Courts in Florida have received expert testimony from prominent neurosurgeons and neurologists throughout the country, ... The evidence provided by a standard of clear and convincing evidence is that it is Mrs. Schiavo's wish that she not be allowed to continue in a persistent vegetative state |
distorted our system of justice in a politically inspired witch hunt that rivals McCarthyism in its sinister purpose, that asked mothers to betray daughters, Secret Service officers to betray their highest charge, and lawyers to betray their clients, dead or alive. All in search of a crime to justify five years of work and more than $40 million of taxpayer's money. |
Hundreds of people made phone calls to my offices and to other offices in the county complaining they didn't understand the ballot -- that Al Gore's name was second on the ballot but his punch hole was third, which is entirely illegal under election law in Florida and it made it a puzzle rather than a ballot. |
I think the Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic church have done a lot to change people's interest in Judaism. They're hearing from churches that it's a way to enhance their own faith. |
If the Florida courts had found in favor of Terri Schiavo's parents, would we be here this evening? I suspect not. |
If this bill passes, this Congress is saying that the court system of Florida will lose its long jurisdiction of history in this matter and others like it, and the jurisdiction of the federal court will be substituted, |
If you are sick of all Monica, all Monica all the time, you ain't seen nothing yet, |
Is there a single shred of evidence that suggests this president took the money, knew what he was doing and then said 'send the missiles, send the satellites to be on the missiles because of the money?' ... Not a single shred of evidence. It's treasonous, they say, without a single shred of evidence. |
It is shameful that Republicans in Congress are pushing legislation that guarantees their gun-dealing cronies receive special treatment and are above the law. |
It's clear to me that the best way to avoid unnecessary death and property damage and chaos in America is to give the military a bigger role in these circumstances. When you're talking about evacuating hundreds of thousands of people, only the military brings the assets to ensure an orderly process. The military needs to be engaged. |
Last year, when the president's election was in question, his response to the hurricanes in the swing state of Florida was tremendously fast, ... Where was he in the immediate aftermath for the Gulf Coast? Where were the trucks of food? |
remind all voters coming in that they are to vote only for one presidential candidate and that they are to punch a hole next to the arrow next to the number next to the candidate they wish to vote for. |
That's really what helped persuade me that I really have no business in a race like that. I have friends on all sides, |
The American presence in Iraq cannot be permanent, nor can it be long lasting. The goal must be to reduce troop levels as soon as humanly possible. |
The U.S. Supreme Court, with the help of the Republican Party, ran out the clock. But they didn't run out the clock on Democrats, they ran out the clock on democracy, |