Mel Gibson, Patricia Heaton, Randy Travis & Pat Boone Plead for Terri Schi

[sonicx]

(PRWEB) March 22, 2005 -- The Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation (www.terrisfight.org) today announced that celebrities Mel Gibson, Patricia Heaton, Randy Travis and Pat Boone have issued a fervent plea to reinsert Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube.

Actor and director Mel Gibson, known for his role in the movie “Braveheart” and his recent international success “The Passion of the Christ,” said, “I fully support the efforts of Mr. & Mrs. Schindler to save their daughter, Terri Schiavo, from a cruel starvation. Terri’s husband should sign the care of his wife over to her parents so she can be properly cared for.”

Actress Patricia Heaton, star of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” and Honorary Chair of Feminists for Life, said she is outraged. "We must not let Terri Schiavo be starved to death. This deliberate and painful destruction of a woman’s life cannot be justified or tolerated. Terri deserves better. Removal of a feeding tube will result in a slow starvation that is cruel and painful. She is not in a comatose state and she is not suffering from terminal disease. Terri may no longer be perfect or complete but she has a fundamental right to life. Her feeding tube must be re-inserted.”

Country music star Randy Travis made an appeal on Terri’s behalf, saying, “I would like to lend my support to the Schindlers in their efforts to save their daughter. All life has value. I’m praying Terri’s feeding tube will be reinserted. I feel this decision was wrong, deciding the fate of an innocent person’s life by starvation. May God lead the powers that be to reverse this decision and give Terri her life back.”

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb220677.htm


Heaton is full of crap, btw. i'll put this here instead of a new thread...

Experts: Schiavo's death would be peaceful

NEW YORK (AP) -- If Terri Schiavo dies from the removal of her feeding tube, her passing should be peaceful, experts say.

After all, she is in a persistent vegetative state without conscious awareness, they noted.

But studies show that even patients who can speak and who have chosen to stop eating and drinking generally don't complain of thirst or hunger, said Dr. Russell Portenoy, chair of palliative care at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

"It's as if the body has a protective mechanism at the end of life, such that loss of appetite and loss of thirst precede the dying process," he said.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRAIN_DAMAGED_WOMAN_DYING?SITE=TXHOU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[PC12]

1. I would boycott those "artists" but I was never a fan in the first place.

Again, why I can't stand Mel Gibson. :argh:

"Gibson, Heaton, Boone, Travis".....now there's the "A List"!

(sarcasm off)

:eyes:

[qanda]

2. Don't you just hate it when Hollyweird thinks what they say matters

:eyes:

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

4. I keep waiting for O'Reilly to tell them to shut up...

but may that's just a rule that he reserves for liberals.

[sonicx]

66. he'll say it's OK in order to balance all the liberal celebs.

[Don Claybrook]

3. Where's that checkbook, Randy?

I support your right to support someone who has been dead for 15 years. Of course, someone will need to pay for all of her care. Maybe Randy Travis can start to foot the bill, since he cares so deeply.

[Azathoth]

5. I've got to hand it to the GOP: they know how to divide people

They know how to get people angry, riled up, self-righteous, and completely uninformed.

Of course, Gibson is a "I'm more Catholic than the Pope, who is actually an antipope in league with the Masons" nutjob, so it's no surprise that he sided with the uber-Catholic parents.

[0007]

9. JOA is a bible name for an old old sage - The GOP are

JOA's also.

J = Jack
O = Off
A = Artist

[Ruffhowse]

6. Just goes to show you celebrities can pander and grandstand

in their ignorance just as much as politicians.

[FreedomAngel82]

47. Are they going

to get Britney Spears next?

[vi5]

7. Uh-Oh...the right is going to be pissed...Hollywood is at it again!

I know how much they just haaaate when movie stars and singers stick their noses in issues which they know nothing about. They should be leaving politics and medicine to people who know something about those things. Like disc jockey Rush Limbaugh, house painter Sean Hannity, and herbal remedy salesman Michael Savage.

[BornLeft]

8. Who the fuck is Terri Schindler-Schiavo?

I could have sworn her name is Terri Shiavo. Did she come out of her vegative state and do a quick name change?

[sonicx]

10. edit: oh, nevermind. i see what you mean...

delete

[Lerkfish]

11. "feminists for life"?????

wtf is that? man, I really, really am disgusted how operation rescue and other anti-abortion groups are using this woman for their political gain.

but I have to scratch my head at "feminists for life"....sounds like a way to make rabid right wing women sound progressive.

[Demit]

14. Kinda has a "Jews for Jesus" ring to it, doesn't it?

[sonicx]

55. Vegetarians for Meat

[FredScuttle]

57. Chickens for Col. Sanders

n/t

[demnan]

12. Another bunch of busybodies

Who asked their opinion anyway?

