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March 28, 2005
LA Times Hit Piece: DeLay in the Crosshairs
After reading and posting on what I thought was a decent and fair article from the LA Times on Jim Wallis, my jaw about dropped when I read this article from the paper that asserts hypocrisy on the part of Tom DeLay regarding both his leadership in federalizing the Terri Schiavo case and his push for tort reform.
The article starts:
CANYON LAKE, Texas — A family tragedy that unfolded in a Texas hospital during the fall of 1988 was a private ordeal — without judges, emergency sessions of Congress or the debate raging outside Terri Schiavo's Florida hospice.DeLay’s father was in a terrible accident that left him severely brain damaged and on full life support, but DeLay consented when his family decided it was time to pull the plug.
The article continues with this jab:
And DeLay is among the strongest advocates of keeping the woman, who doctors say has been in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years, connected to her feeding tube. DeLay has denounced Schiavo's husband, as well as judges, for committing what he calls "an act of barbarism" in removing the tube.to let his father die. (emphasis added)
In 1988, however, there was no such fiery rhetoric as the congressman quietly joined the sad family consensus
The article’s authors include a token quote from a spokesman for DeLay who tried to said that the situations were not comparable, but the LA Times reporters inserted quickly pointed out the broad similarities in the cases. Further on in the article, the Times is sure to note that the DeLay family filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the tram equipment that killed DeLay’s father, but that the Representative “since has taken a leading role promoting tort reform, wants to rein in trial lawyers to protect American businesses from what he calls ‘frivolous, parasitic lawsuits’ that raise insurance premiums and ‘kill jobs.’” The family settled for what is said to be $250,000 and DeLay is said to have given his portion to his mother. The
The article ended with a nice interview with DeLay’s mother:
Like her son,Is it not important to the LA Times that DeLay’s father’s organs were failing and was on full life support as opposed to needing only a feeding tube? Mr. DeLay was dying – Terri is not. Is it not relevant that Mr. Schiavo has abandoned his wife and is engaged to another woman with whom he has lived for years and has two children? And perhaps the most basic and pertinent distinction missed in this LA Times hit piece on DeLay: There is no among Terri's family about her wishes, chance for recovery, or what should be done with her; but with DeLay, there was not a single dissenting family member.she believed there might be hope for Terri Schiavo's recovery. That's what made her family's experience different, she said. Charles had no hope.” "There was no chance he was ever coming back," she said. (emphasis added)
Outrage.
Posted by Rick at March 28, 2005 11:59 PM