Fish Brain
Posted on 04/16/2005 12:21:50 AM PDT by FairOpinion
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Friday that his party would wield the Terri Schiavo case against Republicans in the 2006 and 2008 elections, but for now needed to stay focused battling President Bush on Social Security.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's role in the end-of-life debate will be a main target, the DNC chairman says at a West Hollywood breakfast.
"This is going to be an issue in 2006, and it's going to be an issue in 2008," Dean told about 200 people at a gay rights group's breakfast in West Hollywood, "because we're going to have an ad with a picture of Tom DeLay saying, 'Do you want this guy to decide whether you die or not? Or is that going to be up to your loved ones?' "
In his breakfast speech, sponsored by Access Now for Gay and Lesbian Equality, Dean also took issue with fellow Democrats who had voted for proposed constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Dems using Terri's murder for political gains -- PING.
Wow, now whos using this for political gain?
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
I guess Dean doesn't know this:
Schiavo Protesters Not All Christian Conservatives
http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/2005/articles03/schiavo_protesters_not_all_chris.htm
"Smith, 65, had polio as a child and described herself as a lesbian and a liberal who had demonstrated before in support of the disabled and causes supported by the conservative establishment's arch foe, the American Civil Liberties Union.
She said she thought that people who left written instructions to withhold medical treatment should have those wishes honored, but that withholding water and nutrition from Terri Schiavo, who left no such written instructions, was tantamount to murder.
"At this point I would rather have a right-wing Christian decide my fate than an ACLU member," Smith said."
http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/2005/articles03/schiavo_protesters_not_all_chris.htm
Bring it on.
Dean is so important, just ask him.
I think the Dems don't realize how much real support there was for Terri, and not just among "right wing Christians".
Why Schiavo case worries the disabled
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1372011/posts
"For those of us in the organized disability rights movement, it looks like Schiavo is being put to death for the crime of being disabled."
Dean is the head of the DNC, the "face" of the Democrat Party and what a face it is, especially when it screams...
For political gains?
I don't think so...
This will backfire pretty bad on the Dems if they are stupid enough to use it as an issue.
"We're going to use Terri Schiavo later on," Dean said of the brain-damaged Floridian who died last month after her feeding tube was removed amid a swarm of political controversy.
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Note that he didn't even say, use the case, or the decisions, or the actions of Republicans, he actually said he is going to "use Terri Schiavo".
This case reached across party lines
Dean is making a HUGE mistake of making this an issue for the elections
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Another one of those "please don't throw me in that brier patch" threats.
I wonder if they realize that this is only a Beltway created pissy fit? Most people, certainly most Texans, don't care in the least about this latest D.C. Beltway media-driven nonsense. They can't have DeLay's head, and will end up very disappointed. Too bad...
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Nam Vet
Fish Brain
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Nam Vet
The Dems had a bad election day last year. All that money and nothing to show for it but latte-stained t-shirts. Dan Rather shot himself in the mouth, George Soros's money couldn't swing the deal, life sucks for them. And worst of all, Iraq isn't a quagmire. What's a good Democrat going to do except to try and bring down a leading Republican?
And I am grateful that he is.
Dean is part of the group that just hate W just to hate him. They oppose anything that W favors without thinking. Dean will waste time and money trying to use Terri and he will not gain one vote. He would be wise to leave the Terri issue alone, but hatred destroys wisdom.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Dean, we need another scream.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
We opposed starving a woman to death based solely on the testimony of her already-shacked-up-and-moved-on husband.
Yeah, beat us over the head with that rap, willya Howie? If THAT'S a campaign issue, well, then you have no campaign.
The word that said everything with a bang and a whimper. The word that has defined the party of Howard Dean.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
"They offer nothing and fill the empty space with shrill attacks on Republicans. "
A great article and analysis about exactly that:
Assault on DeLay is All About Politics
http://www.conservative.org/columnists/lessner/04132005rl.asp
"The Democrats have no message and no vision for America. So they attack Republican leaders in a desperate attempt to block progress on the GOP agenda - lower taxes, a modernized Social Security system, constitutionalist judges and a strong military.
Democrats despise DeLay because he is a tough, principled conservative and an effective majority leader who is successful in driving the Republican agenda though the House. Unable to win elections, and bereft of anything positive to offer the country, the Democrats and their Soros-funded allies have become little more than a pack of seething scandalmongers."
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Geraldo Rivera crawls to his feet after the JDAM strike during his interview with Dan Rather at Kinko's
Mad Howie might have a problem debating the Schiavo issue because he's 'pro-choice', and interned in a hospital assisting abortions. One can argue all day long about the quality of Terri's life, but it's hard to argue about the quality of an unborn's child's life.
You're better than me, what does JDAM stand for?
Its a desperate reach.....and a Survivor series emotion fest.
President Bush has forwarded Tax reform legislation,
Put money into the citizens pockets.
Acted to mitigate legal law suite practice.
Strengthened the nations armed forces.
Brought Democracy,Commerce,Personal enterprise and mental enlightenment to a enslaved..stupified Euro/death cult world.
The Democrats have margined nothing except the usuall complaint track.
It grows tiresome now......Democrats have the dry heaves like a Tequila drinker.
Some are tired of busting their head on the toilet rim.
Okay, so the Deaniac is saying it's better to have your "loved ones" murder you via forcible dehydration and starvation than Tom DeLay attempt to save you from it??
JDAM is a missile, I don't remember what it stands for exactly -- Joint Direct Attack Munition ( I googled it, I heard the acronym, but forgot what it stood for)
It's our missile, we hit ground targets with it, from airplanes, if I recall correctly.
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/missiles/jdam/jdam_back.htm
The Joint Direct Attack Munition — or JDAM — is a low-cost guidance kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurately guided "smart" weapons. The JDAM kit consists of a new tail section that contains an Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System.
In actual use these weapons have proved to be very accurate and highly reliable. They can be accurately delivered in virtually any weather conditions. JDAM can be launched miles from the target and safely rely on the navigation system to update the weapon all the way to impact.
Geraldo got caught after doing this staged stunt on Fox where he claimed he had just survived an errant U.S. JDAM at Tora Bora.
Turns out the JDAM incident was hundreds of miles away...and days before : )
Kinko's and the Dan Rather CBS attack on President Bushes Military service record... was like the Geraldo JDAM stunt.....he became an ASS....and we all cheered : )
Oh, I missed the expose about Geraldo's stunt -- I thought it was for real.
Best regards
Uh, Mr. Dean, Schiavo's loved ones wanted her to live and called on Congress to intervene - they didn't just do it on their own.
The Democrats thrive on lies.
My first thought was...."Oh my God....his legs have been blown off!!
For a split second or 2...one could see Mujhadeen types standing and looking at Geraldo like he was a lunatic.
Later....I read that he had set this stunt up.....and arranged it for a satellite feed.
The Afhgani's who were guides for his crew thought he was insane.....as he dropped to the ground before the camera and began to writhe around and throw dirt.
Reminiscent of Wellstone funeral...and we all know how well that went over with the voters. (end/sarcasm)
By then the people will need to be reminded which party stands for life and which party stands for starving people to death.
also D for death.
If the Democrats are smart they won't do this. I am constantly talking to people who don't know what really went on with this case. When I explain the facts to them--their point of view changes.
The more people know about the situation, the worst the Democrats look.
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