CNN Poll: Who do you believe should decide Terri Schiavo's fate? [View All]

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/


Courts 7% 517 votes
Congress 2% 123 votes
Parents 23% 1768 votes
Husband 68% 5165 votes
Total: 7573 votes

Just as I suspected the numbers would reflect - which is that the large majority of this country feels that a decision like this not only rests with the "family" but that specifically with the spouse and their spousal rights.

Just heard an email read on CNN by a viewer where after reading the answers to this and some other polls, that an emailer felt very strongly about when people get married, they agree till death do them part and to carry out their wishes. I took the time this morning to read through the actual lengthy court documents on this case (so I could form my own non-media influenced opinion) and I can unequivacally say that the numerous judges and courts and court appointed doctors and guardians have found consistently the same thing and that is that despite her not having a "living will", the findings showed each time that the spouse has the rights here by law and that the findings from testimony from ALL witnesses (including husband, friends, siblings and parents) was weighed and agreed upon that Terri Schiavo would NOT want to be kept on life support, and that the parents did not have any knowledge what so ever of her desire. I also believe that Michael Schiavo truly loved and still loves his wife and that he is only involved in this for the purposes of keeping his promise to her and her wishes. Apparentely according to court documents, he took extreme good care of her in the early years and was persistent in seeing and exhausting all possible efforts to meet with every neurological expert (including taking her to California) before he came to the agonizing realization that she was NEVER going to recover from the loss of her CEREBRAL CORTEX!

The video tapes that keep being shown ad nauseum on the MSM are not accurate reflections of her medical condition and are very misleading. Individuals in "Persistent Vegetative State" make involuntary sounds and can look as if they are responding to questions and stimulation...but its just not the case....this woman's brain and the part that reasons, thinks, responds and feels is GONE FOLKS...literally....

This whole thing is just sick....I love my family, but if they ever did this to me like the Schindlers are doing to her, I would consider that to be selfish and against all my wishes to die with dignity and not sustained. I can however understand and forgive the Schindlers. I cannot forgive the Politicians and Pro-life opportunists using this to further their political agenda and the MSM's complicity in broadcasting it.

:grr: