Reply #4: Absolutely Don_G, if the neocons try to even suggest that Bush [View All]

[Rebellious Republican]

compares to Ronnie, they will find big trouble. There is no comparison to be made. The best thing shrub can do is make a public show of condolences and let it rest. The "Cult of St Ronnie" is not happy with Bush's stance on stem cell reseach!


Nancy Reagan breaks ranks for personal cause
Former first lady at odds with Bush over stem cell research
By Bill Schneider
CNN Political Unit
Sunday, May 16, 2004 Posted: 11:58 PM EDT (0358 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When a conservative icon breaks ranks with President Bush on an important policy, it's not just news -- it's the political Play of the Week.

And that's what Nancy Reagan did in her recent comments in support of stem cell research.

In August 2001, after lengthy deliberation at his Crawford, Texas, ranch, Bush issued an executive order banning the use of federal funds to harvest new lines of stem cells for medical research.

Scientists complained that the president's policy -- backed by the anti-abortion movement -- chokes off research that shows promise of one day finding cures for diabetes, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries and Alzheimer's disease -- the terrible malady that afflicts former President Reagan.

Mrs. Reagan wrote to Bush in 2001, saying she hoped sparing other families the pain she had suffered would be part of her husband's legacy. She allowed that fact to become public.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/14/reagan/