Republicans and their spinwits denied that Schiavo was a political issue, but then a staffer for Republican Senator Martinez admitted to circulating the infamous Schiavo Memo caliming that Schiavo was a great political issue.

Then when the general public backlashed against the Republilcans over Schiavo, the Republicans are running for cover.

Howard Dean is not pulling any punches, calling the Republicans Theocrats.

Republicans seem to know that the moderate voters do not like theocrats, yet they keep acting like theocrats as they exert their awesome power while in control of Congress and the White House.

Go get ‘em Howie!

The excerpt below is from a DailyKOS thread, referencing an LaTimes article about Howie attacking over the Schiavo case, using the T-word.

Daily Kos :: When Democrats attack:

“Dean, a practicing physician until he became governor of Vermont in 1991, added: ‘The issue is: Are we going to live in a theocracy where the highest powers tell us what to do? Or are we going to be allowed to consult our own high powers when we make very difficult decisions?’

And then there’s this bonus zinger:

Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, said Dean’s ‘outrageous remarks help underscore why Dean is the leader of the minority party.’

‘Terri Schiavo was never about partisan politicking, but instead about a woman’s life,’ she said.

The legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Florida) resigned this month after acknowledging he had written a memo calling the Schiavo case ‘a great political issue’ for Republicans.’