Here's a comparison of the two cases, the first of the woman he mocked, the second the man he decided to save:
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"This next story also offends my Christian sensibilities. There once was a young girl named Karla Faye Tucker who lived in Houston. Her mother was a drug addict, who prostituted her out in order to feed her habit when she was only twelve. Her mother subsequently died at an early age, leaving her only a tattered photo to remember her by. Her mother may have had her faults, but she was the only mother this child ever knew and Karla still loved her. One night when she was in her twenties, her then boyfriend tore this photo to shreds and threw it her face. If that was not enough to push her over the edge, she later found another woman in her bed with her boyfriend. That’s when she took an ax to both of them. But that’s not where this story ends.
She was put on death row and became a model prisoner. She converted to Christianity and became a warrior for Christ. She converted many others to Christianity, especially those who had lost all hope and lived in the darkest conditions of humanity of the Texas prison system. So great was her love for Jesus and her ability to convert others that the prison chaplain became quite taken with her. Even though glass would always separate them, he still fell in love with her and they were subsequently married. This is one of the most tragic love stories I have ever heard.
When it came time for her execution she begged then Governor Bush to commute her death sentence, so she could continue God’s calling to convert others to Christ and save their souls in his name. This should have been one time when he could have spared some compassion, he usually reserves only for the “haves and the have mores”. For a true Christian, there is no higher calling than saving lost souls to be redeemed by Christ. What kind of Christian wouldn’t move heaven and earth to save one this worthy? Bush ignored her plea to commute her death sentence. When the time came for her execution, she was at peace with her maker, and willingly jumped up in the gurney unassisted, knowing she was about to meet him. She may have been a sinner, but she was still a Christian in the truest sense of the word. She now holds the distinction of being the first woman put to death in the State of Texas.
That same week something else happened that defies comprehension. Bush commuted the death sentence of Henry Lee Lucas, one of the worst serial killers of all time and the epitome of evil incarnate. This man killed his own mother. He murdered many other women. He was caught red handed in North Texas with his final kill. She was identified only as “orange socks” in the police reports. That was all she was wearing when she was found. Henry Lee Lucas was convicted and put on death row, of course. But why of all people, did George Bush commute this man’s death sentence to let him die of natural causes....
Bush has told church audiences that God wants him to be president. When Tim Russert asked him if he consulted with his father, the world’s expert on invading Iraq, he admitted he did not because God told him to invade Iraq as well."
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The above is from the Bushes Against Bush site. These stories are widely known, however, and many confirmations of the descriptions here are available. Google key words, if you're interested. |
