I have a prediction about the number of Terri Shiavo threads on DU

[Walt Starr]

Within two days of her death, there may be one or two on the front page of GD.

Within a week it'll be, "Terri who?"

[paineinthearse]

1. I pray this be the last

amen

[Walt Starr]

2. There can be no end unles there is an end n/t

[bush_is_wacko]

3. Good guess! n/t

[Donailin]

4. UNLESS

she gets a funeral like Ronald Reagan's. That should be fodder for a good three days. And God only knows how Bush is going to use this come april when his first judge candidate goes before the senate for confirmation.

(the first of this second administration, that is)

[Walt Starr]

7. Michael Shiavo controls the funerary arrangements

I don't suspect it'll be a media circus.

[kohodog]

5. It's too bad this has taken over the country and DU

This is a difficult situation that many Americans over 50 have faced with dignity and without fanfare. I think the religious right tapped into this one several years ago and are estatic that it has come to this. This outcome is beyond their wildest dreams.

To me it is a very, very sad end of a life that is being exploited for political gain.

[peacetalksforall]

6. It will not be the end, It will be another beginning where we will learn

the political story behind this additional attempt to impose and divide the people of this country. We will watch how Rovians will use this to continue their pursuit to blame us for everything. We will watch and talk about evangelical fanaticism and we will probably observe the self-implosion of Bill Bennett, Pat Buchanan, and Sean Hannity.