New attorneys maneuver to save Terri Schiavo

(From WorldNetDaily)

Yesterday came the definitive news that Terri Schindler-Schiavo is not in a coma, and is as interactive as you can be if you've merely forgotten how to speak. Today, the new lead counsels for Robert and Mary Schindler, Terri's parents, have introduced a new wrinkle: that Terri Schindler-Schiavo has never once had anyone to speak specifically for her, apart from either her husband or her parents. Actually, the only sense in which this wrinkle is "new" is that no one else has troubled to make this argument. In fact, the argument was long overdue.

The other thing that the new attorneys have done--a testament to their excellence at their chosen profession--is to attack Michael Schiavo's contention that his wife once told him that she would never want to be on "life support." First, as I said before, Michael Schiavo is the only witness--and because he has a Lorenzo Tonti-like interest in seeing her declared dead, anything he says along that line is automatically suspect and would require independent corroboration--of which I have seen none. And second--and here's the kicker--back when she is alleged to have made those statements, a feeding tube did not fall under the heading of "life support."

The third argument that the new attorneys have made is one I've seen before, but which which I agree: that the courts have exceeded their lawful and Constitutional authority and frankly run roughshod over Terri's rights. The one argument that the new lawyers haven't made is one that they probably can't: that these same judges are all suffused with a mind-set that conceives of a fate worse than death, and that regards life as cheap. Another argument that they probably can't make--because they can't afford the sort of private detective you often see in the movies or on TV--is that no one adequately investigated Terri's initial collapse. So how do we know whether or not Michael Schiavo might be guilty of attempted murder, as he is demonstrably guilty of adultery? (Where is Joe Mannix when you really need him? Sorry--wrong coast.)

Stay tuned, sportsfans--because this case could have implications for you, too, and in ways you might never imagine.