Mrs. Bush Defends Gov't Role for Schiavo

[Rose Siding]

MILDENHALL, England -- First lady Laura Bush said Tuesday the government was right to have intervened in the case of Terri Schiavo, a severely brain-damaged Florida woman whose case has stirred national debate about life and death issues.

"I just feel like the federal government has to be involved," Mrs. Bush said. "It is a life issue that really does require government to be involved."

Mrs. Bush commented on the Schiavo case aboard a plane bound for Afghanistan, where she was to promote education and women's rights.
....
Mrs. Bush said she has been encouraged to hear that the case has prompted more people to inquire about living wills.

"I think that is really good," she said. "The president and I have living wills and, of course, our parents do. They wanted us always to be aware of it. I think that it is important for families to have opportunities to talk about these issues."

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-laura-bush-schiavo,0,4092425.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[Benhurst]

1. Oh ... go take another drink -- or five or six, Laura. NT

[Kikosexy2]

4. She's...

been hitting her dimebag stash again--too many tokes Laura dear!

[0007]

29. That's probably the problem with Laura, she hasn't had a toke

in a long time.

Where there's hope there'sdope.

[hector459]

73. Did she feel the same about "shock and awe" killing thousands?

The hypocrisy of it all is maddening. What is so special that our government virtually stops for the "existence" (not life) of one shell of a white woman who probably would not have wanted to have been in this state for 15 years?

[Botany]

2. Hey, Laura

How about the right to live for 100,000 Iraqis & 1,500 Americans who
have died in your husband's stupid war?

:sarcasm:

[Demeter]

3. They should have hustled her onto that plane faster.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Think she had any idea whatsoever what she was talking about?

:silly:

[rodeodance]

37. no

[SammyWinstonJack]

75. No and neither does her husband and it shows. n/t

[lastliberalintexas]

78. Not on your life

If you actually examine her statement, what she is saying is that it's an issue of life only when there isn't a living will involed. As long as one has a living will, it's ok for the "murder" to occur. :crazy:

[Charlie Brown]

6. "the federal government has to be involved" with EVERY one of these cases?

[madaboutharry]

7. I use to think she was

the smart one.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

15. She is. n/t

[poppet]

8. did she contradict herself

the federal government should be involved ....... families should have an opportunity to talk about these things. Then why don't they believe that Terri Schiavo talked about this with her own husband???

[jojo54]

9. She should know about life's issues

she killed one back in the day.:sarcasm:

[UpInArms]

10. message to Pickles

STFU

this was a political play from the get-go.

p.s. you make me :puke: and you look like the joker from the old batman series

[movonne]

11. Who gives a shit what Laura thinks...she is a nitwit...

[tubbacheez]

12. "a life issue that really does require government to be involved"

"I just feel like the federal government has to be involved," Mrs. Bush said. "It is a life issue that really does require government to be involved."




There. She said it all. As only a non-politician can say it, Laura Bush put into terms everyone can understand.

The government is going to intrude into private lives. And this is justified by a feeling about certain life issues.






Translation: we're going to be arbitrary, and we're going to be in your face about it.

[BeFree]

41. Good Translation

They actually think government can do a better job than families can?

And, they think that since it is george's government now, the government is somehow better and knows it all?

What about the WMD, which they 'knew' was in Iraq?

Methinks the government cannot be trusted. Methinks this is about as bad as an American government can get, and now they want to run over families with a "government that has to be involved" in every life decision ?!?!?!?

[UCLA Dem]

13. So every person on life support should have government attention?

What about the "life" issues of children who die of illness because they're parents don't have health care or of the elderly who can't afford to pay for their prescription drugs?

[librechik]

77. yes, let's compile a list and send her a request for intervention

there must be thousands, maybe even millions, who could benefit from President Bush's help with their comatose relatives.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

14. Bite me, Pickles

Your "living wills" are worthless, if, in fact, that's what they are. But, I'll bet there'll be NO government interference when you and your craven fiend husband croak.

And, by the way, when exactly can we expect that to happen?

[Sequoia]

23. Yea, inquiring minds wanna know

We're not patient.

[InternalDialogue]

16. Thank goodness for what's left of our checks and balances.

>> First lady Laura Bush said Tuesday the
>> government was right to have intervened

One third of our goverment rightfully disagreed with her.

