As
Atrios said, The clown show continues.
The fate of Terri SchiavoFLORIDA TODAYWe only have to go to the opening paragraphs of FLORIDA TODAY's Tuesday editorial "An outrageous act" about Congress's involvement in the Terri Schiavo case to see that even basic assertions of fact are at best disputable.
On that we agree. The right wing loonies have been ignoring the basic facts of this case from the start because it interferes with there fanaticism.
It states that Terri is in "a persistent vegetative state for 15 years since her heart attack" and "medical evidence showed Terri has no chance of recovery."Did the editors interview registered nurse Carla Iyer, who personally treated Terri for a year and a half?She said in a sworn court affidavit that Terri "was alert and oriented. Terri spoke on a regular basis saying things like 'mommy' and 'help me" and 'hi' when I came into her room."
Iyer says Terri would sit up in the nurse's station from time to time and laugh at stories they told. She felt pain and would indicate so. Carla fed her by mouth and not by tube. Does this sound like a woman in persistent vegetative state for the past 15 years?No, but the courts did review her affidavidt and found her story to be completely unsubsutantiated and laughably outrageous.
The judge said;
Ms. Iyer details what amounts to a 15-month cover-up which would include the staff of Palm Garden of Lago Convalescent Center, the Guardian of the Person, the Guardian ad Litem, the medical professionals, the police and, believe it or not, Mr. and Mrs. Schindler. Her affidavit clearly states that she would "call them (Mr. and Mrs. Schindler) anyway because I thought they should know about their daughter." The affidavit of Ms. Law speaks of Terri responding on a constant basis. Neither in the testimony nor in the medical records is there support for these affidavits as they purport to detail activities and responses of Terri Schiavo. It is impossible to believe that Mr. and Mrs. Schindler would not have subpoenaed Ms. Iyer for the January 2000 evidentiary hearing had she contacted them as her affidavit alleges.
Or are the editors aware of Dr. William Hammesfahr, Nobel Prize nominee neurologist, who examined Terri for 10 hours and said, "Terri does not require a feeding tube to be fed" and that "with proper therapy she would be able to regain some speech and mobility."
Are you aware that he is NOT a nobel prize nominee, and that he is going around falsely claiming he is? Did you also know that this doctor was also
disciplined in 2003 by the Florida Board of Medicine?
This is a story about a woman neglected proper care and therapy by those now wishing to see her expire. It's a story about disguising a right-to-kill edict in right-to-die clothes.I only pray that our judicial system won't continue to be party to it.
U.S. Rep. Dave WeldonDistrict 15I only pray that lying sacks of shit like yourselves who are willing to use this poor woman as a prop to drum up political support eventually get exactly what you deserve.