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Why DeLay’s Threat Matters

By Nico Pitney on Apr 1st, 2005 at 9:28 am

Why DeLay’s Threat Matters

DeLay’s vague threat against judges yesterday wasn’t just offensive, it was dangerous, especially given the serious threats against judges and others involved in the Schiavo case. Florida Pinellas County Circuit Court Judge George Greer has been “under 24-hour protection by two U.S. marshals due to increased threats against his life by those unhappy with his handling of the Schiavo case.” Last Thursday, police arrested an Illinois man they said robbed a Florida gun store as part of an attempt to “rescue Terri Schiavo.” The next day, FBI officials took into custody a North Carolina man for placing a $250,000 bounty “on the head of Michael Schiavo” and another $50,000 to murder Judge Greer. And police yesterday said they had “logged several bomb threats” to the hospice where Schiavo died and “the circuit and federal courts that refused to order her feeding tube restored.”

You can read Tom DeLay’s statement here.



23 Responses to “Why DeLay’s Threat Matters”

  1. Flamethrower says:

    I guess DeLay is erring on the side of life.


  2. Robin says:

    What I find odd here is the contradiction between the belief that I’ve heard posed my whole catholic life that G-d is omniscient and all knowing. He or She has a hand in everything that happens. If He or She wanted Schiavo to live, she would have lived with the tubes removed. Letting “nature take it’s course” is allowing God to work His or Her will in the world. The repulicans seem to be trying tu usurp God’s role in this matter.


  3. Bill R. says:

    In Tom Delay and his remarks we see the face of a rising American fascism, where a court system is completely at the service of a totalitarian ideology fueled by religious pseudo-doctrine and enforced with intimidation and threats of violence. His remarks need to be confronted and held to scrutiny for what they represent.


  4. jusfishn says:

    Delay should be reprimanded by Congress for the threats against the judges. Knowingly suggesting that someone should harm those that did not agree with him, ie, judges.


  5. bob h says:

    Odd, isn’t it, that this most dangerous outgrowth of the Schiavo controversy is not getting any attention in the MSM.


  6. kindness says:

    Tom DeLay = American Taliban as well as fascism.


  7. bill d says:

    Now that the Reps are disgisting everyone with their shenanigans, when will the Dems step forward with their new togas? its past time for them to turn away from their role in corruption and graft in Wash.


  8. Paul Chirumbolo says:

    While there are millions of sensible religious adherents who do not subscribe to Delay’s doctrine of fanaticism and hate, it should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with institutional religion. And it’s not just thee fundamentalists. The Catholic Church, in particular, has a long history of bloodshed and murder of gay and lesbian people. They have continued to issue homophobic hate tracts up to and including the present day. The curently dying bigot pope has been particularly vile.


  9. falcon says:

    Rep. James Traficant , Jr. of Ohio = Tom Delay.

    It’s time to step down , Tom before someone else throws a rock at your REPUBLICAN GLASS CHURCH.

    If you promise to tell us where you stashed the 23 billion in securities eminating from the Caribbean, we may go easy on you!

    Tom, for your reference please see Ms. Ellen Mariani’s RICO lawsuit against George W. Bush; et al:

    http://www.nancho.net/911/mariani.html

    The Countdown begins.

    Vaya con Dios!


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