Pretzel Logic

I found this letter in the "Muddled Thoughts" section on World Net Daily:

You folks amaze me with your pretzel logic. Kudos to Bush for flying back to D.C. to grandstand on the Schaivo case when he couldn't be bothered to disturb his vacation when over 130,000 people died (most women and children) in the tsunami. Oh, that's right, they weren't white, Christian and didn't have oil.

Ah, the typical left-loon baseless charge of racism. How strikingly original. Apparently, our dear author is incapable of distinguishing between American citizens, and citizens of foreign countries. I don't mean to sound callous, but is the president somehow responsible to people in India? Ms. Schiavo is a U.S. citizen, which means Mr. Bush has obligations to her, as her elected representative in the executive branch.

Do any of you know or care about the law that Bush signed as governor of Texas that allows a care facility to refuse or stop care to a patient (such as Schaivo) regardless of the families wishes? The only factor in their right to live or die is the families' ability to pay. This subjugates the patients' lives to the corporate bottom line. In the past month, a baby was pulled from life support despite his mother's wishes as a result of this law.

Assuming this information is correct, I'm thoroughly against such a law. But so what? This case doesn't involve G.W. Bush's capacity as governor, but as president. Nor are we talking about Texas, but Florida.

This is the America that you want? This is the compassionate Christian conservatism that you signed up for? To me this is the height of hypocrisy and shows how morally bankrupt these supposed Christian leaders truly are.

Now I agree with this part. These leaders are, indeed, morally bankrupt, for the most part. Furthermore, it's obvious that most are neither Christian nor conservative. So what is this guy saying? That we shouldn't get involved in Ms. Schiavo's murder by the state? If he has an actual point or counter solution, I don't see it.

"Compassionate conservative" is a nonsensical term, anyway, since it implies conservatives are cold-hearted monsters, without the qualifying adjective.