Sorry boys and girls of the Congress. Our technology is not that far advanced.
Posted on 08/15/2005 5:29:37 AM PDT by OESY
I can't stand him.
Who would make a good replacement as Senate Majority Leader when Frist leaves the Senate?
Sorry boys and girls of the Congress. Our technology is not that far advanced.
So the complaint is that a doctor approached a medical research issue as a doctor rather than as a Washington politician?
I knew this was a Novak piece before even clicking on the link.
I'm coming to dislike most of the "old guard". A Westerner like John Kyl or John Ensign would be a nice change - the battleground for the GOP's future is going to be the West, since the South has been thoroughly conquered. But I'm not sure there is anyone in the Senate - with the possible exception of Tom Coburn - whose primary motivation isn't reading his own press clippings every morning. ;)
LOL!
Leni
While we may disagree, it is refreshing to see a Washington politician actually take a principled stand on an issue.
"...seldom has a Republican majority leader defied a Republican president..." should read NEVER! Frist apparently doesn't realize that if it weren't for Pres. Bush's victories, he wouldn't BE majority leader. But Novak, who is sounding more and more like the gossip columnist he is, doesn't mention the most galling fact in this back-stabbing incident. Frist called the NYT hours before he notified the President of his bomb shell. That alone should get him demoted to the broom closet.
Coburn would work for me too. Seems to be on the ball. But would he have the clout with others?
Good. Don't let the door hit you in the backside on your way out.
I could get it down to 2 words... but I'd get suspended again.
I believe Mitch McConnell is next up for the position.
It is not "new" as of July 2005 for Frist to support embryonic stem cell research. Frist hasn't changed his position. He does seem to have allowed the false impression to fester, that he was against ESCR - and he deserves to be knocked for that, but not for having a "new" or "changed" position on the issue.
Mr. FRIST. I strongly support embryonic stem cell research. As both a supporter and a scientist, I can tell you that this field remains in its earliest stages of basic research. At a hearing on stem cell research this fall, Secretary Thompson noted that clinical applications are years away. It is simply not the case that a ban on human cloning, particularly the temporary moratorium we are discussing today, would in any way harm the progress of stem cell research.December 3, 2001 - MORATORIUM ON CLONING - Page S12301
Mr. FRIST. At this point in the evolution of this new science, I believe there is no justification for the purposeful creation and destruction of human embryos in order to experiment with them, especially when the promise and success of stem cell research does not--does not--depend on the experimental research cloning technique. As my colleagues know, I am a strong supporter of stem cell--including embryonic stem cells-- research, as long as that stem cell research is conducted within an ethical and moral framework.April 9, 2002 - HUMAN CLONING- Page S2385
LOL! Well, Frist doesn't work for the President - nor should he. I think that's a strength of the GOP, as opposed to the lockstep Democrats who allow zero diversity of opinion within their party's hierarchy. I don't fault Frist for his opinions on stem cell research - I fault him for his weak leadership on other issues. If he were getting the job of Majority Leader done in a forceful way, no one would care whether he differs with the President on some issues.
Me neither....Frist is way too full of himself....and he's not that effective as Maj. Leader.
His ear will not become more acute. He's a physician. Physicians do NOT like being told what to do and are generally not particularly good team players.
They don't call him Wimp Frist for nothing.
what BS the only thing he spent weeks looking at to decide how he felt on the stem cell issue was polls.
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