Greeley Tribune letter

Greeley Tribune letter:

Musgrave is shameful

Letters to Editor
August 22, 2006

In my profession, factual accuracy and intellectual integrity is everything, in both teaching and scholarship. This is why it is shameful that Marilyn Musgrave represents the students, staff, and faculties of Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado.

Despite her confessed ignorance of medical science and Terri Schiavo's clinical condition, she took to the floor of Congress last year to declare, "When we talk about a permanent vegetative state, I am offended by that. Terri smiles and acknowledges the people that love her when they come to see her. She cries when they leave. How heartless are we to call somebody like Terri Schiavo a vegetable? What are we thinking?" Never mind the medical facts, or the overwhelming public sentiment that family members rather than extremist politicians should make end-of-life decisions. Musgrave apparently knows best and will continue to vote for laws that shred our families' privacy and dignity.

Family, friends, and acquaintances of mine around the country shake their heads in amazement that a well-educated citizenry with two premier Colorado universities has sent Musgrave to Congress not once, but twice. Let's not do it again.

Ann M. Little, Greeley