Posted on 04/07/2005 9:10:02 AM PDT by LouAvul
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Mel Martinez said Wednesday an infamous unsigned memo passed around on Capitol Hill emphasizing the politics of the Terri Schiavo case originated in his office.
The memo -- first reported by ABC News on March 18 and by The Washington Post and The Associated Press two days later -- said the fight going on then over removing Schiavo's feeding tube "is a great political issue ... and a tough issue for Democrats."
"This is an important moral issue and the pro-life base will be excited that the Senate is debating this important issue," said the memo, which was described at the time as being circulated among Senate Republicans while legislation was being considered to place the Schiavo case under the jurisdiction of federal courts.
Martinez, R-Florida, said in a written statement that he discovered Wednesday that the memo had been written by an aide in his office.
"It is with profound disappointment and regret that I learned today that a senior member of my staff was unilaterally responsible for this document," Martinez said.
He said he accepted the resignation of the staffer who drafted and circulated the memo. "This type of behavior and sentiment will not be tolerated in my office," he said.
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The conspiring parties were: The Clinton administration and the public employees union. It isn't complicated or secret. More importantly, it was not a failure of vision or strategy.
I take it that repressing the sense of humor must be an Amish virtue.
I don't equate welfare with starving and dehydrating someone to death.
I equate bad results to bad results. Motives and causes be damned. Liberal legislation based on causes have bad results, and the Schiavo legislation had no results other than giving false hope.
How would you have handled the Schiavo matter if you were in congress?
BTTT
Because it was poorly written.
You are correct that this kind of analysis is routine in both parties, the writer was careless in not establishing that Pubbies were interested only in saving Terri's life, not political capital for Pubbies.
This document could have been worded so that it's release to the media would have hurt only Rats.
Well, why don't you wait a couple days? We are not sure that an aide this "stupid" is not a Rat plant.
The textbook left infiltrates and destroys from inside like cancer.
But they didn't want to go outside the "law". What a joke. But this Judge Greer must be pretty powerful. After all, he laughed at congressional subpoenas, told Gov. Bush he had better not send in the DCF to try and remove Terri, and ignored any and all evidence presented by Terri's parents. I guess the rest of government was powerless to defeat Judge Greer.
I understood your remark. Do not abandon your previously-chosen line of work.
A double-standard? Ridiculous. The more we b&*ch and moan about the poor persecuted Republican party, the more we sound like Democrats. You're an apologist and an embarrassment.
I am so stupid I actually thought the Republicans were serious about saving Terri. Silly me. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
No, you're wrong. It was reported about the "theft" of memos by a GOP staffer on the judiciary committee.
It just reinforces my belief that both political parties are capable of despicable actions. Power corrupts. We simply need good honest leaders.
Yes it was, but all the media wanted was to tar and feather GOPers for stealing the memos. Not one cared about the actual content or that the Dems were politicizing it. Your memory on the reporting is severely lacking.
Huh? Who exactly am I an apologist for? Looks like you woke up on the wrong side of the bad jack@$$.
Stupid or devious?
Are we getting hoodwinked?
This is like the Left defending the Clintonistas.
What do we really know about Martinez and his cohort?
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