First the strangness that's Michael Jackson gets acquitted, and now the other circus event of 2005, the Terri Schiavo debacle comes to a close with the release of the autopsy results today.
An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday. It also found no evidence that she was strangled or otherwise abused.
So in one paragraph, the Schindler's entire case gets tossed where it belonged from day one...in the shitter. I'm guessing that the science-averse christo-fascisti will come to some other conclusion, finding some quack pathologist-for-hire to offer a differing "faith-based" opinion of the autopsy results.
In fact, I half-expect someone out in southcentral wingnuttia to postulate that the brain tissue found was placed there by cherubim to decieve the coroner after death. Within hours that'll become the tru-believer wingnut talking point, because you know, there are those videos of her watching a balloon, so how could she be blind? And no one could survive with only 600 grams of brain tissue...why that's just a
miracle.
Look for images of Terri Schiavo to appear on Freeway overpasses, grilled cheese sandwiches and the odd farmers-market root vegetable over the coming years...I wonder if Tom Delay will see her image on his cell wall?
posted by Jo Fish on 06.15.05 at 12:48 PM
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It ain't over until the Jeb Bush sings (flat and offkey as always): according to the NYT JB is seeking an "inquiry" into the varying times that Mr Schiavo may have called for help after Mrs Schiavo's fall 15 years ago. Can JB get more ghoulish? Jeebus!
posted by: Nina on 06.17.05 at 05:01 PM [permalink]
