Sliming the Innocent (Jeb Bush as Al Sharpton of the Right)

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Jonathan Alter

June 20 - I’ve never agreed with Florida Governor Jeb Bush on much, but I’ve always respected his integrity and the sincerity of his conservative views. Until now. His latest gambit in the case of Terri Schiavo is despicable. In fact, it calls to mind what another craven opportunist without regard for human decency did in the Tawana Brawley case in the late 1980s. Jeb Bush is acting like the Al Sharpton of the right.

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“Between 40 and 70 minutes elapsed before the call was made and I am aware of no explanation for the delay,” the governor wrote, as if Schiavo could be expected to remember the exact time he found her and placed the call. While claiming preposterously that he was not suggesting wrongdoing, he urged a “fresh look” at the 15-year-old case and McCabe has opened an investigation.

That’s all we need now—another look at this sad personal story. Bush clearly wants the public to believe that in 1990 Michael Schiavo, who spent the next several years doing everything he could to help his stricken wife (including studying to become a nurse), actually wanted her to die right then and there. After 15 years, his timeline was inconsistent! He didn’t call 911 immediately!

Bush has a daughter who, sadly, is a convicted drug abuser. When she passed out (as all drug abusers do), did he immediately call 911? Does he remember the exact time of the call? Was there a gap between the time he first saw that she might be ailing and when he took her for treatment?

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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8292690/site/newsweek/

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