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To: upchuck

It’s his (lack of) opinion on the Schiavo case. He’s got plenty of time to form one, though. Almost 14 months. He strikes me as a man of common sense so I’m hopeful.


30 posted on 09/17/2007 9:09:09 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Senator Clinton should step down!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Thanks for sharing.

I believe he did say on this that it was a state issue and the Feds should have stayed out of it. Sorry, don’t have a link.


37 posted on 09/17/2007 10:00:24 AM PDT by upchuck (The President has an Agenda, and it's not promoting The Land of the Free and The Home of the Brave.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

His issue on the Schiavo case is a classic federalism issue.

One — he’s very pro-life, and it is apparent the Florida courts dropped the ball.

Two — the federal government, as envisoned by the Founders, was a limited government -— dealt with other countries, military, borders, patents, monetary systems, intra-state roads, and not that much more -— and really shouldn’t have anything to do with issues like this.

It’s a connundrum -— and clearly wrong actions by Florida -— but federal top-down stuff is just the flip side of liberal top-down stuff. Both are wrong.

The entire situation was a disaster, and the focus needs to be on Florida fixing its broken courts and laws.


38 posted on 09/17/2007 10:00:55 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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