We do have a little thing called separation of powers in this country. I know some FReepers are still angry at Jeb because he did not override the courts, call out the National Guard to seize the hospice from the sheriff's deputies and marshals. Where I come from, respect for the law is a good thing in a public official.
Leaving aside the fact that your argument is absurd, those are reasons you will not vote for him. He remains popular among the other 18+ million Floridians. None of what you list is a reason he's a "has-been." If Martinez or Nelson opts not to run next time around, Jeb would be an almost unbeatable Senate candidate. Martinez is up in 2010 and Martinez in 2012, so Jeb has a shot in the next two elections.
Terri Schiavo will not be a significant issue in those elections. It looms large in some echo chambers, but for most Americans, and most Floridians, it was a tragedy that presented the hardest questions with no good choices and tore a family apart.
Please explain how the separation of powers means
the executive branch has to lay down for the judicial
branch.
Executive Authority: POTUS and Governors. It’s a check and balance so the judiciary doesn’t overstep which they did by murdering Terri.
Not to worry about the multiple posts, LOL. I do that kind of double taps frequently enough.
If you hang around here for awhile, you can come up to speed on what really went down. But since you brought in old and worn mantras mostly discarded a year or two ago by the disruptors on the left, I suggest you set emotional response back, and find out what is really happening. You owe that much to the rest of our FReepers here, FreeRepublic being a pro-life forum and all.
Saying that, I don't mean to Reign on your parade, but do intend to set things straight on your Error.
The bunch here are happy to set you on a sound path as well, but will defend if you attack. We have all the weapons, namely truth, facts and evidence. Nothing from the left after these three years remains to penetrate that stand.
One thing you bring up is the "echo chamber" of our Terri topics. If you look closely, you will notice we continued on these last three years unabated mainly because the press would not leave alone the albatross of Terri's Legacy. It does have an effect on elections, proven by the squeals of the left, and the damages to candidates who do not heed.
Consider poor Fred Thompson whom we wished well. Alas, the MSM picked up on his gaffe and rode him on it daily. We chronicled this in Fred and Terri tar baby dailies on these threads.
And now for Jeb. I appreciate your noble defense of this guy. We too at one time defended him. Unlike many bloggers oozing opinions plucked from ether, many of us were on the scene and battle hardened with impressions of what went down, vis a vis Jeb.
You see, we were there on that Holy Week as Jeb assumed the role of Pontius Pilate and washed his hands. He had no real excuse!
Friends had provided him a list of legal and proper approaches to saving this innocent from murder. He refused to even see them at that last moment, instead washing his hands. Maybe this didn't hurt his chances. Maybe it didn't hurt him enough! Maybe it will haunt him as it has with others. We saw the real Jeb unmasked as a phony. So, is he a "has-been"? If not, his unmasking may help him become a "will-be has-been". Others can be fooled and support him but we know better.
Do hang around and ask questions, but be humble enough to realize the story is already set in time and history and you are unlikely to add any new arguments. We welcome challenges and abhor attacks.
Your genuine questions and comments could be of help for us to remind why we persevere.
These Terri Dailies are all about her Legacy, hence the plights of Lauren Richardson, Javona Peters, Haleigh Poutre, Jimmy Chambers, Scott Thomas, and a long list of innocents caught in the kind of State sponsored killing machines receiving the wink from the likes of Jeb.
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