Bush's powers fall short of beliefs

[steve2470]

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/25/Tampabay/Bush_s_powers_fall_sh.shtml


TALLAHASSEE - After six years of steadily expanding his power, Gov. Jeb Bush is facing the reality that the case of Terri Schiavo is beyond his control.

As Schiavo entered her seventh consecutive day without food and water Thursday, Bush was a target of mounting pressure to intervene and save her.

Despite getting "a lot of advice" on TV and the Internet about how he should take custody of Schiavo, Bush said he would not exceed his authority.

"There are a lot of things that go on in society that trouble me, and this is certainly one of them. To have somebody starve to death troubles me greatly," a weary-looking Bush told reporters in his Capitol office. "We have done everything that we can, and we will continue to do so, within the powers that I have."
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[onenote]

1. thank God for that

If his powers were equal to his beliefs, he'd force everyone to believe as he does.

onenote

[bunkerbuster1]

2. "a weary-looking Bush"?

Weary? What's that lazy fuck done lately to be "weary" about?

[ewagner]

3. Hmmmm.........

I know this is coming out of the St Petersburg Times but it sounds mysteriously like a JEB press release to me....It soulnds like an Apolegitica to the fundie base IN ADVANCE of Shaivo's impending death.....

This is supposed to absolve Jeb from responsibility.....

[rodeodance]

5. sure it is. He is in damage control mode now (like Congress/Bush and

others who pushed this issue--they are mainly out of site now).

[daydreamer]

4. He reads the polls too.

[Demit]

6. Jeb: "an uninspired lump of political dough" acc. to James Wolcott

And his fundies apparently ARE aware that he had a window of time where he could have acted but didn't. I just hope they remember that, in this positioning of Jeb Bush for next president.