Comments on: Giuliani Restates Support For Federal Intervention In Schiavo Case http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:58:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: kadamson http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-2/#comment-3792968 kadamson Wed, 09 May 2007 00:52:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3792968 Rudy is the bomb! He knows what is right and isn't afraid to say it! He knows what the TS case was really about and gets it. He did doesn't rely on psuedo journalism for his facts. Rudy is the bomb! He knows what is right and isn’t afraid to say it! He knows what the TS case was really about and gets it. He did doesn’t rely on psuedo journalism for his facts.

]]> By: Squidbilly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-2/#comment-3661037 Squidbilly Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:15:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3661037 Guiliani has become a complete moron. Schaivo resurrection is probably meant to offset his pro abortion and marital history. Pandering to the religious right in such a shameless way. Guiliani has become a complete moron.

Schaivo resurrection is probably meant to offset his pro abortion and marital history.

Pandering to the religious right in such a shameless way.

]]> By: destardi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-2/#comment-3639422 destardi Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:46:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3639422 Nanny State 101, lecture by Giuliani. Dictator 2.0. Nanny State 101, lecture by Giuliani.

Dictator 2.0.

]]> By: Keith Gore Wiseman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-2/#comment-3639188 Keith Gore Wiseman Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:39:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3639188 Does he care when Kerik's mob connections kill? When Bush kills? Does he care when Kerik’s mob connections kill? When Bush kills?

]]> By: SKdeA http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-2/#comment-3636070 SKdeA Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:11:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3636070 <em>The Schiavo crowd seems to be ignoring 17 month-old Emilio Gonzales who is having his life support terminated over the objection of his mother in Austin, Texas under the 1999 law Governor George W. Bush signed that allows hospitals to pull the plug in “medically futile” cases. The family is in court today. Comment by Dan — April 10, 2007 @ 1:20 pm #</em> Probably Emilio doesn't have insurance that can be milked, whereas Terry did... The Schiavo crowd seems to be ignoring 17 month-old Emilio Gonzales who is having his life support terminated over the objection of his mother in Austin, Texas under the 1999 law Governor George W. Bush signed that allows hospitals to pull the plug in “medically futile” cases. The family is in court today.

Comment by Dan — April 10, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
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Probably Emilio doesn’t have insurance that can be milked, whereas Terry did…

]]> By: The Fool http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-2/#comment-3635083 The Fool Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:13:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3635083 He's a cross-dressing, gay associating, big Government, thrice-divorced, abortion-supporting, New Yorker. How can he possibly lose the Republican nomination? He’s a cross-dressing, gay associating, big Government, thrice-divorced, abortion-supporting, New Yorker. How can he possibly lose the Republican nomination?

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3634372 Marie Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:47:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3634372 How low can he go? He would support the morons in the rethuglican party who intervened for political purposes into a private family affair. How low can he go?
He would support the morons in the rethuglican party who intervened for political purposes into a private family affair.

]]> By: Ken Peterka http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3634273 Ken Peterka Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:38:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3634273 Here we have a republican that says that he fully supports the government in intervening in a case that was already decided by the courts. And yet Deamonte Driver, who's parent had no insurance dies from a bacterial infection caused by an abscessed tooth and not a peep from our delusional president or his would be replacement. Shame on them both. Here we have a republican that says that he fully supports the government in intervening in a case that was already decided by the courts. And yet Deamonte Driver, who’s parent had no insurance dies from a bacterial infection caused by an abscessed tooth and not a peep
from our delusional president or his would be replacement. Shame on them both.

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3632436 Lora Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:46:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3632436 Where are the republicans on the issue of the 47 million, the working class with no health care - some of which are actually dying prematurely because of this????? Comment by goehl Not to mention that American soldiers getting unnecessarily killed or rendered handicapped because of lack of proper body armor! Where are the republicans on the issue of the 47 million, the working class with no health care – some of which are actually dying prematurely because of this?????
Comment by goehl

Not to mention that American soldiers getting unnecessarily killed or rendered handicapped because of lack of proper body armor!

