Republican politicians secretly want Schiavo to die

Possible?

Here are the two possible outcomes from all of this:

A) She lives and Republicans are able to point and say, "We saved her life!" Unfortunately, and tragically, they'll be pointing at a vegetative, unresponsive woman who will continually remind everyone about her awful state. The victory will sadly ring hollow.

B) She dies and Republicans are able to point to this as yet another example of evil liberals defying the will of the people, Congress and G-d, destroying American and Christian values for life from their ivy towers and finally denying Schiavo an opportunity for a miraculous recovery which, they'll argue, might not only have been possible but imminent. This is the handgrenade they'll then be able to lob at the Left, who's only retort will be something like "the 10th Amendment", as if anyone knows what that is.

Of course I'm leading you, but for which outcome do you think Republicans politicians are hoping?

Their blatant opportunism make me sick. They have no shame.

They KNOW she's doing to die. They know there's no chance of the courts reversing any of the previous decisions.

sick agenda? I know her pictures are all over the news, but if they tried to use one in an ad or political campaign, can't that be prevented? She is still a private citizen.

she would be a constant reminder of this Republican Schiavo fiasco.

9 rulings. They just want to blame "activist judges" so they can stack the courts. Well, except DeLay. He's trying to save his own sorry ass.

right after Judge Greer set the date for tube removal, but while the tube was still in place. Not to mention that Congress would still have been in session and no one would have had to be rousted out of bed to sign the bill.

That way it would have been MUCH easier for any judge to issue a stay or injunction stating that the tube be KEPT in, rather than one ordering affirmatively that it be put BACK in. But noooooooooo! No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no! </belushi> Like they so often say about us, they'd rather "have the issue".

The whole show had nothing to do with Terri Shiavo. If it had, they would've acted like Republicans who support the Constitution via respecting state rights, privacy rights and SMALL government by allowing the process which found Terri's intent to have no artificial interference in her life to stand.

Now, they've placed themselves in a corner.

Isn't it just delicious?!?!?!? :bounce:

as far as I'm concerned, it's the Democrats who are in trouble. If/when she dies, the Replubicans are going to have a field day with this issue. Shiavo will end up being the Elian Gonzales for the entire Christian Right, which, as everyone knows, is quite substantial. I can't help feeling like this is going to be very, very bad for the Left.

The majority of Americans do not want any radical element dominating our government. The radical elements pushed this into every American's face,...and we Americans do demand our sense of independence be kept intact.

I think the Republican radicals are going to pay dearly for this spectacle and I am loving the backlash that is already happening.

The problem, as I see it, is intellectual vs. emotional. Sure, there is an intellectual backlash against the Republican's blatant disregard for the Constitution, but my fear is that the emotional fervor of those on the Right is what's going to play out in the ballot box. The results, in fact, will not be too dissimilar from the last Presidential election.

...bombed about as badly as the GOP "Save Social Security Road Show."

... however they wanted to.

I predict * will declare a National Rememberance Holiday.

:crazy:

the longer this stays in the news, the worse off the GoOP.

They've had their fun messing with this family, and now they're skipping out.