Posted on 11/06/2005 6:14:01 PM PST by Former Military Chick
Why did Michael Schiavo, a Floridian with Pennsylvania roots, endorse Democrat Tim Kaine's run for Virginia governor?
Your guess is as good as Kaine's, whose campaign first learned the news on Wednesday after Schiavo's PR firm gave the mini-scoop to the Washington Post. The maneuver was meant to motivate base Democrats in Virginia six days before the Nov. 8 vote. Schiavo's statement said lots of mean things about Jeb Bush and Florida, and only a few nice things about Kaine and Virginia.
This makes us wonder: Is Schiavo focused on Virginia's well being, or his own political future? Doesn't Florida hold its own gubernatorial contest next year? Schiavo's spokesman told us that the widower has no plans to run for office "at this point.... He's just saying that the debate between Kaine and Jerry Kilgore is exactly the kind of thing he's talking about."
Speculation aside, Schiavo re-emerges at a critical juncture in the 2005 political arch. Terri Schiavo's tragic case, and the GOP's reaction to it, helped launch a downward spiral last spring that continues today. That spiral, it seems, could help Kaine next week, far more than any endorsement ever could.
Haven't you ever heard that expression before? It's fairly common. http://www.google.com/search?q=%22black+robed+judge%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
I think the words were meant to be a last slap in the face towards Terri's family.
May be of interest to Catholic ping lists because that low-life Schiavo endorsed the Demo candidate running for Virginia's governorship in today's election. Kaine is another one of those "pro-choice" liberal CINOs.
Not necessarily the last slap, but definitely another slap.
Thank you. I'd love to get a copy of that interview in mp3 format.
You proved my point. 304 google hits is not "fairly common"; it is actually quite smallish. I looked at the first 10 hits and 4 of them are about Terri, so maybe it is more common in Terri-themed writings.
Using the black robe reference as a method of denigrating a judge seems silly when you are only mad at one of them. After all, Clarence Thomas wears a black robe.
You'd think he could at least pretend to have some sensitivity.
I proved that it is a fairly common expression. You could google up variations of it and come up with hundreds more examples. If you haven't heard of it before, that's your problem. Could you at least jump ahead, and make your point? Explain to us how your lack of knowledge justifies exterminating disabled people. That is your point, isn't it? Please quit wasting time trying to evaluate a common expression that you can't understand. Get to your real reason for being here.
You are really reading a lot into my comment. As far as the thread TOPIC, I think its kind of pathetic that Shaivo thinks he has something to add to VA politics. He lives and works in FL so his interest is obviously unseemly and agenda-driven.
I was only making a point about the black-robed judge comment. All judges wear black robes. The good ones and the bad ones. The clothing has nothing to do with the man or woman inside. It is an obscure colloquilism at best.
It's an expression that refers to a certain type of judge. Are you done nitpicking yet?
I don't see what's wrong with a person from one state endorsing a politician in a race in another state. But an endorsement from Schiavo, Simpson, Manson, or Kavorkian is the kiss of death.
No doubt.
Barf
She said she would not want to live in a persistant vegetative state (so did Krauthammer, so did I, for that matter, and, since you're the one with all the answers, here's a question: who the heck would???). The inability to discriminate is a sign of a form of lunacy or idiocy. DUers display same. For example, comparing Bush to Hitler. Unfortunately, such lunacy is common. The inability to distinguish pulling the plug on a person without a brain stem and murdering, say, a healthy six year old child for his bicycle, well..... might as well sign up at DU. That is not an insult, it is just a recommendation :)
I would say, first of all, thanks for your welcome! Nice of you. Second, I would say AGAIN (!) that life and dignity are inseparable. Third, I would say that we pull the plug on lots of persons, such as children born without brain stems. Does your founder have a thought about that? Do you? Fourth, if so, where is your daily posts decrying these daily occurrences? Fifth, you (and others, perhaps with blessing of the founder) have been exploting, in my opinion, a tragedy for your personal... (can't think of a word here)... gestault. Schtick. Meshugana. Whatever. But such exploitation is unbecoming a reasonable thinking person. And it's intellectually vapid, dishonest, and irrational as well. That's just my opinion. I think I'm entitled to it -- I'm a conservative, after all. Again, happy to be here - thanks!
Get lost? Hehe! Good use of a post! Keep up the good work! Hehe!
I don't speak for the founder of Free Republic. I merely provided you with a link to a statement by him. If you want to know his position on the right to life, read that statement. If you'd like further information about his position, ask him, not me.
You chose to join the discussion about Michael Schiavo having Terri Schiavo euthanized. After reviewing my posts for a couple weeks, instead of responding to my post, you questioned me about a different subject entirely. I have no obligation to drop everything I'm doing to research your interests, and provide you a thorough evaluation from my perspective. Let's stick to the subject at hand, shall we?
You have a very strange interpretation of what exploitation is, but you're certainly entitled to your opinion. We have advocated for the rights of individuals, with some success. We have indeed enjoyed the satisfaction of knowing we did the right thing. I would not go out of my way to do the wrong thing, just to avoid that feeling of satisfaction. I've seen people go out of their way to do the wrong thing, but I doubt that's their reason for doing so.
You may very well be a conservative on most issues, but advocating forced euthanasia is not a conservative ideal.
I would still like for you to reply to my post, in which I asked you how Michael followed Terri's wishes, after he testified in court that those were not her wishes.
I apologize, I hadn't realized you were a friend and she had told you this. I had been basing my opinions on the things her family had said, that she never expressed this wish to die and on the court documents when her husband got all that money to take care of her for the rest of her life. After he got all that money, he remembered she told him, that she didn't want to live but of course you know that. Sorry again.
"I apologize, I hadn't realized you were a friend and she had told you this. I had been basing my opinions on the things her family had said, that she never expressed this wish to die and on the court documents when her husband got all that money to take care of her for the rest of her life. After he got all that money, he remembered she told him, that she didn't want to live but of course you know that. Sorry again."
It's OK. We all make mistakes. However, her family could not know what she said to her husband, and probably (although I'm stretching here, I realize) they were not in the room when Terri and Michael were having "relations" either. But alas, this is a bit subtle for you. Rather just assume he murdered her for the money when no evidence exists of that motive either. Healthier assumption, though! You healthy Devil you!
Huh?
Thirteen days of court ordered suffering til death frees ya, is, excuse me, dying with dignity? Especially when you husband brings in friends to watch you suffer? Geeeeeez.
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