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Barack Obama Would Take Back Vote Helping Terri Schiavo
LifeNews.com ^ | February 26, 2008 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 02/26/2008 8:21:18 PM PST by SErtelt

by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor February 26, 2008

Cleveland, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Senator Barack Obama debated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night and said his biggest mistake was voting to help save Terri Schiavo. Terri is the disabled Florida woman whose husband won the legal right to starve her to death.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assistedsuicide; barackobama; euthanasia; moralabsolutes; obama; prolife; schiavo; terrischiavo
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To: MinuteGal
Which patriot said they "regretted that they had but one life to give for their country".

That's in perfect contrast to Obama's regret that he voted to save a life. Barack Obama's no patriot.

181 posted on 03/02/2008 6:22:21 PM PST by floriduh voter (FL Gov. Crist "This is America. I can wear whatever I want. I believe in freedom." You go, girl.)
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To: floriduh voter
That'd be Nathan Hale.....as opposed to Barack Headed-for-Hale.

Leni

182 posted on 03/02/2008 6:46:23 PM PST by MinuteGal (FRed and Mitt are Still My Guys)
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To: floriduh voter

Patrick Henry would have never regretted attempting to save a lady’s life. Barrack (middle name redacted) Obama is no Patrick Henry, and certainly no patriot.


183 posted on 03/02/2008 6:53:01 PM PST by LilAngel (FReeping on a cell phone is like making Christmas dinner in an Easy Bake Oven)
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To: MinuteGal

Nathan Hale?

Oops


184 posted on 03/02/2008 6:56:11 PM PST by LilAngel (FReeping on a cell phone is like making Christmas dinner in an Easy Bake Oven)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Slavery is evil. Letting newborns die is good.


185 posted on 03/03/2008 12:43:38 AM PST by IIntense
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To: floriduh voter
What the Schindlers were forced to endure was truly horrific. While I hope that Terri rests in peace with God (why didn't he answer the prayers to save her?), what Michael Schiavo did will hit him right between the eyes some day.

Some place inside of him, he cannot deny his real motives for ending Terri's life. They will rise up to haunt him if he has any conscience left, and he will have no peace.

At some point, his fake marriage to Jodi will end and he'll be a lost man. If that happens, my sorrow will be for their children.

186 posted on 03/03/2008 1:06:34 AM PST by IIntense
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To: IIntense

Terri’s death was senseless as well as illegal. The way this country is going, what happened to her is a preview of what a socialist America run over by illegal aliens may be like. Real Americans are losing our rights unless we fight tooth and nail and sometimes, that doesn’t work. fregards, floriduh voter


187 posted on 03/03/2008 10:58:53 AM PST by floriduh voter (FL Gov. Crist "This is America. I can wear whatever I want. I believe in freedom." You go, girl.)
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To: LilAngel; wagglebee; 8mmMauser

Here it is. It’s also on my profile page, with active links. I’m too lazy to do the html right now, but if you click on my profile, the links are there. I don’t have any omelets though. Sorry.

In 1999, 10.4% of the severely cognitively impaired residents of the United States were starved and dehydrated to death.

In 2000, 11.0% of the severely cognitively impaired residents of the United States were starved and dehydrated to death.

In 2001, 11.4% of the severely cognitively impaired residents of the United States were starved and dehydrated to death.

I haven’t found data yet for other years, but I think it’s a fair guess that the killings continue to climb.

This doesn’t represent a percentage of patients who died (which would be bad enough). It doesn’t mean that 11.4% of the patients who died were starved and dehydrated. It means 11.4% of all the people living in the U.S.A. with severe cognitive impairments were killed this way. And it doesn’t include the ones who were killed using other methods, such as denial of antibiotics for simple infections, removal of breathing assistance, etc.

The standard used for determining severe cognitive impairment for the purpose of this study is a score of 5 or less on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). Patients in a coma or PVS cannot possibly score 1, much less 5. You’ve probably seen people in the grocery store with a score of 5 or less. So these killings include a wide range of brain damaged people. I wonder how many thousands of people are living with a score of 5 or less. And for every 1,000 people living with a score of 5 or less in the year 2001, 114 of them were starved and dehydrated to death that year.

All I have before me are the percentages. I’d like to see the corresponding numbers. Or would I?

Following is the breakdown by state for 2001. Notice that Rhode Island tops the list, with just over a third of that population exterminated this way. That might have something to do with the fact that RI has appointed the pro-euthanasia group Choice in Dying the official State agency in charge of informing the public about “end-of-life choices.” They supply forms for “living wills” and “assist” the public in filling out those forms. This is what happens when you put the fox in charge of the henhouse.

Believe it or not, Florida and Texas are both below the national average. Every state is on the list. Georgia is at the bottom of the list, exterminating only 1.30% this way.

RI - 33.80%
OR - 32.50%
MI - 28.30%
MT - 28.00%
WI - 27.20%
CA - 23.40%
UT - 23.40%
AZ - 20.90%
PA - 17.40%
MN - 17.20%
AK - 17.10%
CT - 15.40%
WY - 14.90%
MD - 14.60%
NM - 14.20%
SD - 14.10%
WA - 13.20%
OH - 12.90%
ID - 12.30%
IA - 12.10%
MO - 11.90%
National Average - 11.4%
VT - 11.20%
HI - 11.10%
DE - 10.80%
ND - 10.80%
MA - 9.90%
IN - 9.70%
ME - 9.20%
NH - 8.70%
NY - 8.50%
NE - 7.70%
CO - 7.20%
AL - 7.10%
TX - 7.10%
IL - 6.70%
WV - 6.70%
KY - 6.60%
SC - 6.50%
TN - 6.30%
FL - 6.20%
NV - 6.20%
AR - 5.70%
NC - 5.20%
KS - 4.80%
NJ - 4.80%
OK - 4.10%
LA - 3.70%
VA - 3.60%
DC - 3.10%
MS - 3.00%
GA - 1.30%

Facts On Dying ~ This study was funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, who adamantly opposes the rights of vulnerable people to continue living. So if any trolls show up, complaining that the data is skewed in favor of life, check the facts and get back to me.


188 posted on 03/05/2008 10:57:01 AM PST by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit, who taught me much. ~ Þ)
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