# The Terri Schaivo Political Action Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609 "2006-02-02T01:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/21 "2006-02-08T20:06:58Z")
> [@ITR champion](#): > > Conservative activists tried to murder Michael Schiavo, remember? A Google search found nothing like that (although there are gobs of blogs out there accusing Michael of attempted murder, though). Perhaps you are thinking of that _Law & Order_ episode? Sua ---
**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/22 "2006-02-08T20:45:02Z")
> [@Patty O'Furniture](#): > > Well I didn’t mean it to sound that way. I wondered out loud of there might be some hint of hypocracy, and said it could backfire on Dems but I guess I should have added that I hope it does not. The thrust of my OP was simply to bring up the existance of the PAC for discussion. boy, you sure (coulda’) fooled me… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/23 "2006-02-08T20:50:48Z")
> [@Michael Schiavo](#): > > The sanctity of marriage and personal privacy – the right to make life’s most personal decisions for ourselves and our families free from government interference – are fundamental freedoms and American beliefs that I hold dear. Wouldja look at that? A use of the phrase “sanctity of marriage” that’s actually refering to the sanctity of marriage. Never thought I’d see the day… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/24 "2006-02-08T20:52:10Z")
> [@SuaSponte](#): > > A Google search found nothing like that (although there are gobs of blogs out there accusing Michael of attempted murder, though). Perhaps you are thinking of that _Law & Order_ episode? > > Sua He did get death threats. As did his lawyer and several judges in the case. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/25 "2006-02-08T21:51:20Z")
> [@TR champion](#): > > Conservative activists tried to murder Michael Schiavo, remember? > [@SuaSponte](#): > > A Google search found nothing like that (although there are gobs of blogs out there accusing Michael of attempted murder, though). Perhaps you are thinking of that Law & Order episode? > [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > He did get death threats. As did his lawyer and several judges in the case. [Michael Schiavo in hiding after death threats](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/03/wschi03.xml) > [@](#): > > Terri Schiavo’s widower has gone into hiding because of the furore over his wife’s death and has sought police protection. > > Michael Schiavo, 41, is under guard three days after his disabled wife died from dehydration at a Florida hospice. [Michael Schiavo relative reports threat](http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/29/schiavo.threats/) > [@](#): > > PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) – Michael Schiavo’s sister-in-law said a man threatened to shoot her and her family if Terri Schiavo dies, Philadelphia police said Tuesday. > > . . . > > Joan Schiavo, who has testified over the years that Terri Schiavo would not have wanted to be kept alive in her condition, reported Monday evening that a white car drove by her Philadelphia-area home at 4:30 a.m., 5:10 a.m. and 7 a.m., when she was leaving to go to work, said Cpl. Jim Pauley, a police spokesman. > > During the last pass, Schiavo told police, the car stopped and the man inside yelled “murderer,” then added, “If Terri dies, I’m coming back to shoot you and your family.” [Man arrested for Michael Schiavo death threat](http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2005/3/25/75836.html) > [@](#): > > A man has been arrested and charged with offering a $250,000 reward for killing Michael Schiavo. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/26 "2006-02-09T00:23:55Z")
A death threat is not attempted murder. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/27 "2006-02-09T00:25:30Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > A death threat is not attempted murder. Sorry. But offering a reward for someone’s death **is.** ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/28 "2006-02-09T00:37:56Z")
No, I think it’s solicitation or conspiracy to commit, not an actual attempt. ---
**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609/29 "2006-02-09T00:38:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > But offering a reward for someone’s death **is.** actually it is a completed solicitation to murder, as opposed to an attempted crime of murder…but let’s not quibble. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terri-schaivo-political-action-campaign/342609.md?page=1)