# Is Terri Schiavo still a hot topic for republicans? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 4, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-terri-schiavo-still-a-hot-topic-for-republicans/402788 "2007-05-04T18:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-terri-schiavo-still-a-hot-topic-for-republicans/402788/41 "2007-05-05T22:12:34Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Gracefully. [/QUOTE] No, conveniently. If she’s under 18, she has “an old soul”. If she’s over 50, she’s “a young soul”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-terri-schiavo-still-a-hot-topic-for-republicans/402788/42 "2007-05-05T23:39:48Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] I’m going to bet that all it did was show the RR that they need to expend more effort stacking the courts. -Joe [/QUOTE] I wasn’t going to jump into this thread, but I have to say ditto to this. Pat Roberson’s - excuse me, I mean Regent University’s - law school exists for a reason. Wouldn’t want all of those God fearing graduates to go to waste after all. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-terri-schiavo-still-a-hot-topic-for-republicans/402788/43 "2007-05-06T01:12:14Z")
[QUOTE=lekatt] You can forgive an incident like the murder of Terri, but you can’t forget it. It will be around a long time, especially among us older people. [/QUOTE] Yeah. . .and there’s a distinct upside to older people being, well, older. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-terri-schiavo-still-a-hot-topic-for-republicans/402788/44 "2007-05-06T01:36:23Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] I wasn’t going to jump into this thread, but I have to say ditto to this. Pat Roberson’s - excuse me, I mean Regent University’s - law school exists for a reason. Wouldn’t want all of those God fearing graduates to go to waste after all. [/QUOTE] Uh, yes we would. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-terri-schiavo-still-a-hot-topic-for-republicans/402788/45 "2007-05-06T01:46:50Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] Pat Roberson’s - excuse me, I mean Regent University’s - law school exists for a reason. [/quote] Right. To keep the world filled with people (and I use the term very loosely) who wouldn’t know reality if it bit them square on the ass. Well, and provide amusement for everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-terri-schiavo-still-a-hot-topic-for-republicans/402788/46 "2007-05-06T03:12:16Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] I wasn’t going to jump into this thread, but I have to say ditto to this. Pat Roberson’s - excuse me, I mean Regent University’s - law school exists for a reason. Wouldn’t want all of those God fearing graduates to go to waste after all. [/QUOTE] Just to be clear, I was being sarcastic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-terri-schiavo-still-a-hot-topic-for-republicans/402788.md?page=2)