Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Any regrets, Sue?
A year ago today, Congress voted to butt in where it didn't belong: an individual family's private suffering. Embarrassing us all, Sue went down to DC late at night to cast her vote to get involved in Terri Schiavo's personal tragedy. The vote was taken at 12:45 in the morning, a time when we'd normally assume Sue was busy sleeping (unless she's a secret Jimmy Kimmel fan).
Over the past year, a number of politicians, including Sen. Bill Frist, who infamously diagnosed Terri Schiavo on the floor of the US Senate after watching a video, and Senator Mel Martinez, whose staff called the Schiavo suffering "a great political issue", have said they were wrong for getting involved. But Sue has remained silent. So we're asking Sue today, on this anniversary: Do you regret your vote last year? If you had the chance to do it over again, would you take the same vote now?
To be sure, end-of-life issues are incredibly difficult and fraught with emotion. But they're decisions that need to be made by the family in consultation with the patient's physicians. They should never become political fodder for the House of Representatives. We think that it's time for Sue to apologize to the people of the 19th for her vote last year. Why not give her a call today (202-225-5441) or send her a fax (202-225-3289) to let her know you haven't forgotten?
Take19 Press Release
Over the past year, a number of politicians, including Sen. Bill Frist, who infamously diagnosed Terri Schiavo on the floor of the US Senate after watching a video, and Senator Mel Martinez, whose staff called the Schiavo suffering "a great political issue", have said they were wrong for getting involved. But Sue has remained silent. So we're asking Sue today, on this anniversary: Do you regret your vote last year? If you had the chance to do it over again, would you take the same vote now?
To be sure, end-of-life issues are incredibly difficult and fraught with emotion. But they're decisions that need to be made by the family in consultation with the patient's physicians. They should never become political fodder for the House of Representatives. We think that it's time for Sue to apologize to the people of the 19th for her vote last year. Why not give her a call today (202-225-5441) or send her a fax (202-225-3289) to let her know you haven't forgotten?
Take19 Press Release
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As I recall, Tom Delay (Sue's hero) also butted in and made a big noise over the Schiavo family tragedy...and led the charge to take the decision away from the family and put it in the hands of the federal government....
Then, it was discoverd that, oops, Tom Delay made the same decision years earlier concerning his father that they excoriated Michael Shiavo for making concerning his wife...
Political hypocrisy at its worst...and Sue was right there Butting in with Tom Delay.
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Then, it was discoverd that, oops, Tom Delay made the same decision years earlier concerning his father that they excoriated Michael Shiavo for making concerning his wife...
Political hypocrisy at its worst...and Sue was right there Butting in with Tom Delay.
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