by Sasha F. Chavkin

Common Dreams

03/23/05

The intrusion of America's leading Republican politicians into the tragic dilemma facing Terri Schiavo and her family speaks volumes about how deeply they have become beholden to the religious right. Brushing aside time-honored advocacy for limited government and state sovereignty at the behest of a crass internal memo advertising a 'great political issue' that 'the pro-life base will be excited' about, Congressional Republicans and President Bush instead used the moment to pay Christian conservatives their most dramatic homage to date. ... The face of the theocon power brokers that hold the Republican Party in such thrall has up to the present been carefully shielded from the spotlight. ... Since Bush's re-election, they have openly been claiming their dues...

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0323-24.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp