THE "NO-WATER" CAPITOL HILL GANG (Mug shots of all 58 Congressmen who did not support Terri Schiavo)

CFP ^ | March 25, 2005 | Judi McLeod

[MikeEdwards]

THE "NO-WATER" CAPITOL HILL GANG Friday, March 25, 2005 Fifty-eight congressmen--including five Republicans--voted to deny the reinsertion of Terry Schiavo’s feeding tube last weekend. Even though their votes condemned a disabled woman to certain death, there was no recorded vote.

Meet the No-Water Capitol Hill Gang:

Sorry, but to see the 58 mug shots you have to go to 58 congressmen who sentenced Terri Schiavo to death

[Eva]

Good post!

[Snoopers-868th]

Very good post. Thanks.

[Vigilanteman]

One of them is a former Federal judge impeached for bribery and malfesance.

[politeia]

These elected officials supported the removal of Terri's feeding tube and we are seemingly out of options to get a court to order it reinstated. There is another option for Terri to get nutrition however which is to take food and water by mouth. I wonder if these people also support Judge Greer"s denial of a request by her parents that she be given water and food by mouth? This order is clearly illegal because it crosses over into active equhanasia. Has Florida enacted such enabling legislation? No judge or guardian has the power to deny a person nourishment by natural means and it does not take an attorney to figure this out. I defy anyone to find legal authorization, even in Florida law, for this order.

As is stated in another thread on an article by a doctor (William Anderson) in the Weekly Standard titled "Terri's Last Chance" there is no medical, legal or moral reason to not attempt a trial of natural drinking. He argues all the outcomes of such a trial, even if it results in a quicker death, are better than refusing to allow her to attempt to take food and water on her own. Only Greer's order stops this and such an order is not within the power of a court to make.

Jeb and George Bush should blast Judge Greer out of the water on this illegal order and immediately give her water by mouth. They should march in to the hospice with federal and state health officials and simply give her water. Who is going to stop them? Why obey an obviously invalid order? Greer is only getting away with this order by default because there has been so much focus on the feeding tube that this option of feeding Terri has been ignored. We don't know if Terri could accept enough nutrition to stay alive but every human being has the right to try to take a drink of water and this is what her parents want to do! If it works, this could allow time to dismiss Greer for violating her human rights by his order and overturn the guardian decision. At the very least it will demonstrate that we will not stand by idly while a judge commits murder from the bench. He may be able to order her feeding tube removed but by gum he cannot be allowed to stop her family from giving her water by mouth!

[jjmcgo]

Patrick Kennedy! Great. A disabled carpetbagger voting to kill a disabled woman.

[silent_jonny]

Baldwin, Tammy, Wisconsin, 2nd (D)

Berkley, Shelley, Nevada, 1st (D)

Bishop, Timothy, New York, 1st (D)

Butterfield, G.K., North Carolina, 1st (D)

Capuano, Michael, Massachusetts, 8th (D)

Cardin, Benjamin, Maryland, 3rd (D)

Carnahan, Russ, Missouri, 3rd (D)

Carson, Julia, Indiana, 7th (D)

Clay Jr., William, Missouri, 1st (D)

Cleaver, Emanuel, Missouri, 5th (D)

Clyburn, James, South Carolina, 6th (D)

Conyers Jr., John, Michigan, 14th (D)

Davis, Jim, Florida, 11th (D)

Dicks, Norman, Washington, 6th (D)

Doyle, Mike, Pennsylvania, 14th (D)

Evans, Lane, Illinois, 17th (D)

Frank, Barney, Massachusetts, 4th (D)

Gutierrez, Luis, Illinois, 4th (D)

Hastings, Alcee, Florida, 23rd (D)

Holt, Rush, New Jersey, 12th (D)

Hoyer, Steny H., Maryland, 5th (D)

Israel, Steve, New York, 2nd (D)

Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, 9th (D)

Kennedy, Patrick, Rhode Island, 1st (D)

Larson, John B., t Connecticut, 1s (D)

Levin, Sander, Michigan, 12th (D)

Lewis, John, Georgia, 5th (D)

Matsui, Doris O., California, 5th (D)

McDermott, Jim, Washington, 7th (D)

McKinney, Cynthia, Georgia, 4th (D)

Moran, Jim, Virginia, 8th (D)

Miller, Brad, North Carolina, 13th (D)

Murtha, John, Pennsylvania, 12th (D)

Nadler, Jerrold, New York, 8th (D)

Olver, John, Massachusetts, 1st (D)

Pallone Jr., Frank, New Jersey, 6th (D)

Pascrell Jr., Bill, New Jersey, 8th (D)

Payne, Donald M., New Jersey, 10th (D)

Price, David, North Carolina, 4th (D)

Rothman, Steve, New Jersey, 9th (D)

Schwartz, Allyson, Pennsylvania, 13th (D)

Schiff, Adam, California, 29th (D)

Scott, Robert, Virginia, 3rd (D)

Spratt, John, South Carolina, 5th (D)

Strickland, Ted, Ohio, 6th (D)

Thompson, Bennie, Mississippi, 2nd (D)

Visclosky, Peter, Indiana, 1st (D)

Vel‡zquez, Nydia, New York, 12th (D)

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, Florida, 20th (D)

Watt, Mel, North Carolina, 12th (D)

Weiner, Anthony, New York, 9th (D)

Wexler, Robert, Florida, 19th (D)

Wu, David, Oregon, 1st (R)

Brown-Waite, Virginia, Florida, 5th (R)

Castle, Michael, Delaware, At Large (R)

Dent, Charles W., Pennsylvania, 15th (R)

Reichert, David, Washington, 8th (R)

Shays, Christopher, Connecticut, 4th

[econ_grad]

To be fair, you should also post the 9 Republicans in FL who voted to have her killed. It is after all a FL issue and they could have changed everything for her and should bear the full responsibility.

