PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (Reuters) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson pleaded on Tuesday for Terri Schiavo to be kept alive as the brain-damaged Florida woman at the center of a bitter family and political dispute slipped toward death.
"She is being starved to death, she is being dehydrated to death. That's immoral and unnecessary," the civil rights leader told reporters after meeting Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, near the hospice where she is being cared for.
Actually, the one who suprised me on this issue was Chaka Fattah. The interesting point about the case (if there is any) would have to be that the GOP is raising Lakoff's "nurturing parent" flag, while progressives and libertarians sound like the "strict fathers" - or more importantly - that's how the GOP is playing it.
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For what it's worth, Reverend Jackson is preoccupied at the moment.
Jesse Jackson Urges Fla. Woman Be Kept Alive
Actually, the one who suprised me on this issue was Chaka Fattah. The interesting point about the case (if there is any) would have to be that the GOP is raising Lakoff's "nurturing parent" flag, while progressives and libertarians sound like the "strict fathers" - or more importantly - that's how the GOP is playing it.