. Tax reform...again takes money from people that they would use for health or well being. Each of those issues determine life or death of thousands or tens of thousands every year.
Terri was one life. But I would have shed a tear seeing Marine One touch down in front of that hospice to escort Terri to congress.
It didn't happen.
DK
I'm glad it didn;t happen. POTUS did all he could and did Jeb too.
This one was tough for several reasons. Frist off, they're Cathlolics as I am. We beieve in life. Secondly, I do believe the autopy reports that she was brain damaged to the extent that only a miracle could have restored her.
Modern medicine can save lives and it can also measure the degree of life. i.e. PVS and the other awful term: brain dead. Now, I cannot and would not make that decision on anyone, be it a stranger or a family member. I truly believed Mrs Shiavo was PVS and I was right. That is not to say I was in favor of removing her feeding tube. My solution was to give her to her parents. in exchange for the parents agreement to leave Michael alone and free him from all obligations.
But, my scenario tramps on the rights of marriage. This was ugly all the way around. Laws must be changed and written clearly, not ambiguously.