Bush Right on Stem Cells

President Bush's veto was exactly right. It's not often that this president does the right thing at the right time, but this one is good, no matter what Fox New's Susan Estrich claims. Of course, Ms. Estrich fills her story with lies and half-truths.

Why is Bush right? Because the veto was for spending federal cash. That's about all I need to know. It doesn't block ANY research by ANY person ANYWHERE. The veto simply stops spending federal money on researching on "unwanted" humans. The debate should have been about how many people we should kill to save others, but instead it was actually just about how much money to SPEND on killing some people to save others. But let's peek at Ms. Estrich's opinion, shall we?

[you may] favor the very modest legislation now passed by Congress to allow somewhat greater support for embryonic stem-cell research. The legislation, that is, that President Bush vetoed.

Modest? A bill authorizing a literal unlimited amount of money for research is modest? A bill that allows killing of human life for research purposes is modest? Nice try to frame the debate. With that type of writing, the Klan and Hezbullah are "mainstream."

Why would a president whose popularity ratings are at historic lows veto legislation supported by close to three-quarters of the country

It's called morals. If three-quarters of the member of a room wanted to rape and kill someone, would it be okay simply because three-quarters of the room wanted it? Just because a lot of people support something doesn't make it right. Shall we drag out slavery once again?

If you can find a principle here, good luck.

I can. It's called life and respect for life. Ms. Estrich, how many people are you willing to kill for others? For example, let's say I can get you the cure for cancer. How many people are you willing to kill for that cure? No, I'm not asking how many would be willing to give their life -- but how many are you willing to sacrifice against their will?

If it's even one, you put no value on life. Sure, if I could give my own life to cure cancer, I'd do it. But if you're willing to kill someone in cold blood who doesn't want to die just so you can save someone else, that's wrong. That shows the value one places on human life and its scary how many people are willing to kill to save others.

So why isn’t the president making that choice? Politics. Conservative, right-wing, “I need to make my base happy and they’re not happy and I’m not strong enough to say 'No' to them” politics.

Oh, please. Do you honestly think Bush is doing anything for his base? He hasn't done anything for them in the past 5-1/2 years, why would he start now? In case you didn't know it, he can't run for election again.

When youÂ’re strong, you can speak for the whole country, reach out to the middle, go for the 60 percent or even 70 percent solution. When youÂ’re weak, you have to retreat, secure the base first,

Sorry, you're way out there on this one. Speaking for the majority doesn't make you strong, in fact it makes you weak! It takes no fortitude to agree with the majority, even when they're wrong. It takes a strong man with strong morals to disagree with the majority when you know you're right.

As a democrat, I should be pleased. As someone with close friends who fight diseases which might be helped by stem-cell research, I cannot help but be saddened.

Indeed, as a Democrat, you're pleased any time you can attack the president for anything. That's your party platform. If you're saddened, you're either ill-informed or a moron. How about I list all the diseases that have been cured with stem-cell research:

Yup, that's it. How about how many diseases and ailments that even have anything in human clinical trials as a result of stem cell research:

Right again. Nothing. The reason this research needs to be funded by the government is because NO ONE ELSE WILL DO IT. Why? Because there's nothing there! Why don't we research how well I can cure bad driving with liquid oxygen? Because there's no actual proof that this research will have ANY effect on ANY ailments at all, no matter what you claim. If this were the wonder-cure that you claim, every single drug research facility in the world would be using them and coming up with cures. They're not.

The sad fact is the primary reason Democrats really supported this bill was twofold:
1. It gave them an excuse and a reason to further reduce the value of human life, making abortion even more "required" in their eyes.
2. It increased federal spending, which is what Democrats want more than anything (other than control, of course).

President Bush, thank you for doing the right thing this time.

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