Bush did everything he could except turn up at the hospital with a gun in his hand. It was the GOP controlled State legislature that voted down the special bill he had had written just to save her, and the state and federal judges who turned down every appeal.
And Lynch, the corrupt, gay, evil bishop of the diocese, who should have been removed immediately, did not support Bush (a Catholic) and in fact forbade the priests in the diocese to visit Terri or bring her Communion. This was because they were afraid that it would be apparent that she could indeed take nourishment. A priest from outside (possibly Fr Pavone?) brought her Communion but I’m not sure he was allowed to give it to her.
Maybe Bush should have just charged in there and dragged her out, but I can tell you one disgraceful fact: there was no public support for saving her. I was there the day before she died, keeping vigil. It was thought that a huge group of people would show up, but sadly, the press outnumbered us. They had tents and cameras set up, and there we were, probably only about 50 people, mostly from out of state Evangelical and Catholic groups, trudging back and forth and praying under the amused eyes of the press.
Did you manage to make it to the vigil?
IIRC Father Pavone was allowed to give Terri the Eucharist (a crumb-sized amount) and administer Last Rites.
God bless you, livius. What you did then for Terri somehow may have been an assist, in the heavenlies even in this instance. God is outside time and space and perhaps your prayers were also, and fell in this case to someone else.
Very nice story of yours, I must say.
Wow. We must have been virtually standing next to each other. I went there every day after work. Was there when j. Jackson showed up. First and last time we were on the same side. I got to meet Terry’s brother.
They arrested people every hour or so as they peacefully tried to walk in with a bottle of water.
I will never forget the tragedy.
I also attended the memorial. Glen Beck, before he was famous, spoke at the memorial. The tears. The heartbreak.
The husband would not even let the family have her body for the memorial.
There was NO public support for saving her, on that you are obviously right. In fact most of the American people seemed to want her dead. In retrospect, I think if Jebbie had found a way to save her, he would be the 2012 nominee in waiting. Most of the people never understood the case because of faulty media coverage.
No, I certainly was not at the vigil, but Senator Santorum was, wasn’t he?
Thank you for the information about Jeb Bush. I also was under the strong impression that he had caved into the side of death. There was information out there that made it look so. Maybe there was a concerted effort to make it seem like he caved when he didn’t. On FR, from my limited outlook, I think, that is if I am remembering right, I was left with the impression that he had caved. Freepers in general are usually good at giving out correct info. I wonder how this got turned around, at least from my experience?
“And Lynch, the corrupt, gay, evil bishop of the diocese, who should have been removed immediately, did not support Bush (a Catholic) and in fact forbade the priests in the diocese to visit Terri or bring her Communion. This was because they were afraid that it would be apparent that she could indeed take nourishment. A priest from outside (possibly Fr Pavone?) brought her Communion but I’m not sure he was allowed to give it to her.”
I did not know this! When in God’s name do we ever deny a person on their death bed Communion? Thank God for Fr. Pavone if he did give it to her. What is wrong with that Bishop down there?