The Repugnant Shiavo Mess

Some in GOP Fear Shiavo Effort May Alienate Voters

"It (Republicans' efforts to save the life of Terri Schiavo) goes beyond shameless politics," said Tony Fabrizio, a Republican pollster . "It becomes a more crystallized proof point that we are no longer the party of smaller government. We have become a party of 'It doesn't matter what size government is as long as it is imposing our set of values.' "

Well, it sure is talking people long enough to realize this!

Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), before voting against the bill Bush later signed, asked: "How deep is this Congress going to reach into the personal lives of each and every one of us?"

Still, some Republican analysts say the immediate poll results (that 70% of those polled believe congressional intervention is inappropriate in the case) - and the concerns raised by Shays and others - are not politically significant because the activists pushing to keep Schiavo alive care more passionately than those opposing that view.

Oh. I see. So Liberty no longer matters. The important thing is who screams the loudest. What a great system of government!

And then there's this: Bush is a hypocrite. A flip-flopper, some might say. (I know, I know...that phrase is SO November, 2004).

WASHINGTON -- As Texas governor, George W. Bush signed a law that allows hospitals to pull the plug on critically ill patients despite family objections - the kind of court-authorized move the president and fellow Republicans are challenging in the Terri Schiavo case.

Bush is such a simp. I'm sure he'd rather kill 'em all and let god sort 'em out, but with the Christian Reich writing his checks these days, he sways whichever way their breeze is blowing.

"The Texas statute that Bush signed authorized the ending of the life, even over the parents' protest. And what he's doing here is saying, 'The parents are protesting. You shouldn't stop [treatment],'" said John Paris, a noted medical ethicist at Boston College.

The White House said yesterday that Bush's position is consistent, and that the Texas bill focused on expanding the rights of the critically ill and their families to prevent hospitals and doctors from denying life-saving treatment.

The White House went on, "Black is white, up is down, wrong is right. Oh, and fuck you for daring to challenge our whimsy!".

In Texas, Bush's position also had the backing of Texas Right to Life, whose national headquarters, along with other Christian conservatives that make up a key part of the Republican base, has taken up the fight to prolong Schiavo's life.

Miserable. They forgot to say "miserable". The Christian Reich is fighting to prolong her miserable life. Oh, wait. Who am I to say that her quality of life is at a level below acceptable? I'm no one to make that claim! And neither is friggin' Congress or that idiot in the White House! It should be up to the people closest to her; in this case, her husband!