They both look a lot like Stalin, though :-)
Posted on 11/10/2006 5:19:07 PM PST by wagglebee
In fact, every candidate Michael personally campaigned for during the election cycle went down to defeat.
Michael traveled to Colorado twice to campaign against pro-life Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, a Colorado congresswoman. He even attended a late October debate between Musgrave and her opponent and shouted at her when the event concluded.
But his efforts failed as Musgrave defeated her opponent, pro-abortion state Rep. Angie Paccione, a candidate Michael endorsed.
Meanwhile, Michael traveled to Colorado in July to host a fundraiser for Congressional candidate Peggy Lamm, who proceeded to lose her Democratic primary the next month.
Michael Schiavo didn't fare too well in Connecticut either, where he campaigned for Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont. On Tuesday, Lamont lost his bid to replace Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman has also voted for a Congressional bill that said federal courts should review the lawsuit Terri's parents filed to stop Michael from killing her.
Finally, Michael was unable to rally support for a candidate in his home state of Florida.
He backed Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis, saying he was one of the few politicians who "stood up and acted with conviction.... He stood up not just for me and not just for Terri but for every American."
Davis and Schiavo developed a bond after Terri's death as he called Michael to support him.
Michael's support, however, didn't give Davis enough votes on election night as he lost by a 52-45 percent margin to Charlie Crist.
The defeats probably won't faze Michael, who said during the elections he would do whatever was necessary to target pro-life lawmakers who sided with Terri's parents.
Schiavo said that, while Terri's family works to make sure the disabled and elderly get proper medical care, he will do anything necessary to go after pro-life lawmakers who voted for the bill to support them and back candidates who think assisted suicide and euthanasia is okay.
"I will go as far as I need to go," Schiavo said.
He indicated he will campaign for candidates in other states and likely speak out about the 2008 presidential elections.
Terri spent 15 years in a minimally conscious state, although she was able to communicate in a limited manner with her parents and others. After years of court battles, Michael won the right to kill her via euthanasia and told doctors to remove the feeding tube that provided her with food and water.
Terri died on March 31, 2005 after a painful 13-day starvation and dehydration death.
Related web sites:
Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation - http://www.terrisfight.org
Right. And simple minded single issue zealots are often blinded as to the real moral context of these issues.
They should just get out of politics because they're not going to make with anybody anyhow.
I'll pray for you.
You need to pray for yourself. You're more in need of it
Really? I'm not the one posting that I hope others will die long and painful deaths. YOU ARE.
May God have mercy on your soul. And relieve you of your obvious suffering.
You are projecting your own problems onto me. You need your prayers more than I do, so do pray.
Michael needs the same opportunity.
Schaedenfreude.
I thought it was going to say he sent $$ to Katherine Harris.
What a despicable man.
They both look a lot like Stalin, though :-)
Right. Everybody hates it when the cavalry gets there on time. Why, polls showed that the South was practically unanimous in its disgust when Abraham Lincoln, that buttinski Republican president, freed the slaves and cost the slaveholders their personal property.
Exactly.
Schiavo has a handler.
http://www.novembergroup.net/aboutus.html
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