[Amaya]

13. So, Patricia Heaton is a medical expert now?

Schiavo, is NOT in any pain, I work in hospice and this is a very peaceful and humane way to go.

[derby378]

19. I was mistaken about this being painful earlier

At first, I was distressed by the idea of just removing her feeding tube; it seemed cruel. But the more I read, the more I understand the decision. My heart goes out to Terri, but nobody short of the Almighty can save her now. All we can do is give her some dignity.

[peekaloo]

36. lol...if cosmetic surgery qualifies one then she is.

}(

[against all enemies]

61. Yeah, on breast implants. I guess what God gave her wasn't enough.

[underpants]

15. Mel no one but the Fla. court can make a decision about her care now

http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/infopage.html

[sonicx]

30. Yes, even some on DU don't get that. the husband went to the court...

and they made the ultimate decision after hearing both sides.

[underpants]

34. Right- in doing so he gave control over to the court

that is why both sides have to petition the court not just make decisions themselves.

She is a ward of the state.

[lse7581011]

16. Oh Puhleeze!

This will surely change a lot of minds! NOT!

[newportdadde]

17. I didn't realize Patricia Heaton was a big of an ass

in real life as her character on the show. Glad I dont watch it anymore.. watching Ray beg for sex jusn't isn't that funny.

[yorkiemommie1]

26. i won't even watch her Albertson's commercials

n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

18. The Beverly Hillbillies are at it again apparently....

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. The vultures gather for their share of the corpse.

Let's see, a movie about it directed by Mel, starring Patricia with music by Pat & Randy. Writing credits to Gawd.

[Left Is Write]

41. You're probably not far wrong.

You KNOW this situation is going to wind up as a Lifetime-style movie.

[ohio_liberal]

21. Dear Mel Gibson, Patricia Heaton, Randy Travis & Pat Boone,

SHUT THE FUCK UP!

Sincerely,

70% of the American Public

[Walt Starr]

22. There is no "Terri Shindler-Shiavo" Her name is Terri Shiavo

Fucking asssholes.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Mr. Travis, if you were making a "plea on Terri's behalf" would you not

be begging for this to end? God I am sick of the media saying "supporters of Terri" "Those who advocate for Terri" as if the woman has actually said something other than a random reflexive groan for the past 15 years. Enough already!

[HamstersFromHell]

54. Hey, her parents can always give the tape to Travis

and she can howl backup on his newest album. /sarcasm

[PassingFair]

24. I am sure that Ms. Heaton, as well as the rest of these "bleeding heart"

republicans would agree that our country MUST IMPLEMENT A NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM TODAY! To ensure that not ONE SINGLE AMERICAN dies from preventable causes.
NOT ONE CITIZEN should die because they cannot afford the latest in prescription medicines.
NOT ONE CITIZEN should die because they do not have insurance.
This is a wake=up call for republicans across this country.
Our "culture of life" demands that we initiate a NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TODAY!

After all, don't we ALL have a "fundamental right to life" as she puts it? Or does it just apply to brain-dead people with religious relatives?

Actress Patricia Heaton, star of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” and Honorary Chair of Feminists for Life, said she is outraged. "We must not let Terri Schiavo be starved to death. This deliberate and painful destruction of a woman’s life cannot be justified or tolerated. Terri deserves better. Removal of a feeding tube will result in a slow starvation that is cruel and painful. She is not in a comatose state and she is not suffering from terminal disease. Terri may no longer be perfect or complete but she has a fundamental right to life. Her feeding tube must be re-inserted.”

[DearAbby]

49. Well said.

[Algorem]

25. Damn Hollywood intelligentsians.

[ClintonTyree]

27. Why don't these rich "Hollyweird" elites.................

put their money where their mouths are? Let THEM pay the $80,000 a month it takes to keep her alive. Hell, they've got more money than they'll ever know what to do with. PONY UP FOLKS!

I smell a movie script for Gibson in this one. Anyone want to bet Mel doesn't try to cash in on this in some way?

[LynneSin]

28. Maybe Mel can make a movie "The Passion of the Terri Schiavo"

2 hours of watching Terri starve to death including wiping and other snuff film like features

:puke:

As for Patricia FrankiHeaton, she's got enough plastic in her that has probably melted on her brain. For someone who is a "Feminists for Life", I surely don't want this woman who carved her entire body up representing myself and true femainists!

[mondo joe]

32. Or WEEKEND AT TERRI'S

[MessiahRp]

29. Don't you hate when the "Hollywood Elite" speak out?

I mean after all it is Hollywood that is the root of all evil.

I think it's now appropriate for another 3,000 Scarborough Country shows to take these uppity Hollywood elitists out.

Rp

[LynneSin]

31. Wait - those were Hollywood Elite?

Try Hollywood hasbeens and rejects

[MessiahRp]

35. I know

But to Repugs that is the elite they get (oh and that dumbass Ron Silver).

