President Finds His Veto Pen (embryo stem cell research)

[Lunatic Fringe]

WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush has issued the first veto of his presidency, rejecting a bill to expand federal research on stem cells obtained from embryos.

[TheDon]

Another reason to be happy President Bush is in office!

[reelfoot]

Did they say where it had been mislaid during passage of MediPill, Highway bills, and other multi-billion dollar boondoggles too numerous to mention?

[Lunatic Fringe]

Way to go. Bush goes against the majority of Congress and 70% of American people to push his personal religious point of view.

Mr President, where was your veto pen when it came to CFR, bloated budgets, and dozens of other bad bills????

[DustyMoment]

The mind boggles. Of all the legislation that he could have vetoed up to now (CFR and bloated budgets come to mind), he chooses this one to finally learn how to spell "veto"!

[Constitution Day]

BUMP

[Soul Seeker]

I didn't completely misread his character after all.

I said long ago If he ever exercised a VETO, he'd do so on this.

Seems I was right about it...and him. Actualy restores some of my sentiments about him.

Thank you Mr. President.

[Rummyfan]

Good for the President! All I can say is, if embryonic stem cell research is the boon to medicine that some say, why is federal funding needed to conduct it? Don't Glaxo Smith-Kline and Pfizer and Bayer have their own R&D funds????

[admiralsn]

There is NO ban on stem cell research!

[CrawDaddyCA]

Well said.

Look out!! Here come the BushBots!

[Mr. Lucky]

Ditto.

[admiralsn]

Meant to put that in quotes.

[hodaka]

Religion over science.

[Jedidah]

The President, referring to the children present at the ceremony, all of whom were adopted as embryos and now living in loving families:

"These boys and girls are not spare parts.

"They remind us of what is lost when embryos are destroyed in the name of research."


I LOVE this brave man.

[Soul Seeker]

yeah, like the abortion lobbyists that have spun this issue beyond all distortion aren't pushing their own personal religious agendas.

Besides, no CONSEVATIVE supports this type of Government spending..RIGHT? Fiscal conservatives should be galf he found the VETO pen by default.

[Coldwater Creek]

Vetoing those bills would have been useless. The veto would have been overridden.

I am happy with this one.

[Lunatic Fringe]

if embryonic stem cell research is the boon to medicine that some say, why is federal funding needed to conduct it? Don't Glaxo Smith-Kline and Pfizer and Bayer have their own R&D funds????

Because no company is going to invest money that won't produce returns for 40 years.

Why didn't we get private companies to take us into space?

[TheDon]

Human life over spare parts.

[pageonetoo]

Another reason to be happy President Bush is in office!

Yep, it ranks right up there with Nafta, illegal aliens, and the biggest budget in history!