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shawnmmcc
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I've been watching in wonder - it's going to be my first 500 post thread. 
I just wanted to comment on what Captain Dizle said. I have lived in the Bible Belt for 22 years now, and in a Red State for the last ten. His analysis on how this will be used is exactly correct in the American South/Bible Belt. I cannot say about the midwestern/mountain red states.
I believe I have noted this in the past, only 7-21% (I am doing the upper number from memory) of registered voters turn out for off-year primaries. In those years, when the religious right has an issue to galvanize the primaries, they can in the Bible Belt utterly dominate the Republican primaries.
Since I am a registered Republican and vote in those primaries, I have watched the number of moderate candidates steadily shrink. One factor I look for is "Family values" - if you run on them I vote against you. That is between my and my wife and daughter, and my local minister. I do NOT want some G*D D**N politican butting in. This last time, for the first time, all three of our candidates for the Federal House of Representatives - it was an open seat - ran on that issue. 
I realize that you more northern conservatives live in a different, well reasoned world. Down south it is very different. I do not believe in Dizle's Bush solely as a helpless pawn scenario. He is very aware of the hippocracy of what he has done, and the bill he signed into law in Texas versus what he has done here. Karl Rove, who is probably one of the most brilliant modern political strategists, has probably given advice on this, and in coordination with various members of the Religious Right is coordinating this. Using her for political advantage is an abomination.
edit - I accidently hit the enter button as I started the post
Last edited by shawnmmcc on 24-03-2005 at 06:26
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Capt Dizle
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Talk about governmental abuse. I just found this:
"Jeb Bush and the state's social services agency filed a petition in state court to take custody of Schiavo and, presumably, reconnect her feeding tube. It cites new allegations of neglect and challenges Schiavo's diagnosis as being in a persistent vegetative state. The request is based on the opinion of a neurologist working for the state who observed Schiavo at her bedside but did not conduct an examination of her."
If you guys can't see that this case is the opening salvo of an all out war on the Roe v. Wade decision I'd have to advise you never to consider politics for a living. It is as plain as day.
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Capt Dizle
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I am just absolutely floored that Jeb Bush would take such an action. If I were a part of the Florida legislature I would be scrambling to find the impeachment statues.
Somebody ought to grill ole Jeb about tort reform. Frivolous lawsuits. Incredible. I am telling you...somewhere Hilary is doing flips thinking about how to use this in the next election.
I have never voted for a liberal or a Democratic presidential candidate. But tonight might be a turning point in my political outlook. This transparent and ill-conceived abuse of governmental power intended solely to accrue credit to the right wing ideology and obtain political advantage is an action that suddenly seems to give credence to past comparisons of George Bush and Hitler. If the Bushes do not respect our people nor our laws, then God help us, they must be opposed.
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Guynemer
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Pull the plug, mods. Please. Posthaste. This is gone beyond ridiculous.
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Capt Dizle
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Those are old poll numbers. I have seen new poll numbers on TV showing a 39-30 split.
And they will be moot the instant she dies. From that point the judiciary will be relabeled as Murderers Inc. Frankly, this could prove to be a masterful propaganda stroke.
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shawnmmcc
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What's really sad - while that little Texas baby was going to inevitably die, and painfully, he was probably substantially more aware and could enjoy several more months of having his mommy there, albeit at hideous expense. But I guess a real case, that would show what cuts in Medicaid and taxes can have to a child wouldn't necessarily produce the controlled respone hoped for by the conservative politicians here. Someboy actually might start to question the tax cuts, and realize there are real consequences. Sad.
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24-03-2005 06:08
This gets more and more disgraceful for the GOP meddlers by the minute.
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