Bush Veto is the Right Choice

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President George Bush today will strike down legislation that would have provided federal funding for research that destroys human embryos:

Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, Bush plans to veto a bill Wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.
True to form, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went on a diatribe,
"By vetoing a bill that expands stem cell research, the president will say 'no' to the more than 70 percent of Americans who support it, 'no' to our Democratic Congress' fight for progress, and 'no' to saving lives and to potential cures for diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's," Pelosi wrote. "He will say 'no' to hope."
The only thing the President will say "no" to is funding the destruction of human embryos (i.e., killing human beings) with taxpayer's money. It is amazing the depths to which ESC political proponents will stoop to motivate their position. Especially considering this:

At the same time, Bush will issue 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.

(...) "The president supports and encourages stem cell research, including using embryonic lines, as long as it does not involve creating, harming or destroying embryos," Fratto said. "That is an ethical line that should not be crossed."

Note that Pelosi and the progressive Democratic Congress has an opportunity to actually stand behind legislation that is likely to provide therapeutic advancements through ethical research:
In light of the veto, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., who planned to be at the White House event, sought support for a stem cell bill he is sponsoring. It has passed the Senate but has not yet been taken up by the House.

"My stem cell bill, which passed the Senate with broad bipartisan support, offers a clear alternative for our colleagues in the House to significantly expand federally funded stem cell research, while ensuring no taxpayer dollars are used for the destruction of human embryos," Coleman said.

Coleman urged Democrats who favored the bill Bush was to veto to get behind his legislation.

"Those who support the stem cell research bill ... are at a definitive crossroads," he said. "Do they seek to advance lifesaving research for millions of Americans suffering from serious disease or do they, in fact, prefer to keep stem cell research at a political stalemate?"

Unfortunately, the congressional majority is likely to choose stalemate.

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The Bible said that the antichrist would come with "signs and wonders", but here we're seeing people selling out for the mere promise of signs and wonders.

"Get a man's soul and give him nothing in return...." (Screwtape)

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