Democratic Underground - What does it negate? Does it negate that he said he had NO idea?

On one hand he says those are her wishes but when you corner him and ask... he says he doesn't know. A manipulator tripping himself up, projecting what he wants for her and IMPLYING she told him that which is what 70% of DUers repeat despite the man's own words that "WE DON'T KNOW ... THIS IS WHAT WE WANT".

We didn't know what Terri wanted, but this is what we want... - Michael Schiavo, Owner of Terri Schindler, a man who cried about the importance of his marriage vows and devotion after having moved in with another woman 1 year after Terri was shoved in a hospice where HE denied her rehabilitative care despite the $2.25 Million dollars made available FOR HER CARE VIA HIS LAWSUITS.

I won't give it up. Terri is my life Now color me cynical but moving in with another woman, crying for that money as if Terri is your life and soul and then denying her the care for which you got that money... Just doesn't seem very loving or honest to me.

Here's some more...

2001 - Larry King Show

R. SCHINDLER: Well, first of all, we have been denied any access to Terri for 8 years, our family has. We have had people who deal with brain injured people, have seen Terri, and in their opinion, Terri could be rehabilitated to improve to a better level than where she is now.

COSSACK: Now, when you say that, does that mean that she would be ambulatory -- what is a better level, do you have any idea?

R. SCHINDLER: Well, we don't know. The thing with Terri, eight years ago there was a doctor who had prescribed rehabilitation for her, and he felt very confident that Terri would improve. Unfortunately, we did not have the funds at that time, dependent upon the receipt of the malpractice trial money.

When that came in, the money was not used for Terri's rehabilitation, she was put in a nursing home and hasn't had any type of rehabilitation since that point.

(snip)

COSSACK: Joseph Magri, the attorney for the family, let's talk a little bit about the legal proceedings here. There's an allegation that was made that you believe or the family believes that the only reason that Michael Schiavo, her husband, wants the feeding tube turned off is, to get the $700,000 she has in a trust fund. First of all, how did that $700,000 get there, and why do you believe that?

JOSEPH MAGRI, ATTORNEY FOR THE SCHINDLERS: I think the two are interrelated. The $700,000 got there because of a medical malpractice trial that went on in 1992. During that trial, the lawyers for Michael Schiavo requested damages from that jury based on Terri's life expectancy, both opening statement and closing arguments, they wanted care for her for life.

Michael got on the witness stand in that case, cried in front of that jury, told that jury he was going to nursing school so that he could take care of his wife for the rest of her life. The plaintiff's attorney asked him, why? You are a young man, Michael.

And he said, well, my wedding vows mean a lot to me. Then he referred to that those vows said, and said that he wanted to take care of Terri for the rest of her life. At no time did those lawyers or did Michael ever mention that Terri had a desire to die in these circumstances.

The first time that anyone heard about that came a few months after the money came in from that trial, which netted Terri somewhere over three quarters of a million, I believe, to care for her. Some months thereafter, Michael Schiavo asked a nursing home not to treat an infection and admitted in a deposition that he understood that the failure to treat the infection with antibiotics could lead to sepsis and her death.

At that point in time, he then came up with the statement that he felt she had previously wanted to die in this circumstance.

(snip)

MAGRI: Well, the -- an affidavit's been filed by an investigator who talked to her. And among the notes, which are quite extensive, there -- listed there that the girlfriend, whose name is Cindi Brasher, indicated that she had concerns about the future. This is when she's talking to Michael at -- back at that time. And Schiavo was -- and what Schiavo was going to do about Terri's situation -- about Terri's situation. And Brasher said that Schiavo became angry and said: "How the hell should I know? We never spoke about this. My God, I'm only 25 years old."

(snip)

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0105/03/bp.00.html

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