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3631953 Raymond Funamoto Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:25:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3631953 "Wascally Wabbit" Rudy Giuliani IS SHAKING AFTER HIS CLOSE CALL AT THE white house EASTER EGG ROLL WHERE HE AND DAFFY DUCK(tm)McPAIN ALMOST GOT THEIR ASSES HANDED TO THEM BY THE GUN-HAPPY "SCARECROW OF Mitt Romney MARSH"----HENCE THE FOOLISH STATEMENT ABOUT THE POOR Terri Schiavo, WHO IS BEING DUG UP FROM HER ETERNAL SLEEP TO BE USED AS A TOOL BY THE DASTARDLY rightwingnut crank religious right base APPEASERS LIKE Giuliani, McPAIN and Romney, THE UNHOLY THREE fudge-pachyderms of the G(houlish) O(pportunistic) P(edophile) party!!!!! DESPICABLE KNAVES, HEARTLESS COWARDS, UNPRINCIPLED BOMBASTIC IMBECILES, I WILL SEE TO IT THAT ALL THREE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER fudge-pachyderms OF THE G.O.P. WHO DARE RUN IN 2008 WILL RECEIVE BOTH BARRELS OF CONCENTRATED VITRIOL AND VENOM FROM MOI, YOURS TRULY, RAY THE RIPPER!!!!! HAH!!!!! “Wascally Wabbit” Rudy Giuliani IS SHAKING AFTER HIS CLOSE CALL AT THE white house EASTER EGG ROLL WHERE HE AND DAFFY DUCK(tm)McPAIN ALMOST GOT THEIR ASSES HANDED TO THEM BY THE GUN-HAPPY “SCARECROW OF Mitt Romney MARSH”—-HENCE THE FOOLISH STATEMENT ABOUT THE POOR Terri Schiavo, WHO IS BEING DUG UP FROM HER ETERNAL SLEEP TO BE USED AS A TOOL BY THE DASTARDLY rightwingnut crank religious right base APPEASERS LIKE Giuliani, McPAIN and Romney, THE UNHOLY THREE fudge-pachyderms of the
G(houlish) O(pportunistic) P(edophile) party!!!!! DESPICABLE KNAVES, HEARTLESS COWARDS, UNPRINCIPLED BOMBASTIC IMBECILES, I WILL SEE TO IT THAT ALL THREE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER fudge-pachyderms OF THE G.O.P. WHO DARE RUN IN 2008 WILL RECEIVE BOTH BARRELS OF CONCENTRATED VITRIOL AND VENOM FROM MOI, YOURS TRULY, RAY THE RIPPER!!!!! HAH!!!!!

]]> By: DataShade http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3631822 DataShade Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:19:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3631822 I forget which blog I read it on, but even tho I can't credit it accurately, I think it's on-target and worth passing on. Guiliani can safely state he's pro-abortion because he can prove time and time again that he's a woman-hating authoritarian bully, and it's THOSE characteristics that motivate the base. I forget which blog I read it on, but even tho I can’t credit it accurately, I think it’s on-target and worth passing on.

Guiliani can safely state he’s pro-abortion because he can prove time and time again that he’s a woman-hating authoritarian bully, and it’s THOSE characteristics that motivate the base.

]]> By: buzzbomb http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3631161 buzzbomb Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:51:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3631161 Get ready for a police state if this f^cker is the pres. Get ready for a police state if this f^cker is the pres.

]]> By: KingCranky http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3631060 KingCranky Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:47:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3631060 Hey Rudy, how did that intervention work out for the boys? You know Dubya, his brother, Tom DeLay, and Bill Frist…was it a good idea? You freaking moron. Comment by kasinca — April 10, 2007 @ 2:01 pm Absolutely dead-on correct, and I always love to see the biggest smack to the face the far rightwing has suffered in it's modern-day history being used as a "selling point" of all things Smart move Rudy, pander to a group overwhelmingly rejected by the US public on this issue, and overwhelmed to the point they STFU and don't talk about it much anymore Like the classic abuser/enabler relationship, both the GOP and Giuliani are using the other's vulnerable points to further their own agenda-Giuliani by pushing a stand clearly unpopular with the voters, the GOP's far right base getting Giuliani to tell the party it was so correct and so pretty to turn what should have been a private, family affair into a neocon version of "<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/bread-and-circuses" rel="nofollow">Bread & Circus</a>" Oh yeah, running hard on the Schiavo affair, very smart move for the GOP and Giuliani, especially in light of how successful this same far rightwing meme was back in 2005 Never, EVER doubt the blinding stupidity and sheer hypocrisy of the far right GOP supporters and so many of its media whores and W quislings Hey Rudy, how did that intervention work out for the boys? You know Dubya, his brother, Tom DeLay, and Bill Frist…was it a good idea? You freaking moron.

