3/24/2005
Sound-bites and fury over Schiavo
The right-right-wing is calling on Jeb to defy the courts. Like Fox's wild and car-ay-zee guy John Gibson and the combustible and quoteable Alan Keyes. (Now that Keyes is in Florida, maybe he'll run for Senate here next!) And Virtuecrat William Bennett says "It is a mistake to believe that the courts have the ultimate say as to what a constitution means." He essentially calls for executive nullification of any court ruling a governor doesn't like and calls on Jeb to disobey the rulings.
And Randell Terry tells Republicans there will be "hell to pay."
(Via Eschaton)
And Randell Terry tells Republicans there will be "hell to pay."
"I promise you that if she dies, there's going to be hell to pay with pro-life, pro-family Republicans...who have used pro-life, pro-family conservative rhetoric to get into power, and then when they get into power, refuse to use it," said Randall Terry, the founder of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.Meanwhile Rep. Dave Weldon writes an outraged letter to the editor of Florida Today that is remarkable on several levels. It repeats the howlers about Dr. William Hammesfahr and refers to him as a "Nobel Prize nominee," which he is obviously is not. And it refers to the affidavit of a nurse that the court found to be "incredible to say the least."
When someone asked if that was a threat, Terry said it wasn't a physical threat. But, "you can bet there will be people who just might lose their jobs after this is over," he said.
(Via Eschaton)
