Gotta Admit That I Forgot About This
“Now we know what the Bush family means by ‘no child left behind.’”
-Sen. Dianne Feinstein, referring to Jeb.
I have to admit that during the Terri Schiavo fiasco my attention was on Tom DeLay, who was having his first appearance on Dancing with the Stars. Tom was sashaying all around government intervening in people’s lives. He was leading a battle to override the wishes of a brain dead young woman’s family and the courts.
I forgot that newly Catholic Jeb Bush was playing God, too.
Michael Schiavo is trying to warn America about a man who does not need to be President. You need to take time to read this story. Especially if, like me, you weren’t paying attention to Jeb.
Nothing funny here, and I apologize about that. But, I needed to say something.
Thank you so much, JJ. We must not forget that Jebbie episode. If the Bush family ever found itself in that kind of tragedy (and I don’t wish it on them), you can bet they would have been changing their tune–i.e. “our case is different.”
1Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
2(There’s evidently another Jan out there. I agree with her comment, though.)
3I surely hope this would not be ignored if JB becomes the candidate. Heaven help us if another Bush is president. I’m reminded of Molly Ivins comment that she warned about electing another Texan!
It makes me sick (as a Catholic) that people like Jeb Bush stick their thumbs in their armpits and try to foist their beliefs on non-Catholics. If we Catholics want to do weird stuff, I think it’s within our right to do so–until it affects someone who’s not into all that.
4As another Celt (a Buddhist) , Bless you IronCelt.
5I remember a video of Bill Frist or Trent Lott saying they had milked this issue for all the political mileage they could get and it was time to let it go. Sure wish I could find it. It just proves that cynical wingnuts were not interested in this as a matter of policy,just politics.
6Holy crappola … it’s a long read, but well worth the time it takes to read it. I agree with Jan: Be afraid. Be very afraid! The very idea of having another Bush in the WH is terrifying!!
7I read how in Kenny Bunk Port, the Bush presidents call one another by number, 41 and 43. And at the time referred to George P as “45”. Reading that made me throw up in my mouth a little. A Bush reflux as it were.
8Darlings, if it’s any consolation, from one of the best mundane astrologers around:
9http://starlightnews.com/wordpress/2015/02/the-republican-horde/
One good thing came out of the Terri Schiavo situation. Everyone I know discussed potential situations like that and we all agreed that we never ever wanted to be kept plugged in and forcibly kept alive when we were in that state. We all need to put it in writing, probably with witnesses, and keep it with the will. (You don’t have your will updated? Well, honey, it’s time, along with any other non-legal stuff like who gets the piano and the silver service. Go ahead; give them away now if you haven’t used them in five or twenty years. The kids will be astounded and delighted.)
10At the Alfalfa dinner, Diane Feinstein said, “It looks like Jeb is running for President. Now we know what the Bushes meant by “no child left behind.'”
11What he did in trying to keep Terry Schiavo “alive” was bad enough. But to read that, even after her autopsy vindicated her husband’s efforts to stop the useless treatment of her mindless body, after she was cremated, Jeb Bush tried to start an investigation into whether her collapse and coma were her husband’s fault… that is even lower. This is a man who cannot admit that he was wrong, a man for whom everything is someone else’s fault.
I’m not pointing fingers, but those Bush boys weren’t raised right.
12Well, Mama Bush is the one who thought the Katrina refugees had it pretty good crowded into the Astrodome on cots.
Being shame-free is not a virtue.
13Rhea says:
” but those Bush boys weren’t raised right.”
You’ve seen and heard Barb, right? I suspect GHW wasn’t even around much.
14This case was the first thing that popped into my mind when I heard that Jeb was even thinking about making a run. Right then and there I knew that for him it would be a no go. He might try but it would be useless.
15@Debbo – I regret to say that several of my siblings have received the “Barbara Bush Sensitivity to Persons in Crisis” award.
16Don’t forget: Jeb was the man at the top when the Gore v. Bush election fiasco occurred.
Sure says a lot about the way they were raised when 3 of the sons turn out to be so amoral.
17I don’t recall Bush, then Governor, as expressing any concern over whether Terry Schiavo had good medical insurance that would cover her politically-extended care.
18Having recently gone thru the “pull the respirator and feeding tube” experience with my sister, for our Mom….I must say this was a difficult article to read. Removing life support is an excruciating experience. Cannot imagine going thru it for 10 years, with all the legal wranglings, with cameras and reporters dogging you daily. Politicians make crappy doctors… and have no business trying to act like a doc, or God…. Doesn’t matter if it is an end of life decision, or an abortion decision…. it is a decision to be made by family and their doctors, and not a single pot-bellied politician. All the forms we had to sign… the meetings we had… the hours standing in the ICU trying to elicit a response of brain activity. “Hi, Mom, it’s Patti… squeeze my hand, please… please.” Feeling guilty alternately for prolonging Mom’s pain -vs- shutting her life support off too soon… OMG. The word “torture” popped up frequently in our vocabulary. Hope and Love is an interesting battle. Then sitting in her hospice room together for days, waiting for Mom to take her last breath. It was awful. Thankfully for us, it was private. Curses to all those folks who took away the Schiavo’s dignity.
19PattiCakes, I’m sorry you had to go through that, but it sounds like you did the right thing.
20This always made me so angry. What in the Sam Hill right did he have to stick his nose in a PRIVATE family matter? Ol’ Jebbie boy can go to H-E-double hockey sticks for putting Michael Schivo through years of extra heartache and torment. I loathe the majority of Republican politicians.
21Many of us are destined for this decision, either to make for a parent or have it made for us by one of our children. For my wife, she helped her sibs along when their 86 year old mom’s body failed. The decision on my mom came to me by default because I was her only living child. In both cases it seemed the medical pros could keep a body nominally going well after the mind – the personality, the intellect, – had departed. We closed their eyes and grieved for them.
22It’s just plain awful.
23I owned two state licensed 6 bed homes for the elderly and had a Hospice license so that clients could stay when their conditions turned to time to go…After all they became “family” to my caregivers, who often came in on a day off to treat someone to lunch out! What happens if you do NOT have your wishes written down is criminal in my book. The waste of money, the prolonged sufferings. Sigh.
Please take care of yourselves.its a nightmare for those you leave and love (and if you get put in care–you do NOT have control of your meds–so no easy exit–even in just assisted living!)