"DeLay, whose professional expertise is in pest control,...(editorial)

[rodeodance]

I laughed a good laugh with this comment in this editorial


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&ncid=742&e=4&u=/usatoday/20050322/cm_usatoday/inschiavocasecongresstrespassesonprivatetragedy

In Schiavo case, Congress trespasses on private tragedy

Tue Mar 22, 6:45 AM ET


Congress suddenly seems intent on practicing medicine without a license. Or is it just practicing politics?

.....Those most active in politicizing the case are Republicans who typically proclaim their devotion to reducing the interference of the federal government in people's lives. These include Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, both potential candidates for a future Republican presidential nomination.

Frist, a heart surgeon and one of the few physicians in Congress, even presumed to offer his own optimistic diagnosis of Schiavo's prospects based on viewing a few clips from a family-provided videotape. That's a dubious method for practicing medicine. Medical specialists say the occasional eye movements and reflex actions that Schiavo's parents and their supporters see as encouraging are common signs of false hope.

For House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, whose professional expertise is in pest control, not terminal-care decisions, the issue is a convenient distraction from allegations about ties to unsavory lobbyists and a Texas fundraising scandal.

[rodeodance]

1. what a hoot

[TheFarseer]

2. Does Delay remind anyone else of Dale Dribble?

you know from King of the Hill?

[xxqqqzme]

4. Xcept Dale

evokes sympathy - delay evokes disgust.

They are look-alikes tho.

I still like Barney Franks observation that 'congressmwn R not doctors...they just play them on CSPAN.

[Helga Scow Stern]

3. Excellent editorial. And rated 4.65.

[yellowcanine]

5. And obviously not that expert in that area either, as he can't control

himself - at least when it comes to accepting illegal gratuities from lobbyists.

[The White Tree]

6. The last line of this piece says it all -

"Terri Schiavo's story is tragic enough without political malpractice."