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Oh, do let’s ignore nuance on this one. —Go here, to Tom DeLay’s “Majority Leader” webpage—since folks who don’t live in the 22nd can’t email him from his own page without some chicanery.

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Why did you let Sun Hudson die?

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The baby wore a cute blue outfit with a teddy bear covering his bottom. The 17-pound, nearly 6-month-old boy wiggled with eyes open, his mother said, and smacked his lips. Then at 2 p.m. Tuesday, a medical staffer at Texas Children’s Hospital gently removed the breathing tube that had kept Sun Hudson alive since his birth Sept. 25. Cradled by his mother, he took a few breaths, and died . . . Sun’s death marks the first time a US judge has allowed a hospital to discontinue an infant’s life-sustaining care against a parent’s wishes, according to bioethical experts.

—“Baby dies after hospital removes breathing tube,”
Houston Chronicle, 16 March 2005

It is now one o’clock on the East Coast, the time preordained by a Florida state judge to allow for denial of food and water to Terri Schiavo. This act of barbarism can be, and must be, prevented. The Senate has before it the Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act of 2005. This bill is the right thing to do. Unfortunately, they have chosen to adjourn rather than pass it.
Those senators responsible for blocking the bill yesterday afternoon, Senators Boxer, Wyden, and Levin, have put Mrs. Schiavo’s life at risk to prove a point—an unprecedented profile in cowardice. The American people are not interested in squabbles between Republicans and Democrats, or between the House and Senate. They care, and we care, about saving Terri Schiavo’s life.

—“Terri Schiavo is Alive—This Fight Is Not Over;
House Continues to Work to Save Terri Schiavo
,”
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Sugarland), 18 March 2005

ABC News obtained talking points circulated among Senate Republicans explaining why they should vote to intervene in the Schiavo case. Among them, that it is an important moral issue and the “pro-life base will be excited,” and that it is a “great political issue—this is a tough issue for Democrats.”

—“Republicans Seek to Take Schiavo Battle to Supreme Court;
Husband Calls It a ‘Mockery
’,” ABC News, 19 March 2005

  1. Anntichrist S. Coulter    Mar 20, 04:50 pm    #
    I done it. Of course, now I'm torn, because while I copied your Q&A ver batum, I feel like I should've included something about Tom Delay being a badly-male-menopausing-hair-spray-junkie-bug-killer-thieving-soulless-bastard.

    But, since Big Brother probably records IP addresses, I dunno if I should go back and amend...

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