It might be months later, but it doesn’t look like a certain husband has forgiven the lawmakers who helped create the three-ring Terri Schiavocircus:
Terri Schiavo’s widower launched a political action committee on Wednesday aimed at defeating elected officials he accused of exploiting a tragedy for political gain by trying to block court orders that allowed his brain-damaged wife to die.
Michael Schiavo said in a news release that the group, TerriPAC, would raise money to campaign against members of Congress, mostly Republicans, who drafted and voted for legislation to intervene in the case.
Among Republicans it is targeting are Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas.
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“I was a lifelong Republican before Republicans pushed the power of government into my private family decisions,” Schiavo said in a statement. “And it is not so simple to forget those politicians who shamelessly sought to squeeze political leverage out of my family’s most emotional hour.”