Fowler (R), 5th in GOP Hierarchy, Dead

[XanaDUer]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=33234

Former Congresswoman Tillie Fowler Passes Away After Brain Hemorrhage


By First Coast News Staff

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Former congresswoman Tillie Fowler passed away this morning, two days after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

According to co-workers, she suffered the brain hemorrhage at her home in Jacksonville Monday.

Fowler was at St. Vincent's hospital with her husband Buck by her side. Her daughters, Tillie Anne and Elizabeth, were also there..."

[ButterflyBlood]

1. I'll be nice so....no comment n/t

n/t

[booksenkatz]

2. We lived in Jax for 7 years, when she was Miss Priss down there

My husband and I disliked her so very much. I don't know what to say except, if there's an afterlife, I hope that she comes to understand how much time she wasted on earth, working for the evil side.

There, that wasn't too ugly, was it??

[XanaDUer]

7. No, it wasn't

;)

[booksenkatz]

8. You know what they say...

"...if you ever laugh when a hearse goes by, you will be the next to die," and I've been having some bad, scary headaches lately. It's purely out of selfishness and fear for my own health/karma that I declined to state the totality of my feelings for the Owlish One.
:7

EDITED TO ADD: There will likely be some Buck 'n Tillie jokes at my dinnertable tonight, the way we used to do when we lived in Jax.

[XanaDUer]

10. Wasn't Jax a panic?

and that's hilarious about the owl! She did look like an owl.

Was she as wise as an owl, though?

I am sure your liberal heart will beat for many more decades to come!

:hi:

[Roland99]

3. Damn. What a tragedy for her family

:(

[Randi_Listener]

4. Chickenshit coming home to roost.

She sowed hatred and bile and piss. Now she can face her fate and rot in hell.

[lyonn]

5. Now, now, refer to post #2

Wasn't that polite? Course, my gut feeling is you probably have it right. Hate is an awful thing isn't it? Feeling you always tried to avoid.

[uppityperson]

6. As we say in our house:

"Thank you for sharing that piece of information with me", which came from teaching our teenager what manners are for (as an example you say this to someone rather than something swearing or nasty). While I am always sorry for the family of people who die and am glad her kids got to be with her when it happened, oh well.

[Ian David]

9. Good riddance to bad rubbish

Tillie Fowler's horrendous civil rights record:

Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.
Voted YES on Amendment to prohibit burning the US flag.
Voted YES on ending "preferential treatment" by race in college admissions.

http://www.issues2000.org/FL/Tillie_Fowler_Civil_Rights.htm



Public services will be held Friday, March 4, 2005 at 1 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Jacksonville.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the Tillie K. Fowler NROTC Scholarship Fund at Jacksonville University.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=33234


I suggest, that if you want to "honor" this person, you instead donate to The Human Rights Campaign in her name:

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[justy387]

12. GOOD RIDDANCE IS NOT A CLASSY THING TO SAY

TO SOMEONE WHO IS 62 AND HAS CHILDREN. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

We may disagree with people, but we must respect other human beings. How would her spouse, child, or parent feel if they read your post?

Despicable.:

[Ian David]

14. Yes, I know it is dispicable.

But all I have are words, but she was entrusted with political power to either do good or do harm, and she chose to do harm.

So, if she went out of her way to destroy people's lives, then please forgive me for not feeling bad about hurting her family's feelings.

[JI7]

22. what SHE did is far worse than what you did which is just point out her

voting record and express problems with it which should be expected of public figures.

[JI7]

21. do they hate gays and want to discriminate against them like she does ?

[justy387]

11. Former U.S. Rep. Tillie Fowler Dies at 62

Source: AP
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20050302/D88J169G0.html

Former U.S. Rep. Tillie Fowler, who became prominent on defense issues during her four terms in Congress, died Wednesday, two days after suffering a brain hemorrhage. She was 62.

Gov. Jeb Bush called Fowler "a great Floridian and committed public servant. Congresswoman Fowler was a great leader and was dedicated to making the lives of Floridians better. She will be missed."

Fowler was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992, campaigning on an "eight is enough" term-limits pledge. She declined to seek re-election in 2000 though at the time she was vice chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, placing her fifth in the GOP hierarchy.

After leaving Congress in January 2001, she was mentioned as a possible secretary of the Navy in the Bush administration, but instead joined the national law firm of Holland & Knight.

[Bluebear]

13. Ethel to Tillie, Ethel to Tillie, come in Tillie.

I'm very sorry for her family.

[diamond14]

15. Former U.S. Rep. Tillie Fowler Dead at 62 (replaced richard pearl at DOD)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1326-2005Mar2.html

Former U.S. Rep. Tillie Fowler Dead at 62
Florida Republican Dies of Brain Hemorrhage

By Adam Bernstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 2, 2005; 3:38 PM

Tillie Fowler, 62, a Florida Republican who represented Jacksonville in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001 and became one of the top-ranking women in her party, died of a brain hemorrhage March 2 at a hospital in Jacksonville.

Rep. Fowler, a champion of increased defense budgets during her years in Congress, had served since her retirement on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, which aids the Defense Secretary on strategy and policy matters. She was appointed its chairwoman in summer 2003, succeeding Richard Perle, who stepped down amid allegations of conflicts of interest with his business ventures.


Throughout her career, Rep. Fowler was sometimes called the "Steel Magnolia" and described as a hybrid of a "Southern belle and a Marine drill sergeant."

[0007]

16. She appeared to be a very uptight woman with much anxiety

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[JoeMemphis]

18. Truly classless ...

:mad: Folks, it is possible to put aside political differences and actually show an ounce of humanity when someone passes on from this life. Show yourselves to be better than the Freepers.

O8) Rest in Peace, Rep. Fowler. My best wishes and prayers for your family and friends.

[deadparrot]

19. May she rest in peace. nt

[Blower]

20. God is great, and works in mysterious ways n/t

[Straight Shooter]

23. LOL!

So help me Gawd.

[amjucsc]

24. RIP