A sad and tragic turn of events. While I support the right to life, I vehemently disagree with any politician making hay at the last minute with this life or death situation. Schiavo should be allowed to live. Congress should act on the right-to-life issue in a reasoned fashion, not in the heat of the moment presented by this case. This is what's wrong with politics!!!! They had plenty of time to deal with this earlier. Where's the leadership?
"Congressional leaders had reached a compromise Saturday on legislation to force the case of Ms. Schiavo into federal court, an extraordinary intervention intended to prolong the life of the 41-year-old woman."
Sensible and correct response from Terry's mom!!
"As lawmakers met today, the mother of the brain-damaged woman pleaded for congressional leaders to avoid using the issue to advance their own platforms.
"There are some congressmen that are trying to stop this bill," Ms. Schiavo's mother, Mary Schindler, told reporters outside her daughter's hospice. "Please don't use my daughter's suffering for your own personal agenda.""
I agree!
""It is not the place of Congress, at the 11th hour, in the most effusive fashion, to undermine the Florida court system, particularly given the fact that it has been seven years and 19 judges who have participated," said Robert Wexler."
What follows is political bullshit! The situation should never have reached this point. Marshall McLuhan was right: "politics offers yesterday's solutions to today's problems." Why can't Congress get out in front of issues, rather than always being reactive?
"In a phone call to reporters on Saturday night, Mr. McClellan dismissed any suggestions that there were political considerations in the president's hurried and dramatic return to Washington. Mr. DeLay and others in the largely deserted Capitol said they were trying to move quickly to limit any health damage to Ms. Schiavo."
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