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Thanks for asking!
David “The Lion’s Share” Frum asks:
Did Maureen Dowd of the New York Times really compare Terri Schiavo to the corpse in the weird-teen comedy, “Weekend with Bernie?” [sic]
The answer is:
The scene on Capitol Hill this past week has been almost as absurdly macabre as the movie “Weekend at Bernie’s,” with Tom DeLay and Bill Frist propping up between them this poor woman in a vegetative state to indulge their own political agendas.
We copy and paste, you decide.
B.R. said,
March 24, 2005 at 22:07
“There may be a 70% majority in favor of letting a loving, caring husband remove a feeding tube from a vegetative wife. But let American women get the idea that Schiavo cared a lot more about his $700,000 malpractice award than he did about Terri ? and that majority will flip fast.”
Shorter David Frum: the best way to get people to agree with us is to lie about Michael Schiavo and insinuate he’s a gold-digger who tried to strangle his wife.
olexicon said,
March 24, 2005 at 22:10
Man David “my mother is a saint but i’m a smug ass” Frum needs his canadian citizenship revoked on the grounds that he’s a war criminal or something
B.R. said,
March 24, 2005 at 22:15
Oh, and I’d be remiss to not point out this dandy from Adam Graham:
“President Bush talks about a respect for human life in terms that make us think Christ’s return may come sooner.”
Actually, I agree with him- when I hear Bush talk, I think about the apocalypse too.
Andrew A. Gill said,
March 24, 2005 at 23:35
The answer is, sadly, Yes!
Or rather, Awesomely, Yes!
d said,
March 25, 2005 at 3:13
not directly, but it sure sounds like she did. and god bless her for it. just cause frum sucks at the same teat as those clows grandstanding with this schaivo thing, doesn’t mean maureen wasn’t right in her analogy.
SP said,
March 25, 2005 at 16:15
Isn’t it “Weekend at Bernie’s” anyway? Jesus, this guy could use culture tips from Doug Giles.
George Johnston said,
March 25, 2005 at 16:18
So is Frum proposing a corollary to Godwin’s Law? Is he saying the first pundit to mention “Weekend at Bernie’s” loses the argument?
Vestal Vespa said,
March 25, 2005 at 23:43
I made this analogy the other day . . . my mom was shocked and gasped at first, but then agreed. “They’re dragging her around like they own her, like she’s a ventriloquist dummy,” she said.
Go mom.
raj said,
March 27, 2005 at 18:07
Dowd’s comparison is precisely spot on.
And Mrs. Schiavo’s parents are ghouls.