Interesting development. Michael Schiavo, who knows more about how intrusive and persistent the theocratic right-wingers are, endorsed Tim Kaine for Governor in Virginia:
Schiavo based his endorsement on responses from Kaine and Republican Jerry Kilgore during their Oct. 9 televised debate when asked if governors should intervene in disputes within families over discontinuing life support for a loved one.Mr. Schiavo sure does know firsthand how Republican officials were willing to involve themselves in the most important personal decisions a family can make. He might want to keep a close on the Scalito nomination. Nothing will be too private for a right wing courts packed with theocratic judges appointed by George Bush.
"I have seen firsthand what can happen when a governor disagrees with a single citizen. In Florida, Gov. Jeb Bush abused the power of his office in an attempt to replace my personal family decisions with his own opinions and political grandstanding," Schiavo wrote in a statement distributed by a Democratic consulting firm.
Conservatives vilified Schiavo for ordering the removal of the feeding tube that had sustained his wife for 15 years. In the resulting legal and ideological conflict, Congress, Jeb Bush and his brother, President Bush, all sought to have the tube reinserted. Terri Schiavo died March 31 after the tube was disconnected.
