Originally posted by FMF
What on earth have you to gain from from trying airbrush one of the most obscene and utterly dishonourable pieces of Republican instigated political theatre in living memory?
Let's play some Jeopardy.
Schaivo mess for $1,000, Alex
<Alex Trebek Jeopardy voice>
"This Reverend went to Florida in early 2005 to assist Terri Schaivo's parents in their attempt to prevent their daughter's feeding tube from being removed."
</Alex Trebek Jeopardy voice>
Who is Reverend Jesse Jackson?
<Alex Trebek Jeopardy voice>
Correct. sh76, you take the lead and control the board.
</Alex Trebek Jeopardy voice>
Republicans indeed. 🙄
As for TerrierJack's assertion that the court case had been "completely decided"
Uh.... WRONG.
http://floridasky.us/terri/022305med.pdf
http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/trialctorder02-05.pdf
http://floridasky.us/terri/022805EmMotionNaturalFeeding.pdf
Court proceedings went well into March, well after the controversy was in the public eye.
Of course, Congress UNANIMOUSLY passed a rule allowing federal court jurisdiction over the controversy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151015,00.html
The assenting voters included a rookie Senator from Illinois named Barack Obama, by the way. Of course he later renounced having done so after he saw the way the wind blew on that issue.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23354734/page/17/