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Originally Posted by 93terp
And the best example of that, in my opinion, was the Terry Schiavo debacle a few years back. Conservatives were absolutely tripping over themselves to rush right into the middle of that medical decision, telling Terry's husband that he had no right to make end of life decisions for his wife, that only the likes of Tom Delay, George W. Bush and Bill Frist were qualified to make that decision (because they - conservatives - represent "the party of life". Give me a break!). As I recall, W flew back from Crawdad in the middle of the night to sign "emergency legislation" regarding the situation. Hyprocrisy in it's most absurd form.
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You can choose extreme issues (and hypocrisy) on either side of the aisle. Conservatives don't have the market cornered on gaffs. Some off the laws that give incredible rights to criminals within the justice system are the result of Liberal legislation. Anyone that repeatedly abuses children should have NO rights, not even humanitarian ones.
While I agree that the Terry Schiavo case was awful and that the politicians should have stayed out of it, it was the court system that mucked it up. The bottom line was that her parents wanted to keep her alive and her husband wanted to let her die with dignity. Both sides had strong arguments for their own viewpoints and it was easy to sympathise with them both.