Why are people determined to forget that Greer is a Republican - - and that the 11th circuit judge who voted FOR Terri is a DEMOCRAT. Just like a number of freepers who are arguing against saving Terri, there are a LOT of Republicans who share blame for what she's going through -- STARTING WITH JUDGE GREER. I've stopped making the mistake of considering the Republican Party the repository of goodness. You should too.
I agree with you that Republicans are on all sides of the Terri Schiavo issue, and that the Republican Party is not the repository of all goodness. However, I think that Republican values are more focussed on the individual and more compatable with compassion than Democratic values, which are more "big picture".
I don't think that you can disagree that most of the vocal supporters of Terri Schiavo's right to life are Republican, and that most, if not all, of the snotty comments and jokes about her come from liberal Democrats.
If more black Americans vote independently, and stop demonizing Repubicans, this can only be good for the country. If nothing else, it may convince the Democratic party that the politics of divisiveness is a dead end.
That's because you're a Democrat, as anyone reading your posts these last few years will understand. You've never had one single solitary good thing to say about the Bush administration or the Republicans or our military. Not once.