Posted on 07/31/2006 4:58:07 PM PDT by Quiet Man Jr.
Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die
by Robert Schindler, Sr. Posted Jul 31, 2006
As most Americans know, on March 31, 2005, my daughter, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of starvation and thirst after having her feeding tube removed by court order. The sad chain of events that concluded with Terri’s death ignited a media firestorm nationally and internationally. What few saw or heard was the callous inaction of aspiring governor Charlie Crist.
Florida Atty. Gen. Charlie Crist let my daughter die. He had it within his authority to save her life, but he turned a blind eye to her suffering. Even worse, he worked to ensure her death.
Terri lived in a neurologically compromised state for reasons that are still unknown, and my family wanted nothing more than permission to care for Terri for the span of her natural life. We were denied.
My daughter tenaciously fought for her life for more than 13 days after being deprived of the most basic, natural and constant need that we all share—the need for nourishment—food and water. Terri was not on a respirator, nor terminally ill. She was not dying, nor succumbing to a dreadful disease. She was disabled. She was dependent on others, but still very much a life, a woman, and a person.
Over the course of several years, our family, our lawyers, and our friends pleaded for help from local, county, and state police and regulatory agencies with constitutional and statutory authority to investigate the many sworn statements of extreme abuse and neglect suffered by our daughter.
Hoping to save my daughter’s life, our family sought the help of Attorney General Charlie Crist. Not only did Charlie Crist refuse our family lawful access to the assets of his office, but he violated his oath of office by actively cooperated with those in positions of political and judicial authority whom denied us legal access to the police and regulatory systems meant to protect the weak. Multiple sworn agents from responsible police and regulatory agencies who found probable cause to investigate allegations of abuse in Terri's judicial and physical care, were ordered to shut down those probes. This heavy-handedness made us powerless.
Information of direct interest to Attorney General Charlie Crist's office was directly delivered to his personal hands, and he refused to properly execute the duties of his office. And it was with deliberate decision that he failed to attend a scheduled Tallahassee meeting with our family. On another occasion, we approached each other by chance. Upon recognizing me, Charlie Crist abruptly stopped and walked away.
That callous action encapsulates Charlie Crist. He walked away from a man whose daughter’s fate he controlled. At that moment, he turned his back on Terri. And he turned his back on the most fundamental duties of his office.
It is quite clear that Charlie Crist, to this day, has demonstrated no public affection for the cause of life, or Christianity, or any set of core values. He has been posturing to become governor for decades. With each voting audience he has crafted a message based on the expediency of the moment.
To add insult to injury, at a recent banquet, our alleged pro-life candidate for the Governor of Florida said the following about Judge George Greer and other judges involved in the death of my daughter, "You are heroes to all of us, and your defense of the judiciary and what is right is beyond admirable."
Through his actions, Charlie Crist has demonstrated that he has no regard for our most vulnerable citizens, the high duties of public office, or life itself. Charlie Crist’s celebration of the merciless judges who condemned Terri to death speaks to his true character.
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So now the Culture of Death ghouls are just going to slay their victims in secret. This is dangerously frightening.
That's why we must stay vigilant. I have no doubts these places have hidden such cases all along and they fear exposure as cockroaches scurry when the light is turned on.
So-called Dr. Linda, it isn't just that you flunk the Hippocratic oath. You flunk being a human being. Better Terri's head than your heart and soul.
What disgusts me the most is that these doctors seem to have forgotten that we are talking about real human beings, people with feelings and families that love them. The Culture of Death Nazis view all of us as little more than lab rats to be manipulated and experimented on.
I try to visualize that and I just start laughing :-) God bless 'em!
This is all very well, -- and good for Nebraska!, -- but what has America come to that we have to write a provision into the law to give food and water to hospital patients?
Will the rest of their bodies attend, or is it just the friar heads?
It reflects we have been infiltrated like the camel through the tent, a little at a time almost unnoticed, until and unless exposed like Dr. Linda and the Harpies. Then the masks peel off.
That is why I do not wish to wind up in an emergency room or under their "mercy". Even a Groucho mask wouldn't help me. Good and wonderful help exists, but we have seen enough Dr. Linda's to be wary.
Ouch! sounds like something at Tyson's
Ah, and what a face! The most expensive hair stylists and tailors have availed Michael not at all. He still has those rings under his eyes and the worst hair since Donald Trump. If you make eye contact, you see a pig.
I remember Annie Coulter in an early column about the case -- approximate quote -- "the one thing everybody agrees on is that the husband is creepy."
I wonder if the Founding Fathers ever envisioned a scenario where a convicted mass murderer had more rights, received better treatment and was afforded more dignity than a person in a hospital.
You beat me to it. I was about to remark his gaze, when you can actually see his eyes, are like our "pet" pig, Porkchop, before we converted him to something more savory.
Well anyway, Mikey Mouse is an appropriate face for the death ghouls. His face says it all.
Or if they could imagine a serial killer whining about the pain of the lethal injection needle and gaining sympathy from multitudes, whereas an innocent may be murdered by the most dastardly and painful process I can think of, dehydration, and a whole political party cheers it on.
They sing a mixture of hardcore punk and rotted grunge. Pee-yew.
They can't hold a candle to Sister Mountain Mama Mary and the Stompin' Bluegrass Sisters :-)
They couldn't hold a candle because they would ignite.
Maybe Dr. Linda and the Harpies will replace the New Crist Minstrels.
That's why I think that states should just announce that from now on, death row inmates whose appeals have expired will simply be denied all food and water. They will die of "euphoria" and look more "beautiful" than ever -- the left would have a very difficult time arguing that this is inhumane punishment for the guilty after they have already pronounced it as being almost desirable for the innocent.
Yeah, I guess I insulted pigs. They are good and useful critters, and intelligent, and not too smelly if you're half a mile upwind. Michael compares unfavorably on all counts.
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