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.

[eyespysomething]

While I wish he had used his veto many times over before on a LOT of things, I have no problem with the federal government not funding stem cell research.

Leave it to the private sector and private funds.

But I do wish he had used it many times before to stop federal funding bills.

[TheDon]

Impressive!

[sweetiepiezer]

We love you George, God Bless You!!!!!

[Lunatic Fringe]

Besides, no CONSEVATIVE supports this type of Government spending..RIGHT?

WRONG! Government spending is needed in areas where private companies are unwilling or unable to invest capital.

[jackv]

I am proud of my president. Federal funding should not be used in "experimenting" when it comes to destroying human life. Private funding goes on as it is, it is not banned. It causes more harm than good and I am
extremely disappointed in Frist and Hatch.

[MineralMan]

"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????

"

And so they are. Universities, too, are still working with embryonic stem cells. They're just not using federal funds to do it.

President Bush's veto really has no effect.

[napscoordinator]

Another reason to be happy President Bush is in office!



I would be happier if he found it earlier. Now that he found it I hope he uses it often. Now as far as this bill goes, is the congress going to override. That would just make this useless if that happens.

[ohioWfan]

This thread must be the reason mine was pulled.

Praise the Lord for a truly PRO-LIFE President!

A PING for answered prayer!

[Coldwater Creek]

You are right, just a ban on funds.

[jpl]

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

Bush is going to have to do a good job of explaining why he finally chose to exercise the veto hero, because the media and the Dems will spin this one big time, with people in wheelchairs and the whole nine yards.

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

The elected official's job is NOT to simply ape the will of the majority of his constituents nor vote his own will. His job is to do what is legally permitted and best for the societal unit over which he governs. Protecting innocent life is a high calling and moral obligation for any legitimate government. BRAVO! to the President!

[kesg]

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????

I couldn't put it any better myself. I would add that these private companies have much more incentive to do the research efficiently and effectively. Give me the profit motive over politics any day.

[Petronski]

Ping

[TheDon]

Military reasons. You remember Sputnik?

[jla]

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

He is though on the side that a majority of conservative reps are.
Your claim that 70% of Americans favor embryonic stem cell culling is an outright lie. If you don't appreciate living in a country founded on the precepts of Judeo-Christianity then I'd suggest you vacate the United States.

[pageonetoo]

Just like building a fence, and adding border controls!

[ohioWfan]

Politically stupid, morally RIGHT.

[Petronski]

President Bush's veto really has no effect.

None at all?

[MineralMan]

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

"

Not really. There's lots of embryonic stem cell research going on all over the place. Here at the University of Minnesota, they have several projects ongoing. They're funded by private grants, not federal ones.

Again, this veto is really meaningless if the goal is to prevent such research. It has no effect on it at all.

[STARWISE]

Halleluja!! Praise God for this good man. Logic and the sanctity of all life mean nothing in partisan politics, obviously. Let them whine and bemoan it .. he's giving FIRE, sense and integrity to the critics ... YAY, W!!