TERRI SCHIAVO REACHING OUT FROM THE GRAVE FOR WRONG WING OPPORTUNISTS LIKE FRIST, DELAY AND THE NOTORIOUS BUSH BROTHERS

Matt Stoller over at MyDD has an excellent Q&A with Michael Schiavo about how he has just started a political action committee, TerriPac to help hold accountable the right-wing opportunists who wrecked the lives of his family in what amounted to an horrific made-for-tv tragedy, produced by neo-Nazi scumbags Bill Frist (waiting for indictment) and Tom DeLay (indicted on several counts, waiting for more indictments and for trials).

Before craven Republican politicians jackbooted their way into his family, Michael had always been a Republican. He's learned his lesson and has set his sites on his tormentors: extremist loons like Opus Dei fanatic Rick Santorum, DeLay, Frist and Bush's little fat brother Jeb, among others.

"The politicians," Michael told Stoller, "most of whom were Republicans, knew exactly what they were doing. There was even a printed memo from a U.S. Senator's office spelling out how to take political advantage of me and Terri. Even just a few days ago, Republican Congressman Chris Shays said what the Republicans did to my family was an 'embarrassment' and said it was 'designed to give Tom Delay a platform.' So, I believe it was a plan-- a design. Interfering with families' rights to make private, personal decisions shouldn't be any politician's platform. There are many good Republicans-- where I work, in my family and all over the place. And many of them were sickened by what they saw their party doing to the rights of individuals and families. But the people leading the Republican party in Washington D.C. and in Florida today aren't like the Republicans I know. The leaders of that Republican party are, in my opinion, out of touch, mean spirited and very selfish. To do what they did just so they can win re-election is the lowest kind of politics. And it cost them the support of at least this Republican. I have gotten hundreds of letters and emails from other Republicans who agree with me and many of them have joined me in leaving the party."