Congressional Republicans Jump into Terri Schiavo Case

I have been hesitant to blog on the Terri Schiavo case because it really isn't something that the opinion of those of us outside the family should try to push on them. But the actions of the Republicans to call an emergency session of Congress just so they can grandstand on the issue when the Courts have uniformly told the parents, the Florida Legislature and Jeb Bush to leave it to Terri's husband and the doctors. Then the Supreme Court has decided not to intervene according to SCOTUSblog. So the Republican-run Congress decided to jump into the middle.

Ed Kilgore has a good discussion of the whole mess here.

Then Steve Gilliard gives his view. It is his opinion that the Republican interference in the Shiavo death is a Godsend to the Democrats. But let's face it. The Republicans won't let someone die if they think that by keeping the body on life support they can gain political advantage. The depth of Republican stupidity and nastiness apparently cannot be plummed, and people like DeLay and Frist simply don't realize how rotten and unethical they are clearly acting.

They have taken a family tragedy and blown it up into a political media frenzy, not to help Terri or the family, but just so they can cater to the "Christian" wing-nuts who throw their votes away on politicians who act accomnodating then laugh at them behind their backs.