Michael J. Fox to appear with Kerry in New Hampshire Monday!

[Bluebear]

PORTSMOUTH - On the heels of what most political pundits felt was a superior performance in the first of three presidential debates, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is bringing his campaign to New Hampshire, again emphasizing the importance of the state’s four electoral votes in this year’s election.

Kerry will meet with supporters at around 10 p.m. on Sunday at Port City Air, an aircraft servicing facility at Pease International Tradeport. Democratic candidates from around the state also are expected to be there, including U.S. Senate hopeful Doris "Granny D" Haddock.

Early the following morning, Kerry will be joined by television star Michael J. Fox, an advocate of stem cell research, at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton.

Monday’s "Town Hall Forum" will focus on Kerry’s plan to end President Bush’s ban on federal funding for research on stem cell lines created after Aug. 9, 2001. The Massachusetts Democrat has indicated a willingness to expand medical research and "bring back scientific excellence in America."

A press release from the Kerry campaign indicated that while in Hampton the senator will hear from New Hampshire families who have personal experience with debilitating diseases that could one day be "cured or ameliorated by stem cell therapy." He is also expected to discuss the Kerry/Edwards plan to lift the barriers that he says stand in the way of science in order to push the boundaries of medical exploration to allow researchers to find possible cures.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/10022004/news/40884.htm

[Erika]

1. YES!

[cheshire]

2. I sure hope for his sake that Kerry wins, and other reasons obviously.

[Name removed]

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[cheshire]

5. Lisa go home freeper fodder.

[snowbear]

6. LisaGrace?

What rock did you crawl from under?

[TaleWgnDg]

7. wha? huh?

"the life of an unborn child" is a blastocyst no larger than the head of a pin and less than 6 to 8 days old!!

HELLO????????????? Oh, yeah, happy freeper!

edited to add: doncha LOVE the attempted pulling of the emotional strings with these idiots?! however, the level of discord is approximately at 3rd-grade education.

[cheshire]

8. Yeah they love unborn babies but want young people to die for their

sorry asses.

[Bluebear]

14. You got that right!

[TaleWgnDg]

4. no fair, plastic_turkeys, I remember that '50s . . .

"public service" advertisement re "duck and cover!"

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"George Bush came into office four years ago
with a very clear philosophy about how he would
run this country. Time and time again, he has
made the same choice: to use the power of the
presidency to give more and more to those with
the most – more to the wealthiest individuals,
more to the most well-connected.

"The result?

"George Bush doesn’t have a record to run on,
he has a record to run away from."

-- John Kerry, Orlando, FL, October 2, 2004
http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_1002a.html
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[snowbear]

9. the mad freeper

You can certainly tell that LisaGrace (yeah, right) from Ohio (uh huh, sure) knows a lot about stem cell research ------- NOT.

Go buy yourself a clue Freep. :silly:

[Bluebear]

10. Why do they revere the fetus until it is born?

[TaleWgnDg]

11. this is an excellent topic to present to New Hampshire . . .

Kerry is wise to select "stem cell research" in a presentation to New Hampshire. After all, the biotech industry has some footings in New Hampshire and there's a huge base just south in Massachusetts.

Unfortunately, GWBush's religious policies are infringing upon science, health and economic development. It seems that Bush's line of government-only stem cells are inferior. Therefore, foreign countries have a leg-up on this much needed medical and scientific research. Harvard University is said to be developing (for free) several lines of stem cells for research in these areas. However, the timeframe is quite lengthy.

In the meantime, diseases that struck-down Ronald Reagan and disease and injuries that inflict Christopher Reeves and Michael J. Fox as well as millions of persons across America lack medical research!

How stupid is this picture? How reactionary to allow religion to intrude into reasoned science, medicine and the defeat of diseases!! All for a few votes from the reactionary and ignorant religion-into-law extremists.

edited to add:

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"I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do
hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in
Texas and urge ... all Texans to answer the
call to serve those in need. By volunteering
their time, energy or resources to helping others,
adults and youngsters follow Christ's message
of love and service in thought and deed."
— GWBush, as Governor of TX, officially
proclaiming June 10, 2000, as
"JESUS DAY in TEXAS."

"And the religious people (GWBush) was connected
with in Texas aren't anything like the mainstream
— even the mainstream in Texas." — Molly Ivins,
political pundit, on GWBush as Governor of Texas.

"I believe that it points up the fact that we
need common sense judges who understand
that our rights were derived from God. Those
are the kind of judges I intend to put on the bench."
— GWBush, June 27, 2002, explaining his litmus
test for federal judicial nominees as president.
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don't let the Freepers throw you from any posted topic
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[Bluebear]

12. New Hampshire people don't wear their religion on their sleeve...

>Unfortunately, GWBush's religious policies is infringing upon science, health and economic development.<

What is fortunate is that religion really doesn't mix into politics up here. (I met a "Campus Crusade for Christ" worker once and she called New Hampshire the second spiritually darkest state next to California.)

The "traditional Republican" nature of the state was fiscal, we ARE cheapskates. Also libertarian leanings. So you are correct, NH is an excellent place to press the stem cell issue!

[Chomskyite]

13. Incredibly smart strategy

. . . but on the human level, thank God he actually gives a damn about this issue.

Kerry's campaign reminds me of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. At first it was slow and cumbersome, not able to maneuver, but as the war went on it just kept coming and kept coming, and then it started making smarter and more sound decisions.

It literally strangled the Confederacy to death, but it sure took a long time to do it.

Kerry is Lincoln. Bush is Jefferson Davis.

[ClassWarrior]

15. Alex P. Keaton - another RepubliCON for Kerry!

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