If I were a congressional Republican, or a supporter of the Schindler family’s efforts to obtain federal intervention in the Terri Schiavo case, I’d be more than a little troubled by the high profile being assumed by the infamous anti-abortion extremist, Randall Terry. Terry accompanied Mary Schindler to a press appearance earlier today, and is also organizing an effort to get Jeb Bush and Florida legislators to visit Terri Schiavo.
One of the distinctive traits of Randall Terry is that he’s been very honest in the past about his contempt for the political opportunism of Republicans who have found limited common cause with him in similarly “symbolic” cases. Here’s how the conservative U.S. Newswire summarized Terry’s views on “partial-birth” abortion in 2003: “Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue says, ‘Partial-Birth Abortion Ban is a Political Scam but a Public Relations Goldmine.'” The press release from Terry heavily quoted in the article blasted the “partial-birth” ban as illogical, hypocritical, and essentially meaningless, but went on to laud the issue for its “educational” potential.
Gee, could it be that Terry thinks of the Schiavo case, and its Washington advocates, similarly?
Just wondering.
