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It is important for conservatives to take a long, hard look at Gov Jeb Bush. He has twice, now, failed to act to insure humane treatment for Florida citizens. This unwillingness to stand in the breach against injustice does not bode well for conservative values.

Yes it is. It is also important for people to be compassionate .

"It is important for conservatives to take a long, hard look at Gov Jeb Bush. He has twice, now, failed to act to insure humane treatment for Florida citizens. This unwillingness to stand in the breach against injustice does not bode well for conservative values."

We should probably take a hard look at the state representatives in Florida and other states that pass crazy laws like these. More importantly, we should probably take a long, hard look at ourselves because we vote for these nincompoops that seem hell bent on turning our country into a police state reminiscent of the former Soviet Union, complete with draconian laws enforced in large part by secret police, producing the highest incarceration rate in the world. Governors don't make the laws and they don't use their veto power much to stop laws from being passed because the legislators are supposed to represent the will of the people in their districts. No doubt there was tremendous support for these tough new anti-drugs measures requiring a 25 year mandatory minimum from which judges had no discretion to deviate. Maybe we should pay attention to what our legislators do and not be so quick to fall for tough on drugs rhetoric without thinking of the negative consequences of the laws and policies being considered.

I believe there are websites where people can find out which legislator or legislators introduced the bill behind these laws and who voted for them. For my state and probably yours we can look up who is on what committee and find out what type of legislation our representatives are voting for. I always make a note of who is introducing mostly pork legislation and who is introducing stupid laws and who brings smart legislation to the table. You can let your elected representative know what you think about the legislation he's putting through or supporting. If you don't like the laws he gets behind you can tell him exactly why and tell him that because of it you intend to vote for whoever runs against him and bring as many other voters along with you that you can. He probably won't listen unless he hears enough of that sort of thing from people, but you can always work to get him replaced and if enough people work together you might succeed or at least give him reason to think twice next time he considers the type of legislation a large portion of his electorate oppose.