“I find it opportunistic to use the death of someone like Christopher Reeve — I think it is shameful — in order to mislead the American people. We should be offering people hope, but neither physicians, scientists, public servants or trial lawyers like John Edwards should be offering hype.

“It is cruel to people who have disabilities and chronic diseases, and, on top of that, it’s dishonest. It’s giving false hope to people, and I can tell you as a physician who’s treated scores of thousands of patients that you don’t give them false hope.” — Bill Frist; October 12, 2004

Michelle Malkin doesn’t let the “facts” get in the way of uncovering a liberal media bias in the Terri Schiavo Affair.

Capable of saying “Mommy” and “Help me.” And of “getting the feeling she’s falling” or getting “excited,” in her husband’s own testimony, when her head is not held properly.

Apologies to The Rick Emerson Show, who took this from somewhere else, but this debate over such matters all goes back to:

Let’s look at the polling data: over here.

“Do you think this case ought to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, or not?”

“Regardless of your preferences in the Schiavo case, do you think it is appropriate or inappropriate for Congress to get involved in this way?”

Appropriate: 27% Inappropriate: 70% Unsure: 3%

“Do you think the political leaders who are trying to keep Schiavo alive are more concerned about her and the principles involved, or more concerned about using her case for political advantage?” Options rotated

Schiavo/Principles: 19%; Political Advantage: 67%; Both: 4%; Other: 3%; Unsure: 7%.

I saw a poll result that shot up to over 85% somewhere. The poll result brought to mind the polls showing that, circa September 2001 — by god, a massive majority of Americans support a military mission into Afghanistan! Which means, Tod Koppell and such media figures should be prefacing interviews and spotlights on the likes of Randall Terry, Pat Buchannan, John Edward (!!!), and Michelle Malkin with the same sort of disclaimer they provided, say, an Arundhati Roy:

“Some of you, many of you, are not going to like what you hear tonight. You don’t have to listen. But if you do, you should know that dissent sometimes comes in strange packages.”

Let’s get back into the groove here, people!

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