I know how you feel......I really do........but many here would substitute "emotion" for public policy too in thinking Jeb Bush should send in the troops and defy the courts.......this issues has many in the death grip where "emotion" is being substituted for upholding the law, no matter how inconvinient it is
LIke I posted, I do think there is legal argument for doing so, but I'm sure Jeb has consulted leaders in the legislature as well as his brother, and there just probably isn't the backing to do so. My guess is he thought about it but couldn't get his ducks in a row. Jeb is as frustrated as the resto f us, and the piece in the AP about how he's basically been obsessed with it (like all of us) and upset with it all was moving enough to drive me to tears. Jeb is as strong as Terri supporter you can get. Without him as governor, this would have been long over now. Think of he had lost to Reno or something like that.
Terri may be going home soon, but let's all remember this--because of Jeb, Terri's Fight is not stopping at her death. Terri's Fight has resulted in state legislatures (mine did last night) addressing issues like this and reforming their laws. Terri's Fight may result in some judicial reform (such as a legislative veto) in some states. Without Jeb Bush pushing the way he has, Terri's Fight wouldn't have gotten the nationaln attention it has (and it really hasn't until the last week or two), and her Fight would not be carrying on.
It is for those reasons I do hope Jeb runs in 08. He is a strong moral man with good judgement who hasd one all he can do. Armchair Governors are being unfair to him.
"this issues has many in the death grip where "emotion" is being substituted for upholding the law, no matter how inconvinient it is"
Well said! I've been reading (and sometimes replying) to this type of talk on other threads. Both of the Bushes have done more than most other politicians would have done. As for "bringing in the troops", most of us here were appalled when Clinton & Reno used those tactics in both Waco, and most especially with Elian Gonzalez. We have to decide whether we want to be a civilized country that honors our laws. If we don't like the laws, we work within the system to change them. Unfortunately it's not a perfect world, or country. We do the best we can, and when things don't go our way, we work to change things or learn to accept that perhaps something was to be learned from what transpires. I was always taught that you pray for God's intercession, but can't always count on the answer you want to hear. Sometimes your prayers are answered in a way you have trouble understanding. As much as I pray for Terri to survive, perhaps her struggle has brought to light some things in our system that need to change, and may lead to changes that will help us all in the end. Possibly this has been instrumental in showing just how out of control our judiciary system has become.
No matter what the outcome is hopefully we can be accepting of what we can't change, and work even harder to change what we can. We will need good men like the Bushes to help bring about change in rational ways.