[hyphenate]

17. Look!

Her mouth is opening, and words are coming out! Wow--and I didn't see the strings or anything!

Laura, go back to sleep. Have the maids wake you up on January 19, 2009.

[NYC]

21. 2009???????

Before this moment, I hadn't realized it was so far away.

[gatorboy]

18. Correct me if I'm wrong, Laura...

BUt didn't your husband pass legislation while Governing Texas that gives hospitals permission to pull the plugs on patients that can't pay their bills?

[LiberalFighter]

46. Begala mentioned that in his rebuttals today on Crossfire nt

[proud patriot]

19. Bleep * censored * Bleep

And another thing Laura can kiss my Patriotic liberal ASS !

[meganmonkey]

33. You mods...

practice such admirable self-restraint :P

[NYC]

20. Checks and balances.

3 separate branches of government. It seems she favors riding roughshod over our system of checks and balances.

..."I just feel like the federal government has to be involved," Mrs. Bush said...

[anarchy1999]

22. I'm left speechless and because of rules and regs can't express

my speechlessness!!!!!!!! Is it okay to say what a bitch?

on edit: What a mindless, twit of a bitch?

[chelsea0011]

24. Will she wear a burka in Afghanistan when out in public

or will we be fed the line that women don't have to do that sort of thing anymore in Afghanistan?

[DemocracyInaction]

25. Well, she does help the case that the brain dead might be able

to speak and walk and stuff.............and she doesn't even need a feeding tube. I think Terri is a step above her, though, because at least Terri blinks.

[tanyev]

26. Thanks, Laura.

I have been waiting with bated breath for another legal pronouncement to drop from your mouth ever since you weighed in on the stem cell issue.

[O.M.B.inOhio]

27. what do you suppose their living wills say?

If W. becomes brain dead, he is to serve the remainder of his term, with no perceptible difference, except perhaps less embarrassment to our country.
If Laura is comatose, please make sure she's didn't just overdo her Botox. (Christ, joke shop Laura Bush masks are more animated than the real thing.)

Upon W's passing, his conscience is to be donated to science and his fortunes to fund an Hypocrisy Museum.

[HockeyMom]

36. W. BECOMES brain dead?

[LiberalFighter]

47. I think WE should change their living will

[smirkymonkey]

81. You're right, It should go into effect IMMEDIATELY!

Technically, they are both brain dead. :evilgrin:

[CoffeeCat]

28. They always send in the Laurabot, when they need help...

...with an issue.

They feather her hair, dress her in an ice-blue pantsuit--and hope that America will buy into the garbage--because Laurabot is saying it with that plastered smile and soft-spoken manner.

Nice try guys.

You can put feathered hair an ice-blue pantsuit and a strand of pearls on a pig.

At the end of the day, it's still a pig.

[Joey Liberal]

30. Pickles is a Twat

[la la]

38. hey, now

don't you diss twats--
they're some of my best friends!

laura isn't good enough to be one of 'us'!

:wtf:

[foreigncorrespondent]

31. Then you tell...

...that fucked up idiot husband of yours next time he wants to get on his moral high horse about protecting the "sanctity of marriage" to stay the fuck out of gay peoples relationships, seem as how your husband, and your brother in law shit all over the sanctity of the Schiavo's marriage.

[Beaverhausen]

32. From the woman who said "don't get your hopes up" about stem cell

she is an ass.

[llmart]

34. She has a Masters Degree......

and this is as eloquent as she gets? "I think that is really good." Sounds like something a 6th grader would say. What a dipshit!

I wish there was one thing nice I could say about her but I can't think of anything. There is nothing about her to admire. Those two deserve each other.

[HockeyMom]

35. Good little Stepford Wife

[DearAbby]

40. Turns head :::rattle::: Smile - wave

I think that is really good," she said. "The president and I have living wills and, of course, our parents do. They wanted us always to be aware of it. I think that it is important for families to have opportunities to talk about these issues."

[femme.democratique]

48. Exactly why higher education is (almost) useless, she proves it

How did Pickles Bush get a Masters? Was it a correspondence course or something?

[adigal]

39. Uh-Oh! Georgie is sending loved Laura out

to defend him against the 82% of Americans who think Georgie was BAD!!! Too bad she is not a constitutional attorney who can understand the separation of powers!

