"My conclusions were based on what my office did, what FDLE did, and what I was aware of at the time," says Pinellas County State Attorney Bernie McCabe, who was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush to investigate Coe's death. He says FDLE never mentioned Det. DeBlock or his information.
Bernie McCabe
Glenn Selig, FOX13: He says he gave information to the FDLE before Mr. Coe committed suicide and you're saying you don't know anything about it?
Bernie McCabe, Special Prosecutor: I don't know anything about it.
Glenn Selig, FOX13: Shouldn't you?
Bernie McCabe, Special Prosecutor: I don't know.
FV says: McCabe knows how to stop investigations and "denies" as illustrated above. "I don't know anything about it." FV Question: If Fla AG is Charlie Crist, why doesn't Crist ever assign investigations to anybody? Why does the Governor do it instead of Florida's Attorney General? Isn't that kind of strange? Isn't law enforcement part of Crist's job? I thought everybody was yelling that Jeb should stay out of things. It appears that he's doing Crist's job for him and dare I say, Jeb interferes in investigations that Crist should be handling? If appears that MCCABE is Jeb's coverup point man.
TERRI SCHIAVO BACKLASH: THE POLITICAL PRICE OF ENDORSING MURDER
From the Florida Times-Union:
Jim King has a 19-year record of solid fiscal conservatism in Tallahassee and a resume that includes the presidency of the Florida Senate.
He easily won the only three contested elections he's ever had and was most recently re-elected with 66 percent of the vote.
But King is worried about re-election in 2006, and he may have good reason. Jacksonville's most senior state senator is the only one of nine Republicans who is up for re-election after voting against a state law last month that may have saved Terri Schiavo's life.
King also is the subject of an online petition drive that asks Gov. Jeb Bush and the state Republican Party to suspend him, permanently remove him from office and bar him from representing the party -- all because of his Schiavo vote.
It is interesting that the issue of euthanasia seems to be defying traditional party lines. There are opposing social v. fiscal elements in both major parties, of course nationally the Democrats have succeeded in stifling the elements in their party that sincerely regard faith (as opposed to those who use it as a means to an end), but some still remain, much more on the local level.
The accepted two-dimensional political chart used so often is severely flawed and that's never been more apparent than now, when issues have arisen that clearly show that the normal Liberal/Conservative labels do not apply. It's easy to look for one handy title rather than finding out what a candidate stands for, and that's been a problem for some time now.
King and his fellow faithless Republicans have make their bed, and the gaunt face of Terri Schiavo haunts us and demands we make them sleep in it.