The Rude Pundit on Terri Schiavo. Go read it. Now.
Oh, alright, here’s a taste. But go read the whole thing:
No, this is about the Congress, primarily the Republicans, who are practicing Fallujah politics – the belief that you need to destroy something in order to re-create it according to your ideological whim. In this case, it’s the Constitution, the judiciary, the bond of marriage. Look at this chilling statment from DeLay, whose very stare makes children want to kill baby animals:
“The sanctity of life overshadows the sanctity of marriage. I don’t know what transpired between Terri and her husband. All I know is Terri is alive . . . Unless she has specifically written instructions in her hand, with her signature, I don’t care what her husband says.”
And there’s everything you need to know about contemporary conservatism and its evangelical remoras. Nothing matters – not medicine, not courts, not even the word of a spouse. All that matters is what DeLay says. Or Bush. Or Frist. The Congress and the President said fuck you to the husband; said fuck you to the following courts: the Pinellas County Circuit Court, the Second District Court of Appeal, the Florida Supreme Court, the Second District Court of Appeal (again), the Florida Supreme Court (again), the Pinellas Country Circuit Court (again and repeatedly), the Second District Court of Appeal (yet again and repeatedly), the Florida Supreme Court (yet again and repeatedly), and the U.S. Supreme Court; said fuck you to doctors; and said fuck you to any notions of the liberty of the living. Will they do something to say “fuck you” to the federal court that’s considering the case now if it rules against the Republicans (and Schiavo’s parents)? They have no idea. They’re making it up on the fly, the Republicans. They pretend to a belief system and a plan, but ultimately they are merely tools, beholden to their polls, their politics, their re-election pocketbooks.
