Hoo boy...

Here's a story from the New York Times that rather nicely encapsulates the GOP's current ability to motivate certain segments of the population (link to full story above):
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SEMINOLE, Fla. (AP) -- A man was arrested after trying to steal a weapon from a gun shop so he could "take some action and rescue Terri Schiavo,'' authorities said.

Michael W. Mitchell, of Rockford, Ill., entered Randall's Firearms Inc. in Seminole just before 6 p.m. Thursday with a box cutter and tried to steal a gun, said Marianne Pasha, a spokeswoman for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

Mitchell, 50, told deputies he wanted to ``take some action and rescue Terri Schiavo'' after he visited the Pinellas Park hospice where she lives, Pasha said.
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I wonder how long I'll have to wait to hear someone say, "I wanted to take some action and prevent $15 billion in budget cuts from Medicare." You may well already know this, but Terry Schiavo has been receiving Medicare payments for quite some time now. Quick question: do you think that the GOP would have been crying out for her right to life if her parents were protesting Medicare funding cuts? Of course not. Here's another softball question: Have you heard any Republicans speaking out against Medicare cuts during their "culture of life" crusade? Of course not.