Tag!! You're it!! Jeb passes baton to Coburn to keep Schiavo in the news

[CatWoman]

Coburn says Schiavo autopsy's inaccurate


Correction
This story incorrectly identified U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn’s medical training. Coburn is a family practice physician specializing in obstetrics.



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OKLAHOMA CITY -- U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn challenged the accuracy of Terri Schiavo's autopsy Thursday, saying he has a copy of the Florida woman's medical file.

Coburn's comments came during the taping of a television show for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority in Oklahoma City. He was responding to questions from a panel of journalists, including a Tulsa World reporter and Terri Watkins, a reporter from KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City.

"I have on my desk a complete medical file of Terri Schiavo, and I would challenge the accuracy of many of the statements by people involved in that case in terms of her medical condition, and I would also challenge some of the autopsy findings based on what I have on my desk in Washington," Coburn said.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/EmailStoryDisplay.asp?ID=050708_Ne_A11_Cobur34631

[CatWoman]

1. and then there's this:

Washington Outlook


Independents Are Having Buyer's Remorse

The Schiavo case has led many swing voters to turn their backs on the GOP

Just nine months after giving George W. Bush the crucial swing votes he needed to best John Kerry, political independents are bolting out of the Republican Big Tent.

Angered by GOP meddling in the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case, reeling from record gasoline prices, and depressed by the escalating cycle of violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, unaligned voters are suddenly lining up with Democrats to give Bush the lowest ratings of his Presidency. The disenchantment extends beyond the White House to the GOP Congress: Only 31% of independents say Congress is in touch with their concerns, according to a June 14-15 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll.

Amid such dismal data, the only good news for Republicans is that the chronically disorganized Democrats have not convinced swing voters that they are any better -- at least not yet.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_29/c3943060_mz013.htm

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Maybe this guy

should know about that. Why are they beating a dead horse?

[Bouncy Ball]

2. OMG GIVE IT UP ALREADY!!!!

GEEZ, let the poor woman ALONE for the love of puppies and kittens!

If it weren't so pathetic and sad, I would laugh.

YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE SAYING THIS, everyone else has said "no evidence of abuse, she was insentient!"

You have to wonder about the mental stability of someone who would continue to carry this on in the face of a mountain range of evidence directly contradicting them, you know?

[BR_Parkway]

3. hmmm, violation of HIPPA? How'd you get that file Senator?

Did her legal representative say you could have it? If not, you're in violation of some laws.

and BTW - "Dr. Coburn returned to Muskogee where he specializes in family medicine, obstetrics and allergy. Dr. Coburn and his associates serve more than 15,000 patients for whom he has personally delivered almost 4,000 babies." how in the hell does that make you an expert of brain injuries?

[underpants]

5. That's exactly what I was thinking

How did he get ahold of someone's medical records?

[CatWoman]

7. I wonder if the husband can sue this guy?

:shrug:

[Norquist Nemesis]

"based on what I have on my desk in Washington"

Yeah, right. It's probably a threat letter from James Dobson co-signed by Randall Terry with a campaign contribution check stapled in the upper "Right" corner.

[Voltaire99]

4. Coming Soon: The Terry Schiavo Talking Animatronic

"(beep)...Don't let liberals kill me...(whirr)...I would vote Republican if I could...(beep)...How about a game of Monopoly after I fully recuperate?..."

[dogday]

6. It's a good thing she was cremated

otherwise they would be digging her up by now. Bless her heart, let her rest in peace.

[FreedomAngel82]

8. Again??

Oh good grief!!!!!!

[electron_blue]

10. hey - she's a useful distraction for Dubya's toolbox

good gawd. 10to1 she was resurrected as a distraction from the whole Rove, London bombing, and general terroristic mess going on righ tnow.