Editor's note: This Letter of the Week is in response to a letter to the editor that appeared Aug. 29. It is reprinted here for the reader's convenience:
Just thought you'd like to know that most, if not all, medical personnel here in Miami are endorsing and voting for Charlie Crist for governor. I'm a physician in Miami and my colleagues, both doctors and nurses, have been strong advocates against any public official who had the audacity to interfere in what should have been a family medical decision. Yes, that's right. Our hospital had a poll two weeks ago which showed that 96 percent of us are voting for Crist, and we hold politicians accountable.
Terri Schiavo had the cognition of a bag of lettuce. We've had many cases like hers since, but we're smarter now. We'll never let the religious fright know. The psychochristians, like you, have no place in the medical field. Neither do ignoramuses like the Schindlers. If you're interested, we're having a huge celebration after Charlie wins next week. Gallagher doesn't have a chance in hell of winning. Sorry!
Dr. Linda
Commentary from Jerri Ward follows.
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Senator Dan Webster Endorses Tom Gallagher
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I'm pretty sure Jerri Ward was the attorney who helped Andrea Clark get free from the St. Lukes Biothicists in Texas. Andrea got only two or three extra days of life, but it was enough for her to die with peace and dignity, with her family at her bedside. She, and they, were profoundly grateful for that opportunity. The bioethics law was just going to dump her at the curb.
Dr. Linda "Don't bother me. I'm over here trying to carry out a medical decision." (murder).