Reader mail…
Josh–
Everything you say about the Schiavo fiasco is true except your conclusion. The Democrats, for once, did exactly the right thing. By letting the Republicans do what they wanted, they have give the American public, at a very crucial time, the opportunity to see the Republicans in all their sleazy glory. The unspoken backdrop of political debate in the country will now be “Look what you get when the Republicans get to do what they want.” No one will point to the Democrats to say they were in it too, but if they’d have kept the vote from taking place, some would have pointed to them as against life and none would have seen the courts’ utter rejection of Republican over-reaching. Republican pronouncements from authority will e crippled by the obviously manipulative and mistaken pronouncements by Republican doctors in congress on Schiavo’s condition. Even conservative Republicans are upset with Delay now. With outcomes so good, why Monday morning quarterback the Democratic leadership? What better result could you hope for?
PJ
I actually don’t think I necessarily disagree with this. It’s not an issue for Dems to whip votes on. <$NoAd$>And the Republicans are in the majority. They can do what they want. But any Democrat should feel entirely comfortable saying they respect the legal process and don’t believe Congress should intervene in family matters of life and death (notwithstanding the anguished decisions involved) to score political points.
Simple and honest.
