Posted on 07/31/2006 4:58:07 PM PDT by Quiet Man Jr.
Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die
by Robert Schindler, Sr. Posted Jul 31, 2006
As most Americans know, on March 31, 2005, my daughter, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of starvation and thirst after having her feeding tube removed by court order. The sad chain of events that concluded with Terri’s death ignited a media firestorm nationally and internationally. What few saw or heard was the callous inaction of aspiring governor Charlie Crist.
Florida Atty. Gen. Charlie Crist let my daughter die. He had it within his authority to save her life, but he turned a blind eye to her suffering. Even worse, he worked to ensure her death.
Terri lived in a neurologically compromised state for reasons that are still unknown, and my family wanted nothing more than permission to care for Terri for the span of her natural life. We were denied.
My daughter tenaciously fought for her life for more than 13 days after being deprived of the most basic, natural and constant need that we all share—the need for nourishment—food and water. Terri was not on a respirator, nor terminally ill. She was not dying, nor succumbing to a dreadful disease. She was disabled. She was dependent on others, but still very much a life, a woman, and a person.
Over the course of several years, our family, our lawyers, and our friends pleaded for help from local, county, and state police and regulatory agencies with constitutional and statutory authority to investigate the many sworn statements of extreme abuse and neglect suffered by our daughter.
Hoping to save my daughter’s life, our family sought the help of Attorney General Charlie Crist. Not only did Charlie Crist refuse our family lawful access to the assets of his office, but he violated his oath of office by actively cooperated with those in positions of political and judicial authority whom denied us legal access to the police and regulatory systems meant to protect the weak. Multiple sworn agents from responsible police and regulatory agencies who found probable cause to investigate allegations of abuse in Terri's judicial and physical care, were ordered to shut down those probes. This heavy-handedness made us powerless.
Information of direct interest to Attorney General Charlie Crist's office was directly delivered to his personal hands, and he refused to properly execute the duties of his office. And it was with deliberate decision that he failed to attend a scheduled Tallahassee meeting with our family. On another occasion, we approached each other by chance. Upon recognizing me, Charlie Crist abruptly stopped and walked away.
That callous action encapsulates Charlie Crist. He walked away from a man whose daughter’s fate he controlled. At that moment, he turned his back on Terri. And he turned his back on the most fundamental duties of his office.
It is quite clear that Charlie Crist, to this day, has demonstrated no public affection for the cause of life, or Christianity, or any set of core values. He has been posturing to become governor for decades. With each voting audience he has crafted a message based on the expediency of the moment.
To add insult to injury, at a recent banquet, our alleged pro-life candidate for the Governor of Florida said the following about Judge George Greer and other judges involved in the death of my daughter, "You are heroes to all of us, and your defense of the judiciary and what is right is beyond admirable."
Through his actions, Charlie Crist has demonstrated that he has no regard for our most vulnerable citizens, the high duties of public office, or life itself. Charlie Crist’s celebration of the merciless judges who condemned Terri to death speaks to his true character.
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I think they meant "unfriendly."
BTTT
I think Dianne Feeley meant "reined" in. But even if she spelled it right, she'd remain a socialist and get the story wrong again.
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But here's the issue that starts and stops the discussion for me. This past Sunday Michael Schiavo said this:
Not only did Joe Lieberman support the illegal political intervention in the private and legally protected decisions of my family, he went out of his way to defend it. On national television.So when I thought about going to Connecticut to remind voters what Joe Lieberman really thinks about family values and personal privacy, I didn't have to think too long.
In re: Terri Schiavo, Joe Lieberman, you were in the wrong place
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Ye gods, yes. I just love to pay good money to be tormented.
Just after many of us thought Haleigh Poutre was safe and sound and we start to forget...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- State officials have told the mother of a brain-injured girl who became the focus of a right-to-die fight that she cannot visit her daughter in a rehabilitation hospital, the woman and her lawyer said Monday.
Allison Avrett was last scheduled to visit her 12-year-old daughter, Haleigh Poutre, on Aug. 1 at the Franciscan Hospital for Children in Boston. But she received a call from the Department of Social Services the night before telling her that visit and future visits were off indefinitely, Avrett said.
"They said the visit had to be canceled because of Haleigh's needs," Avrett said. "But they couldn't tell me what was going on."
Mom Blocked From Seeing Brain-Injured Daughter
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I think it is a drama besides...
The blogger's sister died of cancer, and that's sad. Terri Schiavo died of judicially ordered dehydration and starvation. That was more than sad. That was unjust, and barbaric, and evil.
Gallagher Trails Badly in Polls & Funds, May Drop Out
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If somebody starts a Save Haleigh Poutre fund to get that child OUT OF THERE and into a safe facility, I'll stand in line to send a check.
I hope Michelle Malkin is lurking and picks up on this.
Michael's own idea of family values is killing his wife so that he can silence her, inherit her estate, and marry his floozie -- all in private, of course. It gets so awkward when you have to torture her to death with the whole world watching in horror.
I hope so too. Michelle will certainly remember Haleigh. And right now especially, Haleigh needs friends who have a voice to the world.
This would be a good moment to remember the C. S. Lewis classic, MERE CHRISTIANITY. Even people who choose amoral ideologies have to appeal to the same moral standards that are ingrained in every human being. This built-in moral code is like a window to our real origin and nature. We are children of the one God. The Left may shut this out of their minds and deny it with their tongues, but they must appeal to godliness with their hearts.
Where is a safe facility?
That should be the thrust of our efforts. Building
safe houses for the medically vulnerable could actually
be a viable financial concern if enough pro-life
staff could be found to staff them.
It should be our prayer that the christian model of
medicine will have a renaissance!
If only some of the Gates billions could go to helping
the disabled instead of killing them prior to birth.
I don't trust him.
Vote Gallagher.
The St. Pete Times is really for Jim Davis but they are trying to get the republicans out of the way first. I can imagine they are holding back all kinds of dirt on Crist should he win the GOP primary.
IMO, it's either Governor Gallagher or Governor Davis.
FATHER PAVONE HAS A SITE FOR POLITICAL ACTIVISM: Posting this link from Father Pavone regarding political responsibility.
http://www.priestsforlife.org/elections/
ACLU-CRIST, believe it. Crist's closest allies are leftists with marxist leanings.
Yeah -- this is the FReeper version of "BUSH STOLE THE ELECTION!! BOTH TIMES!!!"
The nonsense never ends.
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