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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Please let this be the last post...

On this terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad story. But the blogs are all reporting this one, so I'm going to pass it on. This might be the most ghoulish twist on the affair yet, and that's saying a lot.

Guess who the latest interested party is to cash in on the tragedy of Terri Schiavo. The husband, who's been accused of abuse and conspiracy to commit murder in recent days, after caring for her for fifteen years? Nope. The 'radical activist' judge Greer, who has been forced to leave the Southern Baptist church, in spite of being a lifelong Christian... and Republican? 'Fraid not.

Read on, and tremble (from the NYT):

"The parents of Terri Schiavo have authorized a conservative direct-mailing firm to sell a list of their financial supporters, making it likely that thousands of strangers moved by her plight will receive a steady stream of solicitations from anti-abortion and conservative groups."

Yes, some 10,000 individuals who expressed their compassion for Terri Schiavo are now a commodity to be bought and sold by the neo-fascists. This new "Culture of Life" sure is grand. Maybe it should be called a "Cult of the Good Life." Like it or not, Republicans, these are the people holding the reins of your party. The big question is, are you just going to sit there and take it?