Comment by kasinca — April 10, 2007 @ 2:01 pm

Absolutely dead-on correct, and I always love to see the biggest smack to the face the far rightwing has suffered in it’s modern-day history being used as a “selling point” of all things

Smart move Rudy, pander to a group overwhelmingly rejected by the US public on this issue, and overwhelmed to the point they STFU and don’t talk about it much anymore

Like the classic abuser/enabler relationship, both the GOP and Giuliani are using the other’s vulnerable points to further their own agenda-Giuliani by pushing a stand clearly unpopular with the voters, the GOP’s far right base getting Giuliani to tell the party it was so correct and so pretty to turn what should have been a private, family affair into a neocon version of “Bread & Circus”

Oh yeah, running hard on the Schiavo affair, very smart move for the GOP and Giuliani, especially in light of how successful this same far rightwing meme was back in 2005

Never,

EVER

doubt the blinding stupidity and sheer hypocrisy of the far right GOP supporters and so many of its media whores and W quislings

]]> By: Brendan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3630910 Brendan Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:40:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3630910 The quotes seem consistent and everyone is talking as though Rudy is stumping on Terri Schiavo. Did he bring her up or was he asked? Given that he's addressing Florida Republicans, who tend to be more conservative than their New York counterparts, and the talking point has been that hardline GOPers question Rudy's conservative cred, this might have been broached by an audience member. He's just telling you what he thinks. You don't have to agree and you can think what you want about him, but you can argue the merit of the issue without/rather than just calling him names. The quotes seem consistent and everyone is talking as though Rudy is stumping on Terri Schiavo. Did he bring her up or was he asked? Given that he’s addressing Florida Republicans, who tend to be more conservative than their New York counterparts, and the talking point has been that hardline GOPers question Rudy’s conservative cred, this might have been broached by an audience member.

He’s just telling you what he thinks. You don’t have to agree and you can think what you want about him, but you can argue the merit of the issue without/rather than just calling him names.

]]> By: veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3630599 veritas Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:22:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3630599 Perhaps Rudy is making a more substantive connection here than we see at first blush....He's showing that he knows from first-hand knowledge what it is to be "brain dead". Perhaps Rudy is making a more substantive connection here than we see at first blush….He’s showing that he knows from first-hand knowledge what it is to be “brain dead”.

]]> By: veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3630594 veritas Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:21:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3630594 Why would Rudy be regressing back to Terry Schiavo right now?? Hmmm...pretty transparent. He wants to degray the negativity of his association with Bernie Kerik and trump up the "right to life" base....very calculating, Rudster...but....sorry, thanks for playing. Why would Rudy be regressing back to Terry Schiavo right now?? Hmmm…pretty transparent. He wants to degray the negativity of his association with Bernie Kerik and trump up the “right to life” base….very calculating, Rudster…but….sorry, thanks for playing.

]]> By: veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3630554 veritas Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:19:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3630554 Guess Rudy Kerik (strike that, I mean Giuliani) is still supporting his mobster bud, Bernie Kerik, too. Rudy's numbers will plummet now that the ugly truth about how Giuliani's own firm (which he co-owned with Bernie) actually helped construct the official application for Bernie's quick ascent to head of homeland security. Uh-oh.... To boot, Ray told the CIA that Bernie had received nearly $200,000 renovation job on his trysty apartment thanks to mob connections....that was back in early 2000...Then enter Gonzales, who supposedly vetted Bernie for hours. Ironically, knowing all he knew from the CIA about Kerik, Gonzo still supported his nomination strongly. Hmmmmm.....something very sticky about that! Guess Rudy Kerik (strike that, I mean Giuliani) is still supporting his mobster bud, Bernie Kerik, too. Rudy’s numbers will plummet now that the ugly truth about how Giuliani’s own firm (which he co-owned with Bernie) actually helped construct the official application for Bernie’s quick ascent to head of homeland security. Uh-oh….