[TOhioLiberal]

42. Gee...

I'm SO glad she finally weighed in on this. I was waiting with baited breath for her to tell us how it should be... :sarcasm:

[DemoTex]

43. Mrs. Bush Defends Gov't Role for Mafia (SMU whoredom)

"Campisi's Egyptian." Google that my friend! Then Google "Campisi's Egyptian MAFIA JFK." Buckle seatbelt!

[ignatius 2]

44. "I just feel like the federal government has to be involved,it is a life

issue that really does require government to be involved." Now who the hell could argue with hard hitting facts like those! What a marvelous debater this woman could be..right up there with people like..Oh I don't know,G W Bush maybe.

Laura, who the fuck cares what you think? How did you feel when your husband mocked a woman on death row? How did you feel when he signed the death warrants for more prisoners than any other governor, often without even studying the files? How did you feel when you saw those smashed bodies that had been tortured, raped, lit cigarettes put in their ears and live wires hooked to their genitals? How did you feel when blood was dripping from the bodies of small Iraqi children after your husbands shock and awe show for the viewing pleasure of proud Amuricans?

Fuck you,you ignorant callous bitch. How do you look in the mirror without seeing the faces of all the lost souls the BFEE has killed without them looking back at you into the black abyss of emptiness where a human heart should be.

[Shanty Oilish]

45. They want Schiavo dead.

Am I the only one who sees this? A Republican judge "defies" the Governor, the U.S. Congress, and the pResident. He has decided that a woman should die because she is too disabled. Congressional subpoenas are issued and then ignored. Florida law enforcement officers claim they will arrest even Jeb Bush or George if they try any rescue. The Bush brothers claim their hands are tied and the "rule of law" prevails.
Give me a break.
The Bush gang WANT this woman dead. They could make this judge go away permanently if they wanted to. They don't. They want him to prevail.
The Republicans are fascists, and this is the commencement of the Solution. This is their Social Security solution, their health care solution, their AIDS solution, and ultimately their political solution.
It's a Republican judge, Republican Congress, Republican pResident and it's happening very conveniently in his brother the Republican governor's state. There is no conflict here. There can BE no conflict here.
The death camps are straight ahead.

[Kurovski]

49. Now wait a minute here...

Didn't Mrs. Bush get the memo: RUN, DON'T WALK FROM THE SCHIAVO CASE!

Even her old man :dunce: zipped his kisser. I think she's trying to bring the administration down :nuke: so she can finally get the the hell out of Washington :thumbsup: so she can :smoke: without hiding.

[NVMojo]

50. Laura Bush speaks on Schiavo case

The Bush's are back in the saddle again on this ....




WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- First lady Laura Bush said Tuesday she believed it was right that the U.S. federal government became involved in the Terri Schiavo case.

"I just feel like the federal government has to be involved," she said. "It is a life issue that really does require government to be involved."

Bush made the comment to reporters after boarding a flight to Afghanistan, where she was to tour a women's teachers training facility, meet with President Hamid Kharzai and have dinner with U.S. troops outside Kabul.

more...

http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/03290000aaa06da4.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=LATEBRKN&Type=News&Filter=Late%20Breaking

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

51. Laura Bush is, of course, a legal scholar of great eminence.

I stand in awe of her cogent, incisive analysis.

[David Dunham]

61. She ran into the law when she killed her boyfriend in car accident

[cyr330]

65. Accident?

He had recently broken up with her; I certainly don't think it was an accident. Laura is a murderous bitch.

[4morewars]

52. Have I told you today....

how much I hate these people ?

[NVMojo]

54. I hate them too.

[4morewars]

57. It sickens me to hate them...

which just makes me hate them even more.

[WindRavenX]

53. oh STFU Pickles

"Life" is a government issue?
THEN WHY DID YOUR HUSBAND AND HIS WISE OLD MEN MURDER 100,000 + INNOCENT IRAQI CIVILIANS?
WHY DID YOU LET YOUR HUSBAND EXECUTE MINORS AND MENTALLY RETARDED CRIMINALS?
Goddammit...this hypocrisy is SICKENING...:grr:

[Celeborn Skywalker]

60. No kidding

I love how they keep saying the prefer to "err on the side of life" when 1500+ servicemen and thousands of Iraqis are dead because of Chimp and his criminal gang.

