Kottkamp ''is a very wise and stable choice,'' said Rep. Dennis Baxley, an Ocala Republican who is among the most outspoken conservatives in the Legislature. ``I think he does help give some comfort to many of us who know he has a heart for social conservative issues.''
Kottkamp voted in favor of the governor's effort to pass a law to reinsert the feeding tube of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo -- an effort that Crist did not support.
Crist's selection of Kottkamp prompted Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, to issue a statement condemning Kottkamp as representing ``everything that is broken in Tallahassee.''
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"It'll undo domestic violence protections." Nope. Wisconsin domestic violence laws don't factor sexual orientation. In fact, 2001 Wis. Act 109 expanded our statute to "romantic or intimate social relationship(s) between (two) adult individuals" — no word on orientation.
"Gays will lose visitation rights, power of attorney, etc." Actually, anybody can make these arrangements with anyone, regardless of the relationship. How do eccentric widows leave property to their cats?
They write a will. To liberals who scoff at this, why, then, was the importance of everybody getting their legal affairs in order the only lesson you learned and promoted after Terri Schiavo's murder?
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Never heard of the fellow, know nothing about it, but Kottkamp sounds like a pretty good choice in this account. However, I should have thought the phrase "conservative trial lawyer" was a screaming oxymoron.
I agree with Michael Schiavo. Everything is broken in Tallahassee. That's a first. Kottkamp is a parlor trick. He helped bump off Terri too.