Bush will not be making any public comments on Terri S. per MSNBC

[rodeodance]

I think there has been a very muted "response" to the the judges decision not to reinsert the tube. yesday-bush was talking about the culture of life before he did his pony show on SS. Today he sits with McGain and will not speak.

[Hand]

1. Drunk again! nt

[rodeodance]

4. anyone know of any DeLay reponse? or other politians?

[Scurrilous]

5. IVS

Intermittent Vegetative State.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Sunday's gimmick

must have hurt his poll numbers.

[LuminousX]

26. Cutting short his vacation

for one person while ignoring the tsunami could have a negative impact. Sort of directly puts his 'culture of life' rhetoric to the ultimate test.

Life for who? At what cost? At whose expense? Towards what end?

Lord, grant me a life of quality, not of quantity.

[ewagner]

3. DU was right

and the polls showed it...

The VAST MAJORITY of Americans thought the actions of Congress were inappropriate....AND that same majority think Terri Shaivo should have the right to die with dignity....

DUers called it right yeaterday...the Repubs OVER-REACHED in a big way and now Bush* is proving our point by laying low on the issue....

We need to capitalize on this....

[rodeodance]

6. but how. The dems were basically quiet on this and now the repugs want

for us to forget it.

[rocktivity]

24. The Florida Dem who was mentioned in the talking points memo

should be screaming bloody murder. Randi Rhodes mentioned him yesterday, and I've been hoping he'll call her show this afternoon.

:headbang:
rocknation

[candy331]

11. Why did the Dems not keep their traps closed too, they could have

abstained voting in Congress. Everyone wants their family decisions respected and they could have said very vocally 'WE RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF OTHER FAMILIES PRIVACY, TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS, JUST AS WE WOULD WANT OUR PRIVATE DECISIONS RESPECTED. This is all the Dems needed to say on the matter. Howard Dean just said Dems talk too long explaining and need to QUIT IT NOW!

[HockeyMom]

15. Only THREE Senators

came back to vote on this. I would call that abstaining.

[Supersedeas]

20. the tightly pursed lips of the frat boy, so discouraged with his political

advisers at the moment.

The 60 stops in 60 days showboating a plan WITHOUT details...bust.

The Federal law intruding on state's role (States rights dismissed) also goes bust.

Do you smell a terra....errr...error alert..coming to a broadcast talking face soon.

[peaches2003]

7. Idiot wakes up

That's the first smart thing he's done in a long time. I've noticed the beginning of a slim turn-around in the crap that the media has spewed forth about this case. Even Fox has been giving a tiny bit of 'the other side' to the steady drum of RW Wacko lies re TS. Maybe they are all reading the polls and realizing that, other than their nut-case base, the rest of the country is telling Congress and the Little Emperor that this time they have overstepped and we are not as dumb and blind as they like to think.

[rodeodance]

8. but CNN and FOX are still trying--both interviewed that discredited nurse

this morning. it ain't over yet folks!!

[rodeodance]

9. maybe Scotty M will say something??

[GreenPoet64]

13. They will put heat on the husband . . .

to get him to shut up. This just shows they want this to go away--and fast.

[Skidmore]

10. Coward-in-Chief.

Consistent little bugger, isn't he? Predictable, too.

[Contrary1]

12. Aw, cut the shrub some slack on this.

He must be extremely upset...

that he had to spend valuable time on this matter, when he
could have used that same time for a much more rewarding
pastime.

ie: golf or the fleecing of average Americans with his
Social Security shell game.

[Inland]

14. Suddenly, not so important to Bush. Wonder why?

Could it be there isn't any foreseable political gain, now?

[rodeodance]

16. maybe someone showed him the polls? (over 60% agree with courts).

[signmike]

17. They got their political gain by changing the rule. They were never

concerned about Terry.

[cthrumatrix]

18. bingo

[Malva Zebrina]

19. Since he made such a big deal out of flying to the rescue of Sciavo

and got up out of his sleep to sign this bill because of his concern for the minutes ticking by while Terri was starving to death, he really is in a fix now as to who to blame for the backfire. It ain't him, no sireee. Gotta find someone- I bet Rove and Huges have stayed up all night trying to find a scapegoat, but their boy dauphine signed that futile bill in 1999. What to do? Control the media--get it off the front page. Force the media not to cover the appeal coming up in Atlanta--give orders to Randall Terry to disburse those protesters and create another high alert terrorist warning.

[deadparrot]

21. I wish I could see the freeps freak. nt

[moobu2]

22. I think the law Bush signed in Texas that allowed that baby to die

has them worried.

The Schiavo case conceivably could also backfire on Bush. "In 1999, then Gov. Bush signed a law that 'allows hospitals discontinue life-sustaining care, even if patient family members disagree.' Just days ago the law permitted Texas Children's Hospital to remove the breathing tube from a 6-month-old boy named Sun Hudson," according to a report by the Center for American Progress. "The law may soon be used to remove life support from Spiro Nikolouzos, a 68-year-old man. Bush has not commented on either case."

villagevoice.com


And check this out

Right to Life backed law that irks wife
By RICK CASEY
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

Jannette Nikolouzos is angry with the Texas law that allows St. Luke's Hospital to unhook her husband from life support tomorrow.

"I'm so ashamed of my state that it executes civilians without criminal history," she told reporter Todd Ackerman.

She may be surprised to learn that National Right to Life, the organization that is helping to lead the fight to keep a Florida hospital from removing life support for Terri Schiavo, helped write the Texas law

Houston Chronicle

[rocktivity]

23. I belive the technical term for what he's doing is called "pouting"

With public opinion running against him on the Schiavo case nearly 3 to 1, getting caught red-handed plotting to use Schiavo as a political weapon against Florida Democrats, and his allowing a non-brain-dead patient to die in his own home state, I can understand why he'd want to keep a low profile. You're right, Mooboo--the bottom line is, he doesn't want to talk about Terri anymore because he knows he won't be able to without talking about Baby Sun. And poor Tom DeLay--now the media gets to re-focus their attention on HIS problems!

:headbang:
rocknation

[yellowcanine]

25. Shrubbie got his grandstanding photop. He doesn't care about Terri

anymore than he cares about gay marriage.