Posted on 03/31/2005 3:15:15 PM PST by w6ai5q37b
1. The first sentence/paragraph is preposterous. Why should a middle-aged man with bad eyesight (me) and a family go up against even poorly-trained town kapos (oops, I mean cops) to save a woman I have never met--and may not even realize she is being rescued--to do the job of a duly elected governor with all the power in the world. In other words, why should I risk life and limb to clean up Jebs mess, when he had the power (national guard, state troopers) to clean it up in 5 minutes! Besides, there are plenty of strong young bucks in our conservative movement, and real militias too. I am not exempting them from blame. A lot of us dropped the ball here.
2. Jeb behaved like Gulliver tied down by Lilliputians. If that is not cowardice, it is a darn good imitation. But the bulk of your second paragraph I fully agree with (and as fellow FREEPers we should accentuate the positive here):
You are quite right in your assessment of the Schindler men, sadly. I have to be careful--indeed downright clintonian--in how I parse these words. I do not want to sound like I am endorsing violence. Let us say that had Michael Schiavo not existed, then guardianship of TS would have gone to the Schindlers by default. Terris dad was elderly and lived his life. If it were me (God forbid) in his shoes, I might be in jail or dead, but Terri would be in her mothers care at least. Again, this is all hypothetical.
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