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Republican PR Machine Trounces Dems on Schiavo Issue

The Schiavo issue certainly is politically motivated, says O'Dwyer PR.[Subscription required.] "But from a PR standpoint, the well-oiled Republican communications machine once again steamrolled over the hapless Democrats."

Rabbi Marc Gellman, who writes an ethics column for Newsweek, told O'Dwyer's the Schiavo case represents an abortion rights, capital punishment and assisted-suicide "trifecta."

Republicans have seen this case as a photo op. And yet both Hilary Clinton and Chuck Schumer declined to vote on the issue. Talk about wimping out.

Hopefully, this dreadful interference in a family matter by the government makes clear to everyone in the U.S. that it is necessary to have both a Living Will AND a Healthcare Proxy who agrees to make medical decisions that abide by your wishes if you can't speak for yourself. The time to set those up is today!

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BL Ochman | Mar 23 05 12:46 | TrackBack (0)

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I'd have to respectfully disagree.

I can't see how this has been anything but a PR nightmare for the Republican party. I think that's been demonstrated by the uncanny speed with which the president has distanced himself from the issue beginning a few days ago.

It's pitted traditional "Barry Goldwater" conservatives who believe in states rights and federalism against the fundamentalist Christian activists that the party depends on to win elections.

This is the first major issue in quite some time where the Democratic party has been lucky enough to be able sit on the sidelines while the Republican party wages war with itself.

Posted by: Esoos Bobnar at March 25, 2005 2:35 PM

Agree completely with Esoos. I don't know how anybody with even a vegetative pulse on politics and conventional wisdom does not see this as a major GOP implosion...especially in light of news of DeLay's own personal and private decision to pull the plug on his daddy.

Posted by: Manny Mota at March 27, 2005 11:14 PM

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