BREAKING: DeLay seeks congressional review of Schiavo case!

[Bluebear]

Wed Apr 13, 2005 06:52 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who denounced judges involved in the court battle over Terri Schiavo, said on Wednesday he has requested a congressional review of the brain-damaged woman's "right-to-die" case.

The House Judiciary Committee could seek to impeach those judges, but that seems highly unlikely as even many of DeLay's fellow Republicans have voiced opposition to that option.

DeLay, a Texas Republican, declined to say if he believed any of the judges should be impeached but told his weekly news conference, "I've asked the Judiciary Committee to look at the case and the actions of the federal judiciary and make their recommendations."

Recommendations could include legislation on the jurisdiction of federal courts in "right-to-die" cases or, as a likely first step, a hearing on how the courts handled Schiavo. The Florida woman, who suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago, died last month following the court-ordered removal of her feeding tube amid a bitter family dispute.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=8174411

[Roland99]

1. Jesus Christ...didn't he just apologize for his BS remarks?

Fastest flip-flop of all-time?

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Pride precedes the Fall

Anybody wishes to pass a copy of Proverbs to Tommy? Oh never mind

Pass the popcorn


:popcorn:

[Bluebear]

4. Got mine

:popcorn:

Remember, the White House said DeLay is Bush's FRIEND and they support what he is doing.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Actually today they said he was

just a business friend...

:popcorn:

Is yours natural or caramelized

[Bluebear]

10. Natural here but maybe some caramel for dessert?

This thing is going to go on and on.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. As long as Delay can use it to DISTRACT

or so he things... he has missed the memo

This is making us look like petty tyrants....

:popcorn:

[radfringe]

35. in a day or two it will be

"tom who?"

:popcorn: buttered

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Yep

In other words maybe they're going to let him take the fall and he'll be gone and they won't have to take the blame for anything as usual.

:popcorn:

[dave29]

3. He's a witch

I sink therefore I am

[hector459]

5. DeLay: Stop wasting our tax dollars and stop diverting attention from

your ethics problems.

Or: Look what the RW in America has wrought: record deficits, unemployment, poor health care, invasion of a sovereign nation, unnecessary deaths of over 1500 US soldiers and untold Iraqi civilians, talk radio that breeds RW murderers, and now threats to Federal judges.

[Beetwasher]

6. He's Riding That Bomb All The Way to Impact! YEEEEHAAAAWWW!

Look out below!

[saracat]

7. Someone should tell him to go rapture himself!

[cry baby]

8. He just keeps digging that hole deeper and deeper.

[Ian David]

19. The real barbarism of the Schiavo case

It should not have been necessary to starve her to death and to drag-out the ordeal over weeks and weeks.

She should have been allowed to be assisted in dying peacefully.

Yes, you do go to jail for starving a dog to death.

But you can also go to jail for not allowing a suffering and dying dog the humanity of being quietly put to sleep and put to rest.

[cry baby]

23. I've thought about that a lot...

It's too bad that Michael and Terri didn't live in Oregon.

[tubbacheez]

11. They say the best defense is a good offense.

I don't like it. I hope this ploy blows up in his face.


But there's a non-zero chance he could hoodwink the freepers into helping him pull it off.

[Gothmog]

12. Moron-The Schiavo bill was poorly written

Delay is an idiot. The courts made the proper ruling in the schiavo case. Senator Carl Levin gutted the bill on the Senate floor and so the courts made the proper rulings. All Delay is going to do is highlight the fact that he is an idiot.

[Old and In the Way]

13. What if a Democratic blowhard had demanded Congress intervene

in his father's case? Would he have supported that? I don't think so.

Hypocrite who is looking to change the subject on his criminal shakedowns of lobbyists.

[AuntiBush]

14. That Woman is STARVING alright!

Look at those eyes... and yes, he did apologize. There is another thread out here under Greatest or Latest.

[LynneSin]

16. Well it's about time, not like we have starving children or anything...

...in this country

:sarcasm:

[Jacobin]

17. Well as long as they don't impeach any judges for executing

convicts who later turn out to be innocent by DNA tests, I guess I'm ok with this.

:eyes:

/SARCASM

[aaronnyc]

18. Why is he digging his own grave?

He has got to be the only person in America who doesn't realize that the Schiavo issue wasn't the political home run that the GOP thought it would be. Everybody else in his party justs wants this issue to die, yet, this idiot keeps bringing it back to the forefront.

Republicans are already starting to think that this guy is more of a risk than he is worth (notice recent statements by Shays, Santorum, and Bush). They want this issue to die, and they're going to pissed at Delay for trying to make a political issue out of it again.

Just like Gingrich, Tom Delay will be brought down by his own Party.

[Ian David]

22. Let's support DeLay's congressional review of the Schiavo case

Keep the albatros around his neck for as long as we can.

[aaronnyc]

30. I've got no problem watching his self-inflicted demise

I'm just surprised. As much as I hate Delay, I've always gave him credit for being a shrewd and skilled politician. Guess I gave him more credit than he deserves.

[FreedomAngel82]

32. Maybe

he's mad that people aren't supporting him and he's trying to bring down other people with him? :shrug: Beats me, but he is desperate.

[Lone Pawn]

20. Breaking: Delay really, really wants you to focus on Terri again!

[GOPisEvil]

21. Over-reaching (clap, clap, clap, clap, clap) over-reaching...

Keep digging, Bugman.

[peacetalksforall]

24. Hey, evil one...save yourself some trouble - get your staff to do the

research.

You are an embarrassment to our country.

[Swamp Rat]

25. YAAY!!! Go DELAY!!! Woohoo!!!

:woohoo:

This is gonna be FUN to watch!!! DeLay getting sprayed with his own RAID! HAHA!! :D

:popcorn:

[Just Me]

26. God responds: Go ahead, Terri. You have my permission to piss on

that demon's head anytime you wish!!!

O8)

[woosh]

28. I fear that Delay may be weathering the storm

The ethics story seems to be losing inertia.

[tinonedown]

29. Can he save his own ass?!

I actually hope so. For awhile, at least. He's the best Democrat campaign tool we could dream of. Let him linger awhile!

[TheFarseer]

31. Why doesn't he single out one person

planning on having an abortion and make a media circus out of that ONE person? It would make as much sense as the Shiavo case. Maybe it would be a winning issue this time.

I shouldn't be giving him ideas like this.

[Bluebear]

33. morning shift kick

[oasis]

34. Talk about grasping at straws.

:eyes:

[Melynn]

36. You can't save yourself, Tom.

It's too late. BushCo has decided they don't like you anymore, so you're toast. Just ask your good friend, Newt. He'll tell you.

[Ganja Ninja]

37. Enough Already!!!

Give it up Bugman. Your not only not going to be Speaker. Your looking down the road at a jail cell.