Can you say "boondoggle"?
The amazing thing is that 99% of the morons who voted for this don't know jack squat about what "stem-cell research" is. They have no good reason to believe that it is useful, or has potential, or anything. They have vague foggy idiotic notions that it would have saved Christopher Reeve's life or something. ALL they REALLY know about it is that Bush doesn't want it.
And that's all they needed to know! "If Bush doesn't want it, let's fund it with 6 billion dollars we can't afford!" It's amazing.
Just think of the reverse-psychology opportunities here... ;-)
=== ALL they REALLY know about it is that Bush doesn't want it.
Except for himself.
"Do as I say, not as I do."