Searching For The Real Killer

There's been a lot of screechy whoopin' lately about the results of Terri Schiavo's, autopsy (summary), most of which has centered around Bill Frist's incompetent hypocrisy. That is as it should be. Frist, after all, is Senate Majority Leader – it's our civic duty to parse out, dissect, discuss, and subject to withering scrutiny and ridicule every public statement he makes. We, as grumpy citizens of democracy, are supposed to have politically biased opinions upon which rest the very fates of every elected official in the land. Generally speaking, this should not be a two-way street. Elected officials aren't supposed to launch politically biased attacks on ordinary citizens… well, at least not against ordinary citizens who are guiltless. Unfortunately, nobody is 100% guiltless; therefore we are occasionally saddled with a government-instigated witch hunt. A political hatchet-job on a President may be irritating, but a political hatchet-job on a private citizen can be a national disgrace (i.e. McCarthyism). Which brings me to Michael Schiavo. Now, with respect to the relentless attacks that have been leveled at this guy for years, most of the mudslinging has remained safely ensconced within the vile confines of right-wingery. Since Terri Schiavo's heart stopped, however, the crazies are taking their bloodlust mainstream:

'His goal is to find safe housing because of […] death threats,' said a friend, Alan Shoopak. 'It's not over. Unfortunately, it's just beginning.'

No kidding:

Gov. Jeb Bush asked a prosecutor Friday to investigate why Terri Schiavo collapsed 15 years ago, calling into question how long it took her husband to call 911 after he found her.

This is insane. There's no evidence at all that Michael Schiavo did anything wrong, yet the crazies have somehow convinced the Governor to make idiotic statements in an attempt to whip up suspicion. The U.S. Congress disgraced itself when it took up the "case" of Terry Schiavo, which apparently inspired the State of Florida to gin up an even sillier capstone to the affair. Is there some way we can amputate Florida?

(Gracias Mr. Blood)

ADDENDUM: That the Governor's suspicions were proven irrelevant by the autopsy is kind of beside the point, what with the GOP's immunity to reality.