Brain Fertilizer

If the memo is fake, why did so many Republicans use the same language?

"She's never had independent counsel and I think that if Ted Bundy, as a mass murderer gets lawyer and get access to court, Terri Schiavo as a disabled lady should get the same." - Gibbs, Schindler lawyers

"When it comes to federal legal protection, Terri Schiavo ranks below Ted Bundy, and when it comes to protection from suffering, she ranks below an unwanted pet." - Catholic Culture

"If we accord that right to someone like John Wayne Gacy or Ted Bundy, shouldn't we give at least equal protection to someone with a disability, charged with no crime, who is at risk of being starved and dehydrated to death?" - National Right To Life

"Like it or not, convicted murderers Ted Bundy and Danny Rolling received more due-process protections than Terri Schiavo, a person utterly innocent of any wrong-doing." - Ken Conner, former president of the Family Research Council

"He continues to promote the interests of Michael Schiavo by refusing Terri the right to independent counsel, a right which even serial killers like Ted Bundy received." - Bonnie Chernin Rogoff, GOPUSA.com

"If the proceedings that led up to the execution of serial-killer Ted Bundy had been handled in the same way, Bundy's conviction would have been overturned." - Florida State Sen. Daniel Webster

"If we accord that right to someone like John Wayne Gacy or Ted Bundy, shouldn't we give at least equal protection to someone with a disability, charged with no crime, who is at risk of being starved and dehydrated to death?" - conservativealerts.com

"This legislation ensures that individuals like Terri Schiavo are guaranteed the same legal protections as convicted murderers like Ted Bundy."- Traditional Values Coalition

“Martinez Aide Wrote Schiavo Memo”, Keith Epstein, Tampa Tribune, Apr 7, 2005

“A senior aide to freshman Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez has admitted to writing an unsigned incendiary memo listing the political advantages for Republicans of intervening in the Terri Schiavo case, Martinez said Wednesday night.
Martinez said he passed along the ``now-infamous memo'' to Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa…”

Seriously, no one is surprised by the callous manipulation of the truth or cold exploitation of human suffering for personal and political gain this incident displays. That's part of the republican credo. The surprising thing is that Martinez was caught. Of course he was all too ready to throw his aide under a bus to save himself. What a coward.

It has been amusing watching your contortions over Mel Martinez's "Memo-gate". With moves like I'd think it would be relatively easy for you to remove your head from your rectum. But a simple "Gee whiz! I guess I was wrong!" is beyond your powers.

Check your colon for polyps while you’re up there.