Tom DeLay, raging hypocrite.
 

I don't know if you even need to introduce lying into the hypo (even though I did). Seems to me that there's not necessarily a justification for deferring to a unanimous family when one won't defer to a split one. Sure, there are probably fewer errors if multiple members of the family agree as to the patient's "wishes", but I'm not sure that the error rate is sufficiently low that we can draw a line between the two.

That said, in the end, neither DeLay nor his family made any extensive efforts to determine dad's wishes, other than a "yeah, that's what he wanted" nod of agreement. They didn't appoint a guardian ad litem; they didn't get a court order; nuthin'. Meanwhile, DeLay says that Schiavo not only has to go to court, he has to fight the question in the state courts, then the federal courts, and then some more in the state courts. The level of treatment for fairly similar situations is too dissimilar to call him a man of principle.

Tom DeLay, raging hypocrite.
 

I remember the whole quote, unlike the people here who saw fit to quote selectively. It was far less egregious than presented. Do you remember that whole quote?

Tom DeLay, raging hypocrite.
 

As long as you're willing to concede that you think he's a shit, and thus any smear that can be found is fair game even though it has nothing to do with the Schiavo case, I'm happy.

Hail to the Chief
 

He served two terms, and I bet he could have won a third.

Hail to the Chief
 

Obviously you don't understand how the Religious Right thinks. Anything that involves contraception is a non-starter for them.

135 dead insurgents? 85? 11?
 

This raid? Turns out there were some initial problems with the reporting.

Hail to the Chief
 

I think our next few elections are going to be determined by the Great Boring Middle, not the Committed Outliers. The Great Boring Middle will be perfectly happy if people use condoms and don't get pregnant and have abortions. It's a win-win.

Tom DeLay, raging hypocrite.
 

I remember reading it independently of what was posted here at the time. I don't recall anything he said that in any way undercut the fact that he was trying to make it out in some measure as being about him.

*sigh*
 

"We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture," he said, adding that the school board's declaration is just a first step.

Once upon a time "intelligent, educated" wasn't an insult.

*sigh*
 

You have to wonder if the person who said that stammered at the end and said " no . . . wait . . . I mean . . . "

One would at least hope so.

*sigh*
 

It was in quotes- like how Adder is "intelligent and educated" and can imagine how evolution could have worked to do it.......

*sigh*
 

Well, yeah, that would drastically change the meaning. I wish people would remember that air quotes don't show up in newspaper quotes.

Tom DeLay, raging hypocrite.
 

Your new avatar is great, but I'm not sure it suits you. It always makes me anticipate some gonzo drug addled twisted logic- whereas your posts (while often misguided and incorrect) are typically straight forward.

Tyrone Slothrop, raging hypocrite.
 

If you truly believe, as you say you do, there is reasonable doubt whether Teri would have wanted her tube removed, then it is pretty sad that instead of exploring what that does or should mean in terms of the law (or humanity for that matter) you are on here griping about media treatment of Michael Schiavo and Tom Delay and what percent of him genuinely cares about Teri and what percent is "politically motivated." Bilmore, please concede that Delay is an asshole and that Michael Schiavo is not an evil man. This way, Ty can proceed to address the astonishing injustice happening now to a woman whose wishes were not proven as they were required to be under the law.

Tyrone Slothrop, raging hypocrite.
 

I think that the point of the trials was to prove what her wishes would have been as required under the law of the state of Florida.