Monday, March 21, 2005
GOP facing blowback in Schiavo case
You play politics with peoples lives sometimes you'll get a bit of blowback.
For those of you who don't know, blowback is a CIA term of the negative unintended consequences of an operation.
Jax
Americans broadly and strongly disapprove of the intervention by Congress in the case of Terri Schiavo and most believe lawmakers are using her case for political gain, according to an ABC News poll published on Monday. Seventy percent deemed the congressional intervention inappropriate, while 67 percent said they believe lawmakers became involved in the Schiavo case for political advantage rather than the principles involved. . .
Sixty-three percent of those surveyed in the ABC poll said they support the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube. Among two core Republicans constituencies, 54 percent of conservatives said they support removal of the tube, while evangelical Protestants divide about evenly with 46 percent support. According to the poll, conservatives and evangelicals also were more likely to support federal intervention in the case, although the support did not reach a majority in either group. (Link)
For those of you who don't know, blowback is a CIA term of the negative unintended consequences of an operation.
Jax
Americans broadly and strongly disapprove of the intervention by Congress in the case of Terri Schiavo and most believe lawmakers are using her case for political gain, according to an ABC News poll published on Monday. Seventy percent deemed the congressional intervention inappropriate, while 67 percent said they believe lawmakers became involved in the Schiavo case for political advantage rather than the principles involved. . .
Sixty-three percent of those surveyed in the ABC poll said they support the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube. Among two core Republicans constituencies, 54 percent of conservatives said they support removal of the tube, while evangelical Protestants divide about evenly with 46 percent support. According to the poll, conservatives and evangelicals also were more likely to support federal intervention in the case, although the support did not reach a majority in either group. (Link)