[politeia]

These elected officials supported the removal of Terri's feeding tube and we are seemingly out of options to get a court to order it reinstated. There is another option for Terri to get nutrition however which is to take food and water by mouth. I wonder if these people also support Judge Greer"s denial of a request by her parents that she be given water and food by mouth? This order is clearly illegal because it crosses over into active euthanasia. Has Florida enacted such enabling legislation? No judge or guardian has the power to deny a person nourishment by natural means and it does not take an attorney to figure this out. I defy anyone to find legal authorization, even in Florida law, for this order.

As is stated in another thread on an article by a doctor (William Anderson) in the Weekly Standard titled "Terri's Last Chance" there is no medical, legal or moral reason to not attempt a trial of natural drinking. He argues all the outcomes of such a trial, even if it results in a quicker death, are better than refusing to allow her to attempt to take food and water on her own. Only Greer's order stops this and such an order is not within the power of a court to make.

Jeb and George Bush should blast Judge Greer out of the water on this illegal order and immediately give her water by mouth. They should march in to the hospice with federal and state health officials and simply give her water. Who is going to stop them? Why obey an obviously invalid order? Greer is only getting away with this order by default because there has been so much focus on the feeding tube that this option of feeding Terri has been ignored. We don't know if Terri could accept enough nutrition to stay alive but every human being has the right to try to take a drink of water and this is what her parents want to do! If it works, this could allow time to dismiss Greer for violating her human rights by his order and overturn the guardian decision. At the very least it will demonstrate that we will not stand by idly while a judge commits murder from the bench. He may be able to order her feeding tube removed but by gum he cannot be allowed to stop her family from giving her water by mouth!

[Tolkien]

(D) is for "Death"

[Eva]

I find it remarkable that the criticism of these congressmen is coming from Canadians who are so proud of their socialized medicine, which is thought of as a triage system.

[bannie]

Not surprised to see a Kennedy in there...Aren't women disposable to them?

Further, I understand that (D) stands for "Death," but there were several (R)'s there, too.

[bannie]

^5

[Marysecretary]

Why does it not surprise me that the majority were democrats??? The party of death? I was dismayed to see Republicans on the list but that's life. Or in this case, death.

[An American In Dairyland]

Patrick Kennedy! Great. A disabled carpetbagger voting to kill a disabled woman.

Disabled...one argument is that no one would want to live a life like Terri's. I suppose that should apply to all disabled people then since no one would want to be disabled. Cut off Patrick Kennedy's food and water now. Its the only merciful thing to do. He's a lib so he will surely agree.

[Brian Allen]

Evil bastards.

[CyberAnt]

So there's another loophole which needs to be plugged.

NO IMPEACHED JUDGE CAN EVER HOLD ANY GOVERNMENT POSITION.

[AmericanChef]

If it was one of the Bush's children, what would they do?

[Just mythoughts]

Cleaver, Emanuel, Missouri, 5th (D)

A "reverend".

[Skooz]

Wel, I won't be needing this anymore.............

[Just mythoughts]

Maybe the judge fears that Terri could accept water and food via the mouth, if he didn't he could sure remove all doubts that he personally sentenced her to death. If this judge allowed the parents to give her water and food via her mouth and she dies as a result then he would not be held responsible.

The judge's motives thus are suspect.

[grassboots.org]

Here is a new number to call at the Governor Bush Office to encourage him to "err on the side of life":

1-850-487-1111

Be nice and thank him for what he has done so far. I believe that some of what was said about the Florida Republican senators before they had even voted (by RT) may have forced them into the wrong vote.

[L`enn]

A lot of the usual suspects .

[SeaBiscuit]

Thanks for the post. Rats photos now on file.

[danamco]

Patrick Kennedy! Great. A disabled carpetbagger voting to kill a disabled woman.


I certainly would have liked to know where Christopher Reeves would have stood on Terri's fight???

[jjmcgo]

We were just talking about Christopher Reeve as an example of how a life-threatening injury can change your view of "If I'm ever in that position, pull the plug."
Remember, the end of "Johnny, Got his Gun," where the wounded veteran is sending the message, "Kill me" via Morse Code with his eyelids?
Well, that scene about a disabled person wanting to be killed was not written by a disabled person, it was written by a very healthy person.
Similarly, before his injury, Reeve probably felt that if he were to lose control of all bodily functions and require a respirator, that he would not want to live that way. Yet, with the support of his wife and family, he very much did want to live as his paralysis.
This would have been a good time for his wife to make that point publicly.