"Yes, A shootout at the Hospice Corral WOULD have been a disaster."
Consider this:
"I, Governor Bush of the State of Florida, have just signed an executive order that there's a state of emergency around Terri Schiavo's [Schindler's] hospice. This EO gives me authority over all local police in that peculiar county. As their governor, and for the time being, their final authority, I order them to stand down, to not fire upon any officers under my charge, as we take her, provide her with imediate IVs for hydration, and whisk her off to a nice Christian hospital up in Lynchburg, one run by Jerry Falwell Ministries. Don't mess with those fellas up there. They are somewhat... chivalrous."
Extreme? You bet. Possible? You bet. I understand why he didn't do it, however. If Jeb considered it, his advisers would tear their shirts off, stomp on their brief cases, shout in his ear, and call him a lunatic. That's what college education does to our nation's leaders.
FReegards....
See #986