Say it ain't so: Nader teams up with the Wingnuts

[CatWoman]

Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, Author Wesley Smith call Upon Florida Courts, Gov. Bush and Concerned Citizens to Take any Legal Action Available to let Schiavo Live

3/24/2005 6:48:00 PM

To: National Desk

Contact: Ralph Nader, 202-387-8034; Wesley Smith, 510-886-8609

WASHINGTON, March 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith, author of the award winning book "Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America" call upon the Florida Courts, Governor Jeb Bush and concerned citizens to take any legal action available to let Terri Schiavo live.

"A profound injustice is being inflicted on Terri Schiavo," Nader and Smith asserted today. "Worse, this slow death by dehydration is being imposed upon her under the color of law, in proceedings in which every benefit of the doubt-and there are many doubts in this case-has been given to her death, rather than her continued life."

Among the many injustices in this case, Nader and Smith point to the following:

http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2005/03/nader-crosses-over-to-dark-side.html

[illflem]

1. Nader is a has been, I say so what?

[CatWoman]

3. to each his/her own..................

[ananda]

2. huh?

What!

Since when did Nader suddenly become a crazee fundee?

Also, there are NO more legal options for the Sciavos or the Bushes.

Sue

[aquart]

4. Gosh. I'm so surprised.

[imenja]

5. I in fact don't necessarily believe this

I guess I want to see confirmation

[NNN0LHI]

7. From where? Fox news?

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=tus&q=Ralph+Nader%2BAuthor+Wesley+Smith+&btnG=Search+News

[imenja]

9. that's confirmation

he's lost his mind, even more than was evident in 2004.

[NNN0LHI]

10. Here are his own words

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0503/23/cf.01.html

<snip>NADER: I must say, I don't see a government interest in denying the parents their desire to take care of Terri. I don't see a government interest.

I think that shifting the guardianship from Michael to the mother and father of Terri is the way to resolve this. Nobody knows what Terri would say. She was alleged to have said something, hearsay, to the side of the family of her husband. She didn't talk about feeding tubes. She doesn't have a ventilator. She doesn't have a heart pump. I don't see the government interest.

[imenja]

12. you convinced me

and if anything could make me feel even worse for my vote in 2000, this was it.

[NNN0LHI]

15. He is a total whack job. Go home Ralph, and get some therapy n/t

[spanone]

So Congress could determine someones guardianship?

Ralph, you're out of your fucking mind. Maybe Ralph needs to become a ward of the state. One Randall Terry is enough.

[pretzel4gore]

8. sounds like nader's urguing bush to 'jump'

and scream 'goodbye cruel world' all the way to the pavement.....

[NNN0LHI]

6. Shocked. I am shocked I tell you n/t

[flyarm]

21. why so surprised??

he took money during the campaign from the repugs...alot of money..so why are you so surprised??

fly

[ooglymoogly]

11. nader is a loose canon on a matchstick ship...

and he lost the election for us in 2000 and is the reason * is in office. for that he deserves eternal damnation. he has turned himself into a buffoon.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. I'm amazed at a lawyer who would comment without the facts

1) There are no documented cases of people in PVS's coming out after 14 years.

2) No one has ever regrown a brain

3) Swallowing salive is minimal. Real nutrition would cause aspiration leading to pneumonia and probably amount to malpractice.

4) She had rehabilitation. The experts who claim therapy will help are not credible (nevermind that I mentioned credibility and Nader in the same paragraph).

5) Comparing it to the death penalty, most DP cases don't get 24 appeals

6) A brain that has dissolved is not a degenerative condition

[democracyindanger]

20. Really? 'Cuz there've been plenty of doctors doing the same...

[Rowdyboy]

14. Gradually, the true Nader is showing himself

and its an ugly, ugly picture. I had so much respect for the man at one time, but he has totally disgraced himself in my eyes. He's a sham, a sell-out, and an embarrassment to progressives everywhere.

But you ain't heard it from me, 'cause I ain't one to gossip...

[CatWoman]

16. same here, Rowdy

same here.

Like the scene in "Jackie Brown", when Samel Jackson shot Robert DeNiro:

"Man you used to be so cool. What the fuck happened to you?"

[Rowdyboy]

19. LOL

I LOVE that line! You used to be soooo cool....

Hope you're not getting too battered by the storms today. We had them yesterday and got off REAL lightly. At one point they were predicting baseball sized hail.

[etherealtruth]

17. Because of who he once was, I prefer to believe...

... that he has gone insane or developed some dementing illness, rather than sold out...

[Jose Diablo]

18. How did the greens get the idea Nader was their boy

Doesn't anybody remember the republican party was financing Naders run?

[peace frog]

24. Absolutely

Nader hates the Dems and will do anything to oppose them, even aligning himself with Repubs (whom he despises only slightly less). Nutjob much?

[Walt Starr]

22. Nader is batshit loony!

Damn, and to think that I came close to voting for that loon once! Glad I came to my senses!

[Walt Starr]

23. Nader is batshit loony!

Damn, and to think that I came close to voting for that loon once! Glad I came to my senses!