Schiavo quotes of the day

Reaching back to March, from Tom DeLay: "Terri Schiavo is not brain-dead; she talks and she laughs, and she expresses happiness and discomfort. Terri Schiavo is not on life-support."

From Doctor Bill Frist, also in March: "Terri's brother told me Terri laughs, smiles, and tries to speak. That doesn't sound like a woman in a persistent vegetative state."

They both also sided with those accusing Michael Schiavo of wanting to execute his wife, or of strangling or otherwise abusing her. Now with the Schiavo autopsy report being released confirming that Terri could not have lived without a feeding tube, and was way beyond the point of any recovery, and had suffered no abuse nor strangulation, we can wait for their apology and admission that they were wrong.

Here is what I predict will be the gist of their apology to Schiavo, Judge George Greer, and others they impugned: " (silence) "

Similar to the front page of today's Washington Times: not one word about the autopsy, after running dozens of very pro-DeLay/Bush/Frist/God and Jesus stories about Terri's tragedy before? Damn moonies.

Oh wait -- now Jeb Bush wants to investigate how long it took for Michael Schiavo to call 911 on the day Terri's heart gave out? Even though he says he doesn't mean to imply there was any crime committed? Wow, just when I thought the scope for crass political opportunism and point-scoring at the expense of Terri Schiavo has been exhausted, a creative sleazebag like Jeb "please please me in 2008 even though I say no" Bush finds a way to prove me wrong.

Barf.