[Kerrytravelers]

55. I'm still wondering why her precious little drunks aren't enlisted yet.

[NVMojo]

62. Touche!!! That was a good zinger!!! And a good question. WHY?

[autorank]

56. Laura, Get the to a research library!

[Kurovski]

58. More Laura trouncing here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1351523

[The_Casual_Observer]

59. I just feel like the federal government has to be involved

Because they want the feds involved with outlawing abortion, and they don't want to contradict themselves on any argument.

[aquart]

63. Speaking of people who have no brain.....

What a stunningly stupid woman.

[obxhead]

64. Big Bro belongs in you personal life issues

Thanks for clearing that up LB.

[Erika]

66. But she's glad there was no fed law when she killed

her young friend by running a stop sign. She was never charged. Maybe she doesn't think young males are deserving of federal protection? Someone should see if indeed Bush did a robot transplant into her brain. She's totally void of critical thinking or independent thought.

[Piperay]

67. Stepford Wife

echos the party line ... :boring:

[truthisfreedom]

68. hmm, coming from someone married to "death r us" incorporated... and

who killed her own boyfriend... really, laura, do you think we are listening?

[nonconformist]

69. Wow, then I guess the federal government is going to be quite busy

Intervening in hundreds if not thousands of personal matters like this.

Call me a commie liberal, but I think that the federal government should focus on the real problems with this country and not trying to rewrite the Constitution to appease the radical fundamentalist minority.

[truthisfreedom]

70. that's right, george. let your wife defend your bizarre decisions. we

all trust the boyfriend-killer.

[DeepModem Mom]

71. NYT: First Lady Says She and President Have Living Wills

First Lady Says She and President Have Living Wills
By ANNE E. KORNBLUT

Published: March 30, 2005


Laura Bush said on Tuesday that she and her husband have living wills that would guide medical decisions if either of them became incapacitated like the Florida woman whose case has dominated public debate for weeks.

Mrs. Bush, speaking to reporters on a flight to Afghanistan, called it a "very, very difficult time" for the family of the woman, Terri Schiavo, but said she was "encouraged" to hear that the case had spurred others to create living wills.

"I hear the numbers of people inquiring about living wills or writing living wills increased dramatically, and I think that is really good," Mrs. Bush said. "The president and I have living wills, and of course our parents do, and they wanted us always to be aware of it. I think that is important for families to have an opportunity to talk about these issues."

Susan Whitson, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Bush, declined to elaborate on what directives are in the Bushes' living wills. Many include "do not resuscitate" orders in cases where the patient has no hope of recovery or requires extensive medical assistance to stay alive....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/politics/30wills.html

[Wickerman]

72. Wait for it....

Ok, Laura, time to pull the plug, he IS obviously brain dead.

[brooklynite]

74. Why do they need Living Wills?

They don't believe there are any grounds for withdrawing life support, do they? After all, that would be promoting a "Culture of Death".

[bluedog]

76. Laura..is this a crime?

on my chat boards they say taking the tube out of terris is a crime...and you think the gov should get involved.....
answer me this:


its a crime that other Patients at Hospice have to endure bagpipes.horns drums..honking horns ..chanting singing and unnecessary chaos that the religious freaks are creating.its a crime that relatives have to go through these protest mobs......

Its a crime when school kids have their school closed.because of the protesters.airplane banners.sex offenders prowling in the crowd....
Its a crime when the PP goes along with the staged arrests and told how to arrest and how many.just to stage photo ops..

Yes a crime is being committed and its against kids and patients of Hospice and the People of Pinellas Park..who will have to pay for this circus and clean up your smelly mess...by the way.where are you all showering and taking a crap?

[chopper]

79. ah, the mantra of the republican party...

"I just feel like the federal government has to be involved"

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

80. Shut the fuck up, Pickles. Who cares what comes out of your vaccuous skul

Is this REALLY news?

JB

[lasttrip]

82. i think the court disagrees

Birch went on to scold President Bush and Congress for their attempts to intervene in the judicial process, by saying: "In resolving the Schiavo controversy, it is my judgment that, despite sincere and altruistic motivation, the legislative and executive branches of our government have acted in a manner demonstrably at odds with our Founding Fathers' blueprint for the governance of a free people - our Constitution."

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/11268761.htm