Michael Schiavo On Larry King Live

[VeraMaria]

why him?? Why not her parents.

This guy who's trying to kill his wife will certainly not help terri, or public opinion regarding terri.

watch it and we'll discuss.

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

[Jake Huether]

That's just stupid!

Schiavo's husband, Michael, speaks out for the first time and takes your calls. Who should decide his wife's fate?

This isn't a friggin game show. Mikey just wants his moment of fame! He'll take your call!? Thats so stupid. It trivializes what is going on. The man is a sick adulterouse (attempting) murderer! And now he's making it some sort of publicity stunt.

The parents probably don't want to be on Larry King live because they know he'll tute the pro-death horn and make them look like geniuses. Mikey knows he'll look "cool" when he gets on.

He has power (over his wife's life), he will have money once she's dead, and now he wants fame (being on TV). What more could this guy ask for!?

Well, let's hope he chages and begins to store his riches in heaven. Cause he's putting a lot of stock in hells cheap pleasures.

I'd love to call in. But I don't have cable. :(

[VeraMaria]

can you watch it on cnn online like ewtn?? :blink:

[foundsheep]

Cant you call in on this show? We ought to all try. Maybe one will land on air?

(just re-posting from the double thread)

[Jake Huether]

can you watch it on cnn online like ewtn??

I'd love to, but the only computer I have is at work, and I leave at 3:30 pacific time. :(

[Norseman82]

Maybe we should call him and ask him if the real reason he wants his wife dead is for the insurance/settlement money so he can marry his adultery partner.....

[Anna]

I'm sure that on a program like Larry King Live, all the calls will be screened beforehand.

If they allowed anyone with a pro-life sentiment to voice his/her opinion, they'd choose one who sounds like a bloomin' wingnut.

hey......maybe I should call!

Let's pray that Michael Shiavo shows his true colors on this program, and that the viewers aren't at all fooled.

He may be doing Terri and her family a favor by "going public" with his pro-death agenda.

[littleflower+JMJ]

this is soo crazy.

i too hope his true colors show....

:angry:

[Jake Huether]

this is soo crazy.

i too hope his true colors show....

I'd like to make his "true colors" black and blue.

But then that wouldn't be very Christian... :rolleyes:

[Faithful heart]

I hope and pray everything turns out well for Terry and her family. Anna your picture is scary, cool, but scary.

[VeraMaria]

I'd like to make his "true colors" black and blue.

But then that wouldn't be very Christian...

Probably not....but it would be colorful!! :D

[geetarplayer]

"Vote now on CNN.com: If you cheat, should you tell your partner? (Yes/No)"

:ph34r:

-Mark

[foundsheep]

You know this guy is probably gonna use the crocidile tears to try to convince most of America hes doing it for her.

[geetarplayer]

On the Nth Degree: 74% of Americans believe in heaven. 71% believe in hell. 64% of Americans think they will go to heaven, but only .5% think they will go to hell.

-Mark

[littleflower+JMJ]

so what happened?

anyone know?

:unsure:

[jmjtina]

does anyone know what happened? Did anyone watch?

[Jake Huether]

bump. I wanna know what went down.

[Jake Huether]

TAMPA, Fla. - A man involved in a bitter dispute with his in-laws over whether his brain-damaged wife should be kept alive says money and the influence of conservative political causes motivates her parents to block his battle to let her die.

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Reuters

Slideshow: Terri Schiavo

In his first interview since the latest round of legal fighting in the highly publicized case, Michael Schiavo said Monday on CNN's "Larry King Live" that he continues to fight to end his wife's life because her wishes were not to be kept alive artificially.

"This is Terri's wish," he said of the removal of her feeding tube. "And I am going to follow that if this is the last thing I can do for Terri."

Terri Schiavo, 39, has been in a persistent vegetative state since 1990 when a chemical imbalance, brought on by an eating disorder, caused her heart to stop and deprived her brain of oxygen.

Her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, believe their daughter could be rehabilitated and dispute the husband's contention that she did not want to be kept alive artificially.

Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed for six days earlier this month before the Florida Legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush enacted a special law to have it reinserted. The move touched off an international debate over the Schiavo case and right-to-die issues.

Terri Schiavo is being treated at a Pinellas Park hospice while her husband's attorney and the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) prepare to challenge the constitutionality of "Terri's Law." The first filings in that legal fight are due Wednesday.

Appearing less than an hour later on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Sustern," the attorney for the Schindlers countered that

Schiavo knew his wife never had end-of-life wishes.

"It's hard to know what to believe with him because he says whatever the occasion demands or what is in his financial interests," said the attorney, Pat Anderson.

Schiavo said his relationship with the Schindlers soured after he was awarded a 1993 medical malpractice claim of about $1 million. Schiavo says the settlement was awarded because doctors misdiagnosed Terri Schiavo's health problems.

He said after that, his father-in-law asked him for a share of the money, and he refused to give him any.

"He's always wanted the money," Schiavo said of Bob Schindler. "He wants the money. He wants the control."

Schiavo denied that he has withheld therapy from his wife, saying he once took her to California for an experimental therapy in which a stimulator was implanted in her brain. It didn't work, he said.

"Now, they (his in-laws) are being fed all this information by those right-to-life activists who are feeding their little flame," he said.

He also answered criticism that he has abandoned his wife for a longtime girlfriend with whom he has one child and another on the way. Schiavo said his girlfriend is supportive of his care for Terri Schiavo.

"I'm fortunate to have two women in my life that I love very much," he said. "My girlfriend right now has done more for Terri than her own mother did. She shopped for her. She washed her clothes."

(me) - I still can't get over the fact that he has a "girlfriend". Good Lord! Have mercy on us. Does anyone else think this is wrong. Or am I just ol' fashioned. I mean the guy is still married!!

Americans are idiots. Sorry. If we can't see through that line of carp. Yeah right. His "girlfriend" (adultery partner) "cares" for his wife. Hah! If she cared, then she would at least respect her enough to wait to sleep with her husband.

Rrrrrrr! The wrath of the Lord will not be held back much longer.

[CatholicAndFanatical]

Yea I agree with you Jake. Some Americans use freedom as an excuse for everything, its like were all fine and humble until someone steps on our supposide freedom, heaven forbid THAT would happen.

I personally think we have too much freedom in this country. Dont get me wrong, Id die for this country, I really do love America...but some of the people in it I dont like.

Its times like this when I wish we lived elsewhere, when a court system can force an innocent person to die in an inhumane way.

Did anyone actually watch the show last night? I am curious as to what the callers had to say. Did anyone bring up the fact that he is commiting adultery?

God Bless

[foundsheep]

This is down right disgusting. It would be diffrent if she was on a breathing machine or if she was brain dead. Thay want to "starve her to death". If you didnt feed someone your responsible for and they starved,that would be murder. Look at it this way you can spend a year in jail for starving a dog. This is pathetic.