Speaking about Terri Schiavo, Bush said”This is an extraordinary and sad case,” as he hosted Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mexican President Vicente Fox for talks on trade and border security.”
“And I believe that in a case such as this, the legislative branch, the executive branch ought to err on the side of life, which we have. And now we’ll watch the courts make its decisions. But we look at all options from the executive branch perspective,” said Bush.
Err on the side of life? Since when has Bush wanted to “err on the side of life”?
As of 7:30pm EDT, December 7, 2000, 152 people have been executed during Bush’s tenure as governor. This makes Texas Governor George W. Bush the most-killing Governor, in the history of the United States of America.
Need another example of Bush’s sensitivity to life?
Although he said he was anguished by the decision, in an interview in Talk magazine, writer Tucker Carlson described Bush mimicking the woman’s final plea for her life. “‘Please,’ Bush whimpers, his lips pursed in mock desperation, ‘don’t kill me.’”