Posted on 07/23/2006 9:55:04 PM PDT by Libloather
Clinton says Bush years 'hard on science'
By Mark Pratt, Associated Press Writer
July 23, 2006
BOSTON --New York Sen. Hillary Clinton said Sunday that scientific and medical advances in fields including embryonic stem cell research are being held back by a White House that puts ideology and theology ahead of facts and evidence.
"The last 5 1/2 years have been hard on science ... and particularly hard because of the president's veto last week," Clinton told 5,000 attendees at the World Transplant Congress in Boston.
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Clinton, a potential Democratic candidate for president in 2008, said science is being politicized while scientific evidence is being manipulated.
"It seems there are some in Washington who want to turn our capital into an evidence-free zone," the former first lady said at the Hynes Convention Center.
She co-sponsored legislation that would allow for federal funding for research on new stem cell lines, and was ultimately vetoed Bush.
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Clinton said supporters of the bill don't have enough votes to overturn the veto, but she pledged to push the measure again next year.
"We have tried to make decisions based on evidence and facts, not on ideology, not on theology," she said. "But right now we are seeing that at risk, and for me that is a dangerous turning point."
Clinton urged attendees, representing 85 nations, to stand up for science. Partnerships between the government and academic and research institutions are vital to the health of the economy.
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"I told her after she inspired even an old conservative like me," said Cosimi, who is chief of transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital. "Everything she said was quite true, well informed and well delivered."
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For the first time, I agree with her! Certainly not enough research into.... liposuction!
I was thinking the same thing. When does the mask come off and we see the real space alien that lies beneath?
< cough>Whitewater billing records.< /cough>
What a *lying* sociopath slut!!!!
I've always liked Mancow's description of Hillary's legs: Upside-down piano legs.
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