To boot, Ray told the CIA that Bernie had received nearly $200,000 renovation job on his trysty apartment thanks to mob connections….that was back in early 2000…Then enter Gonzales, who supposedly vetted Bernie for hours. Ironically, knowing all he knew from the CIA about Kerik, Gonzo still supported his nomination strongly. Hmmmmm…..something very sticky about that!

]]> By: John Gilpins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3629599 John Gilpins Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:34:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3629599 Shane said, "What was he thinking, they could keep her alive, and send her to Iraq and count her as a soldier." Yes, that is a possibly as Ms. Schiavo could have served in Iraq. Not very likely, though. Zero chance. Another possiblity is finding a second husband, or a third husband, if Ms. Schiavo should be unlucky in the love department. Not very likely, though. Zero chance. Rudy is married to his third wife. I'm sure Rudy thinks Ms. Schiavo was marriage-material. Not very likely, though. Zero chance. Ms. Schiavo didn't find much romantic love in her sad life, but she had "loving" support. As I view it, she had the wrong kind of love. True, true, true, true, true love is NOT keeping a brain-dead person alive for years. I THINK RUDY IS BRAIN-DEAD. John Shane said, “What was he thinking, they could keep her alive, and send her to Iraq and count her as a soldier.”

Yes, that is a possibly as Ms. Schiavo could have served in Iraq. Not very likely, though. Zero chance.

Another possiblity is finding a second husband, or a third husband, if Ms. Schiavo should be unlucky in the love department. Not very likely, though. Zero chance.

Rudy is married to his third wife. I’m sure Rudy thinks Ms. Schiavo was marriage-material. Not very likely, though. Zero chance.

Ms. Schiavo didn’t find much romantic love in her sad life, but she had “loving” support.

As I view it, she had the wrong kind of love.

True, true, true, true, true love is NOT keeping a brain-dead person alive for years.

I THINK RUDY IS BRAIN-DEAD.

John

]]> By: goehl http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3629138 goehl Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:14:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3629138 <em>Studies show our lack of universal healthcare means the loss of 18,000 lives every year. Single-payer would SAVE Americans over $200 billion every year. There are always about 20,000 in the country in the same condition as Terry Schiavo. Is the president supposed to intervene in all of them? That’s crazy. Didn’t Tom DeLay pull the plug on his father? Comment by keith </em> I just heard story on Thom Hartman - a caller stated a father was arrested for robbing a liquor store for cash in order for his daughter to receive proper medical care. So sad. Studies show our lack of universal healthcare means the loss of 18,000 lives every year. Single-payer would SAVE Americans over $200 billion every year.

There are always about 20,000 in the country in the same condition as Terry Schiavo. Is the president supposed to intervene in all of them? That’s crazy. Didn’t Tom DeLay pull the plug on his father?

Comment by keith

I just heard story on Thom Hartman – a caller stated a father was arrested for robbing a liquor store for cash in order for his daughter to receive proper medical care. So sad.

]]> By: Dan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-3629034 Dan Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:09:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/giuliani-schiavo/#comment-3629034 The Redstate orcs have flatly denied any comparison to Schiavo and have turned the Emilio Gonzales story into a diatribe against "government health care". The logic seems to be "this is what you get when the government gets involved in healthcare, this wouldn't be an issue if this kid wasn't on Medicaid." Yeah, those lazy poor babies, why should they get to see doctors? I'm going to go throw up now. The Redstate orcs have flatly denied any comparison to Schiavo and have turned the Emilio Gonzales story into a diatribe against “government health care”. The logic seems to be “this is what you get when the government gets involved in healthcare, this wouldn’t be an issue if this kid wasn’t on Medicaid.” Yeah, those lazy poor babies, why should they get to see doctors? I’m going to go throw up now.

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