Posted on 12/11/2007 5:53:43 PM PST by ECM
John Edwards had a lot he wanted to say at the Democratic National Committee's fall meeting on Nov. 30.
In a fiery speech, he ran down a litany of issues such as Iraq, health care and workers' rights, going well over his allotted 10 minutes and stepping on the other presidential candidates' time.
But as lengthy as his remarks were, there was one issue he never mentioned: stem cells.
He wasn't alone. Barack Obama didn't address the topic in his speech, either. Nor did any of the other candidates present. Stem cells also slipped the minds of DNC chairman Howard Dean and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
What's more, nobody seemed to notice.
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It’s called, the Memory Hole - and the stem cell issue has been dropped into it.
Edwards is done laying on hands I guess.
anything that causes Democrats to shut up must be considered a true miracle!
It's like a cultic mantra.
He's doing this in the face of evidence that ordinary skin cells can be reprogrammed into every type of stem cell you'd ever need.
What did the man imagine embryonic stem cells would do without further processing ~
The Democrats will cure Parkinson’s like they cured AIDS.
Is Christopher Reeves walking yet.
Stem cell research “proponents” couldn’t pass a referendum in NJ to fund the research, if they can’t win in NJ, they can’t win anywhere in the country. Now everyone knows it.
No issue is ever an issue for its own sake, but only for the sake of political power.
You mean Nancy Pelosi isn’t going to cure Michael J. Fox of Parkinsons? Shocking, truly shocking.
Great Denny Craine quote on “Boston Legal” tonight:
“...you’re a Democrat. You’re expected to complain and offer no solutions.”
If they can’t win [on embryonic stem cells] in NJ, they can’t win [on that issue] anywhere in the country. Now [that adult stem cells have been transformed into embryonic stem cells,] everyone knows it.
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