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Showing Original Post only (View all)Terri Schiavo’s Husband Speaks Out On Jeb Bush’s Presidential Bid [View all]
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/12/17/3604615/michael-schiavo-jeb-bush/In his announcement Tuesday that he would explore a 2016 presidential bid, former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) promised to focus on ideas and policies that will expand opportunity and prosperity for all Americans. But he made no mention of his most controversial act during his two terms in office: his attempts to take custody of Terri Schiavo and overrule her husband Michaels decision to remove her feeding tube, fifteen years after cardiac arrest had left her in a vegetative state.
ThinkProgress spoke with Michael Schiavo and the attorney who represented him in the matter, George Felos, about Bushs presidential candidacy. Both expressed concern that Bushs record was one of government interference and opposing individual liberty.
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Its one thing to have your own personal beliefs, Felos said, Its quite another to use your official powers and your official office to subvert the court and the lawful process.
He also recalled that after Schiavos death, Jeb Bush went after Michael Schiavo personally, asking the states attorney to investigate whether he had called 911 fast enough. It was very odd, almost like a personal vendetta the governor had towards Michael Schaivo. The states attorney found no evidence against him and closed the case. The propriety of using your office to hunt and harass people, as the governor did to Mr. Schiavo after his wifes death, I think raises significant questions about his judgment and his character, Felos said.
Michael Schiavo, nearly a decade later, said he believes Jeb Bushs intervention was a purely political move and an act of buffoonery. If you want a government thats gonna be intrusive and interfere in your personal life, vote for Bush. If you want to live like that, want people to interfere in your personal lives, then vote for him, he said.
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Jebby and Christ Christy have that GOPer bully thing going on.
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K & R. Bush's modus operandi: "The propriety of using your office to hunt and harass people"
FSogol
Dec 2014
#2
he's a bush. it goes back to 1889, the weak genetics and sadism in that family
roguevalley
Dec 2014
#37
That first quote applies perfectly to Pam Bondi and her marriage license crusade.
lpbk2713
Dec 2014
#3
I can't believe we even have to discuss putting another Bush in charge of the country
world wide wally
Dec 2014
#15
Now watch Jeb claim he has never been a stooge for the Republican Party or Conservatives.
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2014
#18
I love the word "buffoonery" used in this context. It's perfectly aligned with the Bush family. nt
longship
Dec 2014
#29
do you know the difference between "knew" and "new"? hate to tell you this, but, under
niyad
Dec 2014
#41
Well OK then! "Strong Rumors!" Let's just have a cop pull him over and shoot him, right?
hatrack
Dec 2014
#60
Way to swallow the reich-wing pro-life line of bullshit hook, line and sinker.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#65
Terri Schiavo was not persistently vegetative: she was as dead as a dinosaur.
rocktivity
Dec 2014
#63
You know basically nothing at all about the medical aspects of this case.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#64
does someone have a list of the congressional members who signed that bill? I have been
niyad
Dec 2014
#42
Yes---that was the only bright, shining light in that whole mess. And I'm trying to find the pic
msanthrope
Dec 2014
#57
That poor man (Schiavo, of course). What that asshole Bush and the other GOP assholes put him thru.
valerief
Dec 2014
#48
Sorry you went through that, but thank goodness you didn't have to deal with bullshit politics. nt
valerief
Dec 2014
#62
Barack Obama, Lame Duck, just pulled the rug out from under Jeb's candidacy with this Cuba deal. nt
MADem
Dec 2014
#51
Ol' Jeb has LOTS of skeletons in his closet and negative press, maybe more....
George II
Dec 2014
#67