DEFINITELY!!!
He handled Barbara Boxer very well too.
He is wise how he realizes who is NOT interested and won't even bother with the facts-- just like the trolls! LOL!!!
Posted on Mon, Mar. 14, 2005
Fla. lawmakers weigh feeding tube bill
SAMANTHA GROSS
Associated Press
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/nation/11135525.htm
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Lawmakers proposed a measure Monday aimed at preventing Friday's scheduled removal of a feeding tube that is keeping brained-damaged Terri Schiavo alive.
The legislation, which could come up for final votes in the Florida House and Senate as early as Thursday, would block doctors from denying food or water to someone in a persistent vegetative state with the intention of causing death.
Schiavo, 41, has been at the center of a bitter court battle between her parents and her husband, who wants to remove her feeding tube so she can die. A judge has cleared the way for the tube to be removed Friday.
The measure would make exceptions for living wills and some other advance directives.
Civil liberties advocates said they still objected.
"They're proposing to violate the rights of a smaller category of people - I don't think we should be exultant over that," said Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida.
Court-appointed doctors say Schiavo cannot regain consciousness. Bob and Mary Schindler, who believe their daughter is aware and can recover, have fought her husband in court for nearly seven years. Michael Schiavo contends his wife would not want to be kept alive artificially.
This is the second time the Legislature has considered measures aimed specifically at keeping Schiavo alive. In 2003, lawmakers passed a bill that allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order doctors to restore Schiavo's feeding tube. That law was thrown out by the Florida Supreme Court.
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Barricades around the hospice where Terri Schiavo lives
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=12509
yeah, he said, 'some of them just don't get it.' I get the impression he doesn't waste his time, but quickly moves onto those who WILL listen and take all the facts into consideration. You're right...wise.