"Terry Schiavo Must Die" - oh, how I [heart] Rude Pundit!

damn, in a just world, this fella (I assume it's a fella) would be our president.

Brilliant, just brilliant stuff today, from

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2005/03/terry-schiavo-must-die-time-has-come.html

The right loves this. This is better than Elian Gonzalez. The National Review's Andrew McCarthy (who was so good in Pretty In Pink, but has really let himself go) rants like a baboon about to tear out the liver out of a fallen baboon enemy about Schiavo, saying that "she'd be better off if she were a terrorist." Schiavo's fate is like manna from heaven because anyone who dares to say, for instance, "Terry Schiavo Must Die," can instantly be labelled as uncaring and cruel and then you can go on Fox "News" and Hannity'll show that reflex-smile of the damned and everyone can say they are doing "what's best" for Schiavo.

Terry Schiavo was a vain woman, driven to bulimia by a sad desire to be thinner and thinner, afflicted, as so many women are and so many women aren't, by pop culture standards of thinness. Chances are it was the bulimia that led to the heart attack that led to the brain damage that led to the gooey being that is Schiavo being prayed over by the President and his brother. Now ask yourself: if Terry Schivao saw herself right now, knowing what we know about who she was and how she felt about looks, would she want to stay alive? You who know men and women like the pre-gelatinous Schiavo understand of what the Rude Pundit writes.

Now the Congress is involved. And the Republicans want Schiavo brought into the hearing room. What a spectacle that's gonna be. What a fucking horror show. What an embarrassment to this nation. All those righteous members of Congress, weeping because Schiavo can't answer their questions, listening to her machine sounds, the suckings, the gurgles. They called Schiavo before the committee in a little over a week because "it is a federal crime to harm or obstruct a person called to testify before Congress." Another person, another prop. Those fuckers in the GOP know what they're doing: force Democrats to vote against the bowl of jello in front of them and then use that as immunity in elections against charges that the Republicans are eliminating Social Security. What these disgusting, dirt-covered worms won't do to eat the flesh off the body politic.

The only comfort in any of this is that Schiavo won't know a fucking thing that's going on. She is an object, not a subject. She is acted upon. If Bill Frist wanted to test her reflexes by pulling up her gown and raping her in front of the gathered media, she would not care. If Tom DeLay wanted to pick her up and dance her around like a puppet, she would not care. She will never, ever care again. There is only one caring solution. She must die.

not pretty but probably true...

If the Repubs are STUPID enough to try to bring Terri into the hearing room, the Democrats should:

Call the shameless spectacle what it is: A shameless spectacle and then boycott the hearings ...

Refuse to be made a part of the circus.....
Refuse to play the Republican game...make them play it by themselves and look the fools for doing so.....

Women who are mentally sound do not vomit their way to beauty. This woman's heart attack was caused by her mental illness. This is not a story that needs such exageration and calousness to be told. It's not necessary to toss compassion for Terry Schiavo and her family in order to highlight the cruelty and hypocrisy of these republicans. The facts alone do that.

I sincerely hope that my life and body never become the focus of such speculation and degradation. Ich.

she is now or die, she would choose to die.

vanity (at least in her case) was at the root of bulimia. It's really very ugly, and even lessens his argument a bit.

millions of people battle with their weight but "trying everything" doesn't include vomiting.

and one point only. This IS a story that, at this point, NEEDS calousness. I'm sick and tired of having to tiptoe around the truth here, which is that reThugs are exploiting a dead woman to rally a bunch of fundamentalist nutjobs to their side.

It's one of the most disgusting political affairs I've ever witnessed, and I've been around for some doozies.

That said, I think you are correct to point out that her bulimia was not a result of vanity, inasmuch as I understand the word "vanity" to mean a mere personal whim.

You're right. Bulemia is a mental disorder. Shame on him for calling her vain.

Still, his other points are pretty darn valid.

it all so clearly.

We can't call these fsckers on their BS, can we?

:kick:

for cold and ruthless exploitation of this woman. The writer has no idea what makes (or made) her tick. Rank speculation like this EXPLOITS her situation viciously. There is so much hypocrisy in this article, one could teach a college course based on it.

There no reason on earth to mock this women.

But it also must be said.

15 judges have decided that she wanted to die if she ended up this way. According to this poll 65 percent of the public thinks her spouse should make the final decision and 87 percent of the people will want to die if they find themselves in Ms. Schiavo's condition.

And as I said before, since Bush himself has mandated that doctors can pull the plug over the objections of relatives. The decision was made a long time ago, let her die in peace.