Maybe after another cup of coffee I can digest the rest of the article.
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Dan Webster is a good guy. The biggest failure in Gov. Bush's efforts occurred here in Florida, where the RINOs (Webster's "colleagues") in the state legislature would not support the effort to save Terri.
Sometimes I think RINOs are even worse than Dems.
"Gov. Jeb Bush was in daily contact with congressional leaders in March as court efforts to intervene on behalf of Terri Schiavo faltered, according to e-mails obtained Monday from the governor's office."
Jeb Bush is a gutless wonder who was just posturing--"sellin' wolf tickets" as the kids say. He had the power to use the FL National Guard and FL State Police to rescue
Terri from the Barney Fife Pinellas Park cops but was either too cowardly to do so or didn't really believe in his heart that Terri Schiavo was worth saving. This is what happens when you elect silver-spoon rich kids to high office; they don't have the guts to put up a fight.
Some idiots hold Jeb reponsible, and claim to hold the repub's feet to the fire for it. What misplaced idiocy.
Thanks for posting the article, Tutstar.
The following is from the article:
Sen. Dan Webster, R-Oviedo, tried vainly to persuade his colleagues to support a bill that was drafted by Gov. Bush's office but which the governor's top Schiavo lawyer dismissed as futile. Ken Connor last fall tried unsuccessfully to persuade the Florida Supreme Court to uphold the "Terri's Law," passed by Florida lawmakers in 2003. That law gave Bush the authority to order Schiavo's feeding tube removed, but the court struck it down in October.
*****End of Quote.
I never understood why the *Terri's Law* of 2004, would have not been the end of Michael Schiavo's ability to end Terri's life. Gordon W Watts, a Freeper had a better ruling to uphold Terri's Law from the Fl Supreme Court, than the Gov's own lawyers. Jeb's ruling was 7-0 against Terri. Watt's received a 4-3 ruling, sadly also against.
If just one more judge would have ruled in Terri's favor, she might have had a chance. Judges decided if Terri should live or die. She didn't even have her own lawyer to defend her. Her stinking husband had a Fleet of lawyers, including the ACLU, to make sure she died.
Guess it's good that Jeb's people were still trying to do something. However, I don't like what the article said about Jeb's top lawyer, Ken Connor. He dimissed/said the bill which was DRAFTED BY THE GOV'S OFFICE, was futile???
What the heck does that mean - Why didn't they write a bill that would have had some teeth in it? My biggest question was always WHY DIDN'T A LAW ALREADY EXIST, which would have saved Terri? Nothing makes sense to me. * Shrug *