Posted on 03/24/2006 2:33:29 PM PST by topher
Michael Schiavo Caught in Serious Distortion of Truth on NBC Interview
By John-Henry Westen
CLEARWATER, FLA., March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Michael Schiavo, who ordered doctors to withhold food and water from his severely disabled wife Terri until she died, and his current wife Jodi were interviewed by NBC's Matt Lauer. Those exclusive interviews based on Schiavo's upcoming book "Terri: The Truth," are to be broadcast on "Dateline," Sunday, March 26 at 7 p.m.. Ironically, despite claiming to speak about 'the truth' concerning Terri, NBC's Lauer catches Schiavo in a serious distortion of truth as the interview begins.
In the interview, Michael responds to Lauer asking why he would not just divorce Terri - since he was already living with another woman with whom he had fathered children - leaving Terri with her own parents who were begging to be allowed to care for her. Michael answered, "When you sit in a courtroom and you hear her father say I'll cut her arms and her legs off, just to keep her alive, why would I want to put their daughter back in their care if he's gonna (sic) do that to her."
At this point Lauer interjects to say, "Let's make sure we understand that statement," with Schiavo trying to cut him off all the while, he adds, "I think the statement was, if she were to develop gangrene, and had to have limbs amputated, he would do that and okay that as long as he could still have her alive. That's a little different than the way you . . ." At this point Schiavo, who had been interrupting Lauer the whole way through his clarification interrupts definitively cutting off Lauer and changing the subject.
The interview is one sided, in that it presents only Michael's point of view and ends with Michael relating through his tears his last moments with Terri, going so far as to say, "She's up there praising me right now... and saying thank you."
Lauer notes that the book is not about honouring Terri, but about settling some scores. To which Schiavo responds, "Oh yes it does."
At another point in the interview, Lauer asks, "People have often asked. Michael why didn't you divorce Terri, you were living with Jodi." Schiavo replies, "Why do I have to divorce Terri? Terri wasn't like a football- an inanimate object you pass back and forth. She was my wife. You mean because your wife gets sick, do you give her back?"
Asked about his decision to remove Terri's feeding tube despite the pleas of Americans, groups from around the world and even the Vatican, Schiavo said, "Yeah, well I guess when it all boiled down, I couldn't understand why these people were so passionate about my life... People are allowed to die every day. Feeding tubes are removed every day."
Schiavo will appear live on "Today," Monday, March 27, and with Jodi on Tuesday, March 28.
To see a preview video excerpt of the interview go here and click on the 'launch' button;
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11943750/
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: Terri Schiavo's Husband Re-Married in Catholic Church http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06012306.html
Ten Year Old Arrested for Giving Food to Terri Schiavo Apologizes
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/aug/05083103.html
At another point in the interview, Lauer asks, "People have often asked. Michael why didn't you divorce Terri, you were living with Jodi." Schiavo replies, "Why do I have to divorce Terri? Terri wasn't like a football- an inanimate object you pass back and forth. She was my wife. You mean because your wife gets sick, do you give her back?"
then why the hell were u BANGING ANOTHER CHICK...HYPOCRITE BAS*ARD
"I'll wager that he gets a lot of flack wherever he goes.
Deservedly so."
Do we know anyone that would by his book?
I don't.
I hope this is a money losing book.
He doesn't need to make a penny on the suffering of his first wife.
Who knows, he could have been responsible for her death.
There was speculation that he had something to do with it.
Well, there that old saying, may you get what you want and much more.
Ah, but a pair of WHAT?? : )
(How goes it?)
My thoughts on Michael are quite well known. My thoughts about his wife Jodi are yet to develop. What kind of woman is she? Is she as evil as him or as stupid as they come?
The more I read and learn about Michael Schiavo the more I would classify him as a psychopath. One that takes pleasure in the suffering death of another while watching her family suffer a heartache no parent should go through.
Who'd best watch her back.
I hope this turd keeps talking and having ghost-written books so everybody can see just what he is. Especially some Freepers who were just salivating to let the poor girl starve.
And, somehow, I think he will continue to try and stay in the public eye to manufacture validation for his actions - because unless he's a true psychopath (like felos and greer), he CANNOT be alone with himself.
Seriously, let it go.
Its over.
Book title is:
A Life That Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo - A Lesson for us All
Don't worry, he's trying to make a movie too.
Schiavo lied? Noooooooooooo!
I'm shocked....SHOCKED, I tell you.
Don't get me started, I read all the court documents and police reports... as well as hospice reports... it was a lot worse than anyone thinks.
Oh yes, that's so much better. A family that would cut off all your appendages just to keep you alive. I have made it absolutely clear to my family, my friends, and those that may be around if I'm ever in the same situation to cut off the power and go home. There is a point that it's time to let go. It doesn't matter. The poor woman is finally at peace, it's over, move on.
And don't anyone bother responding with your 'facts' that you heard from the nurse's second cousin's waitress' friend who works at Denny's who just happened to be sitting next to Judge Greer nephew's next door neighbor in a Scientology meeting 20 years ago about some grand plan because it's over. Frankly I think the lot of you have gone off the deep end and you give conservatism a bad name
Oh no... you see how they raved over Tookie...
Funny, no one was there for the disabled blind convict who was next... wonder why that was?
Kudos to Matt Lauer for setting this creep back on his heels.
Banging? He had two kids by her... It would seem (to a novice of anything legal), that a DNA test would show that Terri wasn't his first interest and him being guardian was not in the best interest of Terri.
"I couldn't understand why these people were so passionate about my life..."
We weren't concerned about your sorry ass-life, it was your wife we cared about.
Because he didn't write a childrens book, duh;)
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