Posted on 10/11/2004 8:17:31 AM PDT by The_Victor
SANTA FE, United States (AFP) - Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) hailed actor Christopher Reeve "America's hero," and vowed to keep up the campaign for stem cell research championed by the man known best as "Superman." In a statement released here, Kerry said he considered Reeve, who died Sunday nine years after being paralyzed from the neck down, a friend.
"He was an inspiration to all of us and gave hope to millions of Americans who are counting on the life-saving cures that science and research can provide.
"He met every challenge with a courage and character that broke new ground in this struggle," Kerry said.
Reeve was one of the country's leading actors when his horse threw him during a riding competition in Virginia. He suffered two broken cervical vertebrae and damage to the spinal cord that left him unable to breathe without a respirator.
Reeve was best known at the time for his leading role in four "Superman" films in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
He went on to become an outspoken advocate for controversial research with embryonic stem-cells which has become an issue in the US presidential election.
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) allowed federal money to be spent on research using only existing stem cell lines. Kerry supports broader stem-cell research.
Well I'm pretty sad too. Do I get to be president? Oh wait, I didn't serve in Vietnam. : (
I expect this to come up in the next debate.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Kerry got the news of Reeve's death. Did he hang up and shout "YES!"? Did he dance a little jig? Did he excitedly phone McAuliffe with the news? Noone but Mama T knows...
Kerry, couldn't you resist the impulse to politics just this once, you butthead?! Reeve didn't need stem cell research - he was Superman!
Senator Kerry, You're no Superman.
I bet he blames Bush for the death during Wednesday's debates.
I hope it does. Then W can tell sKerry that he has never opposed private research; only government funding.
he won't have to; I bet he gets the grieving widow or children to drop the bomb.
and it's Bush's fault...
The press is going to Deify Reeve. It was an accident of his own making and because he was so wealthy he could afford to do much more than the average person who would find themselves in that tragic situation. People die everyday of his horrible circumstance. I just hate it when the Press goes overboard when a celebrity dies. It's just a pet peeve of mine.
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In the LOVE's White Light again...
http://www.SomeWhereinTime.tv
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I dare the 'rats to hold a memorial service.
Count on it. The Democrats are desperate to regain the WH.
Yep. This thing needs to be explained to the public. The Dims continually scream that Bush "banned" stem cell research. And the sheeple believe them.
That knowledge would kill me.
POSSBILE JFK assertion: "Stem cell research could have cured the curse of kryptonite poisoning!"
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JOHN KERRY = Enemy of Vietnam Vets
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1320
...and of Freedom-Loving people everywhere.
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Certainly a ground-breaking concept for you, Senator Sominex.
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