US House of Rep. in an Extraordinary Sunday night Session [Schiavo] (Bush Signs Schiavo bill)

[FoxPro]

This is an unprecedented session. The Congress is meeting to save one persons life (in real time).

The only reason the Democrats are agreeing to this is that they don’t want to be known as the party that killed Terri.

This is American history happening before your eyes.

[Jrabbit]

That was a bad moment for the delusional shrink

[maica]

Answering my own question, Communist Jim McDermott just said that he is a psychiatrist!

[rwfromkansas]

There are Freepers that agree with the Dems, amazingly enough.

They are not conservatives.

[A Citizen Reporter]

I have learned something tonight about Florida law that is quite chilling. The law was changed to allow hearsay evidence in the absence of a living will. And it was changed since the beginning of this case.

Don't remember which rep pointed this out, but it was after the change in the law that MS 'remembered' that she had expressed these 'wishes'.

[expatpat]

LOL!

[nmh]

I'm jumping in here late but did you know that in "Gods waiting room", Florida starving people to death is COMMON? It's also big business.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before but death is big business. Abortion is a money maker. Hospice care is expensive. Funeral homes are happy. And on and on it goes.

Florida is the LAST state one with a terminal illness or like Terri would want ot be. Death makes money for them. Her husband want her dead and these scoundrels are more than happy to accommodate him.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Now I see why they're all for people having a living will. From what I gather out of all of their stories, if your relatives are Democrats, you'll need one.

[MarMema]

A moral outrage. You go, Mark!!

[SeaBiscuit]

Yes, the very same, and incredibly brave of $chiavo to appear. ;^)

[Darnright]

>Father asked Terri, " do you feel pain?" " do you hurt?" You could hear Terri trying to say " YES"..........awesome and scary!!<

Polly, that tape should be played right this minute on the House Floor. Let those Democrats call her a vegetable then!

[american colleen]

Wow, thanks for that link. Shocking what human beings are capable of in the pursuit of evil.

[sinkspur]

The Republicans have decided to screw politics and to fight for the life of an innocent woman.

Surely you're not this naive.

[fatima]

oldbrowser,I agree and why only the in-laws.

[Lancey Howard]

Republicans want life for those who cannot speak for themselves, and Democrats want death for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Some things never change.

[PhiKapMom]

McDermott is nuts -- I cannot figure out what he is talking about most of the time and he didn't disappoint tonight.

[LisaMalia]

Regardless of the final outcome I am applauding the GOP for this historic attempt in their fight for life and I will not forget it come election day!!

I agree! I have been taking names tonight, and the ones voting for death for Terri will be getting emails from me.

[hispanichoosier]

As I understand it, the only reason she isn't is because Florida doesn't recognize common-law marriage.

Even if FL did recognize common law marriages, it wouldn't make their marriage a common law marriage. Since Terri is still alive, any "marriage" between Terri's husband and his live-in companion would constitute bigamy, a felony.

[kpp_kpp]

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> tonight is not one of them!
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it is nice to see a fire lit under them.

would be nice to see the same fire on other issues.

[Ladysmith]

No kidding. Now if they would get as passionate about other bills.

[chris9soccer]

She's dead. There are a few ways to decide if someone is dead and and brain activity is one of them. On her EEG she has no activity and she is down to primitive reflexes where her brainstem is the only thing intact. She shouldn't necessarily be starved to death but instead taken off the feeding tube and given a morphine drip that is absolutely humane in this instance.