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Originally Posted by mburbank
I think lots of people who didn't think the feeding tube should be removed could have voted no on the grounds that this is a hugely inappropriatte violation of separation of powers and states rights (if you're into those).
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Ugh. Max, I'll ask that you please be consistent. I'm openly a liberal, and ya know what? I'm FINE with the big, bad, evil federal government stepping in and telling the states when they're being idiots. This wouldn't be the first time it happened, and it certainly won't be the last.
Everyone turns into a proponent of "states rights" when they disagree with an issue but don't want to come out and say it. It became code for racist politicians who hated integration and busing, and it has become code language for those opposed to gay marriage. It has also become a convenient way for Dems to avoid the issue of guns. So I guess I'm not "into those things."
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It's way easy to paint anyone who voted no as voting in favor of starving a woman to death. THAT makes it a wedge issue. It energizes the base and it can be played over and over and over again. I promise you, come the midterms you'll see a lot of advertising ala swift boat veterans where candidates for re-election are portaryed as being pro murder.
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The polling numbers on the Schiavo case are too poor for them to be so bold. There are some good Democrats in both houses who either voted for this, or in the case of the senate, merely stayed out of town and avoided the vote. I'm among them who don't particularly give a shit if this becomes a "wedge issue" for the GOP. If they show such a lack of class and character in their campaigns, I'd be among the first to condemn them for it.
But there are people out there, in both parties, who don't have such utilitarian motivations in supporting this measure.
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By the way, Delay took his own father off life support. Not that I blame him, and not that I don't think it must have been an agonoizing decsision, but at least it was a private decision.
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Did his father have a living will? If not, were his fathers wishes clearly stated and/or documented? Was there any dispute over DeLay's guardianship? Did it take place in the state of Florida, under their particular laws? I don't know that Tom DeLay's actions have a whole lot to do with the arguments involved in this case.
Anyway, I'm pretty much done with this topic. She's going to die, and it's only a matter of time now (as some of you have so crassly pointed out). There's nothing Jeb Bush can, or even
should do for that matter. I hope that the media and the protesters (as unlikely as it may be) will withdraw a bit from this and let nature take its course.
Incidentally, the families are now arguing over her corpse. Michael Schiavo, who has constanly invoked the name of God while referring to the death wishes of his wife, apparently wants to cremate her immediately. The parents obviously want to give her a traditional burial, but that aint gonna happen.