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The Return Of Schiavo: Conservatives Plan To Revive Embarrassing Debacle To Block Obama’s DOJ Nominee
The Return Of Schiavo: Conservatives Plan To Revive Embarrassing Debacle To Block Obama’s DOJ Nominee
One of the saddest, most hysterical crusades by conservatives over the past few years involved their intervention in the case of critically brain-damaged woman Terry Schiavo . Conservatives — including former Senate majority leader Bill Frist and former House majority leader Tom DeLay ...
Shameless conservatives resurrect the Schiavo debacle to attack Obama's DOJ nominee
crooksandliars.com — Download | Play    Download | Play Amanda Turkel: Conservatives are now brushing off the Schiavo case to... use it against Thomas Perrelli, President-elect Obama’s pick for the no. 3 spot at the Justice Department. Right-wing websites are ... (more) Shameless conservatives resurrect the Schiavo debacle to ...
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Please Please Please
Lawyers, Guns and Money — I sure do hope that anti-choicers keep bringing up Terri Schiavo. Who knows, maybe this time the media will even figure out that the federal intervention was unpopular.

Democrats come out for puppies and rainbows, conservative watchdog groups send out the alarm
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... : Please, right wing nuts, let’s talk about Terri Schiavo.  Even better if you can outdo yourself this time around and suggest that keeping a brain dead woman’s body alive against her stated wishes is more important than keeping thousands of American troops and Iraqi citizens alive.  My main objection to reviving this debacle is that it will prolong the suffering of Michael Schiavo, and if any man has suffered enough, it’s him.  Even though the hard right sees Terri Schiavo as the perfect woman, as if she ...

Hullabaloo — ... It's just a matter of time before all the Justice Department nominees are called out for being insubstantial yes-men with ties to corrupt cronies. And if that doesn't work, conservatives can always play the Terri Schiavo card. ...

This Is A Good Thing
Balloon Juice — ... be clear. I think this is a good thing. This is healthy. They are debating actual ideas, and there are disagreements, and hopefully they will work them out and come to a healthy endpoint. Maybe the Republicans will pull their heads out of their collective asses and decide that in the wake of the DOW dropping 80,000 points and massive unemployment and five quarters of negative growth there is something more important than capital gains tax cuts, Elian Gonzalez, Terri Schiavo, and the fairness doctrine, and join in the debate and act for once in ...

Kick it Root Down
Obsidian Wings — ... me be clear. I think this is a good thing. This is healthy. They are debating actual ideas, and there are disagreements, and hopefully they will work them out and come to a healthy endpoint. Maybe the Republicans will pull their heads out of their collective asses and decide that in the wake of the DOW dropping 80,000 points and massive unemployment and five quarters of negative growth there is something more important than capital gains tax cuts, Elian Gonzalez, Terri Schiavo, and the fairness doctrine, and join in the debate and act for once in good ...

Kick it Root Down
Newshoggers.com — ... me be clear. I think this is a good thing. This is healthy. They are debating actual ideas, and there are disagreements, and hopefully they will work them out and come to a healthy endpoint. Maybe the Republicans will pull their heads out of their collective asses and decide that in the wake of the DOW dropping 80,000 points and massive unemployment and five quarters of negative growth there is something more important than capital gains tax cuts, Elian Gonzalez, Terri Schiavo, and the fairness doctrine, and join in the debate and act for once in good ...

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