Jesse Jackson has publicly urged that Terri Schiavo be allowed to live. Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson, unanimous consent of the United States Senate, half the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives. Clearly: This isn’t a right versus left controversy, this is a matter of casting aside human rights in favor of dehumaninization.
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