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Terri Schiavo Case Is Emerging As Factor In Race For Governor
The Tampa Tribune ^ | Apr 21, 2006 | MICHAEL FECHTER

Posted on 04/22/2006 4:57:49 AM PDT by 8mmMauser

TAMPA - The political debate over Terri Schiavo's death is emerging as an issue in the 2006 election campaign.

Attorney General Charlie Crist told an audience in West Palm Beach on Thursday that as governor, he would have stayed out of the fight between Schiavo's husband and parents about whether to keep the brain-damaged woman alive with a feeding tube.

A 15-year legal battle appeared to be over last year when Congress, President Bush and Gov. Jeb Bush pressed to intervene legislatively to keep Schiavo alive. Ultimately, the courts sided with Schiavo's husband. She died of dehydration on March 31, 2005, after her feeding tube was removed.

"I am pro-life, and I respect life," Crist, a Republican candidate for governor, said at a gathering of the nonpartisan Forum Club of the Palm Beaches. "There are some decisions that ought to be left to God and family. Had I have been governor, I would have not done the same thing" as Bush.

In an interview, Crist minimized his differences with the governor.

Crist's Republican primary opponent, Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher, stood with Gov. Bush last year in trying to pass legislation to keep the feeding tube in after courts had ordered it removed.

(Excerpt) Read more at tbo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; crist; florida; gallagher; governor; schiavo; terrischiavo
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To: Wormwood

I'm with you there. The governmetn had no business getting involved in taking sides in a nasty family dispute. Jeb lost a lot of support on this issue.


21 posted on 04/22/2006 7:46:03 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: 8mmMauser
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22 posted on 04/22/2006 8:30:51 AM PDT by bjs1779
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To: 8mmMauser
"There are some decisions that ought to be left to God and family

Yes, there are. Her family wanted her alive. Her lying cheating hino wanted her dead. God didn't deny her food and water, or rehab.

I decided when Terri was killed by the state, that this family would never set foot in Florida again and our tourist dollar will be going elsewhere. Not only that but whenever I know where my produce or other groceries come from, I avoid those from both France and Florida.

23 posted on 04/22/2006 8:30:55 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: floriduh voter

Crist is really horrible: that's why I think he will become governor of FL.


24 posted on 04/22/2006 8:36:04 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: 8mmMauser
"I am pro-life, and I respect life," Crist, a Republican candidate for governor, said at a gathering of the nonpartisan Forum Club of the Palm Beaches. "There are some decisions that ought to be left to God and family. Had I have been governor, I would have not done the same thing" as Bush.

Wow, an actual conservative on the issue. If his platform across the board exhibits the same conservatism and he gets elected, it may be a sign conservatives are taking back the Republican party, at least in Florida.

25 posted on 04/22/2006 8:36:56 AM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: floriduh voter
I was in Orlando when the US Coast Guard rescue was cancelled. Why'd they stop the rescue to fly Terri out of Florida to a safe location? It was in the works but was cancelled the day they were going to move. That's a trillion dollar question.

I think the trillion dollar question is who ordered the Coast Guard rescue? I'm sure many would like to know.

26 posted on 04/22/2006 8:37:35 AM PDT by ContraryMary (New Jersey -- Superfund cleanup capital of the U.S.A.)
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To: floriduh voter

Yea, the only "good Greek" was Agnew, and he was corrupt too, alas.


27 posted on 04/22/2006 8:38:42 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: floriduh voter

Call me suspicious. I want proof that the Coast Guard was truly planning a kidnapping that you are erroneously calling a rescue. I simply don't believe it ever happened.


28 posted on 04/22/2006 8:46:04 AM PDT by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: Melas

Trying to save an innocent life from being killed is usually called a rescue. How can it be called erroneous?

Just curious.


29 posted on 04/22/2006 9:36:56 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: floriduh voter

Well stated.


30 posted on 04/22/2006 9:58:53 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: 8mmMauser

Apparently Crist thinks it's OK for relatives to murder the defenseless, because the "government shouldn't get involved".

If the government doesn't get involved when innocent, defenseless people are getting murdered for the convenience of the murderer, when should get the government get involved?

For shame.


31 posted on 04/22/2006 10:03:48 AM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: 8mmMauser

The issue that will never die...at least here...


32 posted on 04/22/2006 10:05:24 AM PDT by dakine
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To: dakine

That's for sure, so long as people get away with killing innocents.


33 posted on 04/22/2006 10:15:29 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: 8mmMauser
"I am pro-life, and I respect life," Crist, a Republican candidate for governor, said . . .

He should have taken a lesson from John Kerry and put in the part about "Why, I was an altar boy . . . " before adding the BUT and saying he's all for killing the disabled.

34 posted on 04/22/2006 12:16:56 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: FairOpinion
If the government doesn't get involved when innocent, defenseless people are getting murdered for the convenience of the murderer, when should get the government get involved?

According to the RINOs, the goverment was right when they got involved for the purpose of violating laws and ordering the murder of Terri, but the government was wrong to get involved for the purpose of upholding the law and preserving life.

35 posted on 04/22/2006 2:24:25 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest.")
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To: dakine
The issue isn't dying, but people are dropping like flies.

Take for example Hazel Wagner. She has no written advance directive. One of her doctors decided that her life isn't worth living, and filed a petition to have the court order her starved and dehydrated to death. Her guardian moved her to a different hospital. Her life is also being threatened by an ex-husband of Hazel's niece, who claims she told him she would want to be starved and dehydrated to death. Her wishes are being ignored, because she didn't make the choice to be bioethicked, Schiavoed, starved/dehydrated to death, tortured to death, murdered, or pick your favorite euphemism.

Unfortunately, this rush to kill off vulnerable people without their permission by starving and dehydrating them to death is not unusual any more. It is now common practice to dispose of brain damaged people who are deemed too healthy to die without "assistance."

The title of this article erroneously identifies an unrelated man who was temporarily a nephew-in-law many years ago as a "relative."

Relative says aunt opposed life support

She was already removed from life support, but removal of her respirator wasn't enough, because she survived that. Thanks to all those involved in the murder of Terri Schiavo, it is now much easier to have someone starved and dehydrated to death against their will.

36 posted on 04/22/2006 2:57:43 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest.")
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To: floriduh voter
" How many dead people will Floridians dismiss before they see that it starts w/corruption at the top?"

"How many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind..."
37 posted on 04/22/2006 5:41:49 PM PDT by Wampus SC (Who would Jesus torture?)
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To: All

It is the government's duty to protect it's citizens.

Charlie Crist DID NOT do his duty as a government official.


38 posted on 04/22/2006 7:58:50 PM PDT by Sun (Evo scientists don't want to lose their perks, so they insist evo is a fact.)
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To: mathluv
The decision was not left to God. She had to be killed.

Making you of course judge and jury over the entire process.

Spare us this nonsense.

39 posted on 04/22/2006 8:01:14 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: floriduh voter

Yes, I am disgusted that those men would beat a nice young man with a bright future like Martin Anderson.


40 posted on 04/22/2006 8:05:21 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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