I guess one would still consider Gibson an A-lister even if he is a right wing nutjob.

Rp

[blueblitzkrieg]

33. Travis thinks we should give Terri her life back?

What life? Another 15 years in a hospital bed braindead, Randy? Whooodoggy, that sure is something to look forward too.

[AlCzervik]

37. How does Pat Boone have time for this, he's always trying to sell me gold.

[dryan]

38. My 2 cents....

although I respect all these entertainers, there are 2 sides to every story. I know Michael Schiavo's aunt and uncle. After Terri's accident, he completely turned his life over to her care in the belief that she would get better. This has not happened. Michael went to nursing school to learn how to care for Terri and did so for several years.

There are several larger issues here. The Republicans are being hypocritical. They say they don't want "activist" judges but they have had a law written that covers this case to force a federal judge to take action.

All the funds for Terri's settlement are essentially gone. The woman's care is financed by Medicaire. Yet, the GOP wants Medicaire's funds cut. Another thing about this is that her parents say she is not getting the "correct care" i.e., speech therapy. This is ironic because speech therapy is covered by Medicaire (I looked it up.)

This is a family tragedy that is played all across America. The Republicans are being allowed to make decisions that effect every family in America regarding issues that are private and intimate. My own family had to make this decision for both my mother-in-law and my grandmother and my heart goes out to anyone that is forced into this situation.

[jmowreader]

42. Speech therapy for a woman who has no cerebral cortex?

I would ask you if you're kidding me, but I know that you are not.

I can think of a few therapies her parents need, though.

[dryan]

45. Terri's....

parents said this not me.

[Left Is Write]

39. Memo to Randy: NO ONE can "give Terri her life back."

These celebrities clearly have no clue about this situation. None.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

40. Remember when

some celebs came out against the war? It was said they should mind their own business. What's the difference now? Mr. Bush is such a polarizing person that I cannot stomach the idea of watching anyone who supports his policies. Not that I watch much TV or frequent movies etc, but I know that Patricia Heatin is a big Bush person. Sheesh, what the hell is wrong with her?

[sonicx]

44. I think she thinks of dems as 'baby killers'

plus she has this weird thing where she slams other celebrities for being 'immoral.'

[moggie]

43. Gee, that's useful

The only celebrities who I want to see provide input are high-profile evangelists who perform faith healing. Hey, Pat Robertson: doesn't Jebus want you to heal this woman?

[Bluebear]

46. SHUT UP HOLLYWOOD! SHUT UP AND ACT/SING/DANCE!!!

Will Ingraham and company be complaining about this?

[Generator]

48. When will these Hollywood elite ever learn??

They are WAY out of the mainstream.

[Beaverhausen]

50. Those four are hardly the Hollywood elite

please stop stereotying Hollywood. Its way more liberal than conservative.

[sonicx]

51. It's a joke

It's what the RWers always say when liberal actors talk about politics.

[Bluebear]

52. I *think* that might have been sascasm.

[Beaverhausen]

53. oops. sorry. You know how it is here in GD sometimes

:hi:

[yankeedem]

56. I can see why Randy Travis is interested

His career died about the same time Mrs. Schiavo had her accident. As much as he wants the feeding tube to stay in, it's about time someone put his career out of its misery.

[Greybnk48]

58. Agreed. And somebody needs to tell Mel Gibson

to fuck off!! What a puke he's turned out to be.

[Bombero1956]

64. Patricia Heaton

would be a nobody if it weren't for Ray Romano and Everybody Loves Raymond, she will return to being a nobody after this God awful show ends it's run later this May. Pat Boone should go back to shining his white bucks. About the only thing I can say about Mel Gibson is that he's the only one of the 4 who has a future in entertainment(if he keeps turning out crap like his last movie that could change). The other 3 are soon to disappear into obscurity.

[sonicx]

59. You're right, i'm surprised Bo Derek hasn't said anything...

[K-W]

60. She waived her right to life you morons. EOM

[Ilsa]

62. Tell them we'll all remember this when they are on their death beds.

And we'll be hoping the indignity of having to live that way won't be a moral problem for them.

These people are ignorant.

[Missy Vixen]

63. First of all, Patricia Heaton,

who cares what you think? Don't you have an awards ceremony to storm out of or something in a pathetic bid for more press coverage?

>Actress Patricia Heaton, star of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” and Honorary Chair of Feminists for Life, said she is outraged.<

Isn't she always outraged over something? "Feminists for Life"? How can a right-wing wacko call herself a "feminist"?

I think she's more annoying than Mel Gibson, and hell, that's saying a lot.

Julie

[KamaAina]

65. Pat Boone? Well, THAT ought to bring the Federal courts around

in a hurry!

</sarcasm>