The worst "president" in U.S. history, who CLAIMS to be a born-again
Jesus freak, BUT whose wars have killed and maimed perhaps a MILLION
human beings, who as governor of Texas sent hundreds of convicts to
their deaths, their proven-beyond-doubt guilt be damned -- has
cravenly vetoed a bill that would enable U.S. scientists to enhance
their exploration of solutions to many serious medical conditions that
affect millions worldwide.

WE know we're dealing with a benighted, cowardly, pathological liar
and dissembler.  And this buffoon is no more "religious" than a Gila
monster.

But one wonders:  Hypothetically speaking, would your low-life
divider, as "president" 40-some years ago, have vetoed a promising
stem cell measure that researchers predicted could cure, let's say,
childhood leukemia?

You'll recall that little Georgie lost his sister Robin to the disease
in the 1950s.  A soul-wrenching family tragedy, memory of which still
brings tears to his and his parents' eyes.

But your nincompoop in chief vetoes these bills PRIMARILY to maintain
approval of the equally odious religious right crowd.

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"Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill"

By DEB RIECHMANN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 20, 2007; 1:54 PM

WASHINGTON -- Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress,
President Bush vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have eased
restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.

Democrats, who had made the stem cell legislation a top priority when
they took control of the House and Senate in January, were quick to
denounce the president's decision.

"This is just one example of how the president puts ideology before
science, politics before the needs of our families, just one more
example of how out of touch with reality he and his party have
become," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., told the Take Back
America conference of liberal activists Wednesday.

To blunt criticism, the White House said Bush is issuing an executive
order directing the Health and Human Services Department to promote
research into cells that, like human embryonic stem cells, also hold
the potential of regenerating into different types of cells that might
be used to battle disease.

"This is, certainly not an attempt to muzzle science," White House
press secretary Tony Snow said. "It is an attempt, I think, to respect
people's conscience on such an issue."

If the measure Bush vetoed would have become law, the White House said
it would have compelled taxpayers for the first time in our history to
support the deliberate destruction of human embyros. Snow said Bush's
executive order will encourage scientists to work with the government
to add research on new stem cell lines that does not involve the
creation, harming or destruction of human embryos to the list of
projects eligible for federal funding.

"The president does not believe it's appropriate to put an end to
human life for research purposes," Snow said. "That's a line he will
not cross."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is expected to schedule an override
vote, but the date has not been set. Democrats, however, currently do
not have enough votes to override Bush's veto.

Scientists were first able to conduct research with embryonic stem
cells in 1998, the NIH says. There were no federal funds for the work
until Bush announced on Aug. 9, 2001, that his administration would
make the funds available for lines of cells that already were in
existence.

Currently, states and private organizations are permitted to fund
embryonic stem cell research, but federal support is limited to cells
that existed as of Aug. 9, 2001. The latest bill was aimed at lifting
that restriction.

The science aside, the issue has weighty political and ethical
implications.

Public opinion polls show strong support for the research, and it
could return as an issue in the 2008 elections.

Opponents of the latest stem cell measure insisted that the use of
embryonic stem cells was the wrong approach on moral grounds, and
possibly not even the most promising one scientifically. These
opponents, who applaud Bush's veto, cite breakthroughs involving
medical research conducted with adult stem cells, umbilical cord blood
and amniotic fluid, none of which involve the destruction of a human
embryo.

This was the third veto of Bush's presidency. His first occurred last
year when he rejected legislation to allow funding of additional lines
of embryonic stem cells, a measure that passed over the objections of
Republicans then in control. The second legislation he vetoed would
have set timetables for U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq.

© 2007 The Associated Press

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