Palm Beach Post : Political Explointation of Teri Schiavo

Palm Beach editorial is right on target with this.

"In a disgraceful display of affection for mob rule, congressional Republicans on Friday turned the tragedy of Terri Schiavo into exploitative political farce.

With the judicial order to remove Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube set to take effect at 1 p.m., and with neither Congress nor the Florida Legislature having passed what would be an unconstitutional bill to intervene, Republicans under the whip hand of ethically challenged House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, issued subpoenas for Ms. Schiavo, her caregivers and Michael Schiavo. With straight faces, Republicans said they expect them to appear before the House Government Reform Committee on March 25 at the Pinellas County hospice center that is Ms. Schiavo's home and before the Senate Health Committee on March 28 in Washington.

Where to start sorting out all the hypocrisy? Republican leaders in Congress are all for states' rights — except when they're not. (See also Presidential Election, 2000.) Republican leaders in Congress are all for the rule of law — except when they're not. Republican leaders in Congress are all for limited government — except when they're not. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is a physician by training but a presidential candidate by aspiration. So he will disregard the overwhelming credible medical opinion that Ms. Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state with no chance of recovery and babble about the need for Congress to examine how the country treats "non-ambulatory" people."

"Reckless would be a kind description of the GOP behavior that rose last week and probably hasn't crested. A few responsible lawmakers in Washington and Tallahassee understood the danger of creating a precedent that would smash the separation of powers and allow politicians to make family decisions. The rest played to the mob"

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2005/03/19/m14a_schiavoedit_0319.html

The belief that we still live under a Constitution.

fighting for it even if the odds are high.

African Americans throughout the 19th and 20th century continued to believe in and call the nation to uphold their Constitutional rights in the face of all odds. The nation/people must continually call attention to the truth.

the House Government Reform Committee should be renamed the House Bread and Circus Committee.