Snow On Stem Cell Veto: ‘This Is The President Putting Science Before Ideology’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/20/snow-veto-ii/

Snow On Stem Cell Veto: ‘This Is The President Putting Science Before Ideology’

Today, President Bush issued the third veto of his presidency on legislation expanding funding for embryonic stem cell research, which recently passed Congress with a bipartisan, overwhelming majority.

Faced with the opposition of nearly two-thirds of Americans, White House spokesperson Tony Snow today attempted to spin the veto as a positive development. Snow claimed that Bush has a “unique and unprecedented role” in supporting stem cell research, and attacked critics for “misstating” the administration’s policies, claiming that Bush was in fact “putting science before ideology.”

In an attempt to drum up support for less potent alternatives to embryonic stem cell research, Snow falsely characterized the science behind stem cell research, claiming scientists “are not even entirely sure about what the possible benefits of embryonic stem cells (are).” Watch it and read transcript at link~

Snow’s claim doesn’t pass the laugh test. Contrary to what Snow says, Bush has held a backwards and overly ideological perspective on scientific research. In 2001, Bush neutered the ability of scientists to engage in stem cell research by curbing funding for new embryonic lines. In 2006, he vetoed legislation lifting those restrictions. Even Bush’s top scientists have criticized him for these actions.

Currently, “not a single scientist who is pursuing research on any kind of cell has said that research involving embryonic stem cells should stop.” And scientists have seen potential treatments from embryonic stem cell research for a variety of ailments.

The only thing stopping federally-funded stem cell research from progressing is the White House’s insistence on putting right-wing ideology ahead of science.

[mmonk]

1. Do they have some sort of school

that trains people in the art of lying without blinking and without conscience?

[monktonman]

8. YALE?

[damntexdem]

10. If so, then regards blinking, Dubya must have been AWOL.

Although he does show evidence of having taking their courses on no conscience.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

2. freakology, sums up the righties

QED

[MADem]

3. That stem cell research could stop the cancer that's gnawing at Tony's gut and killing him.

Ah...the perverse irony of it all. Talk about cheerleading against one's own self interests....

[annabanana]

5. He's the walking, talking Poster Boy for it...

[babylonsister]

11. Yep, my first thought, too. nt

[annabanana]

4. Even SNOW doesn't come up with DIRECT POLAR OPPOSITES that often.

That was a stunning remark even for him..

[blondeatlast]

6. Bleat on, Snowbabee. This may be the veto that can be overridden.

Sixty-three yea, thirty-four nay, and three Dems (two of whom would no doubt support) not voting.

call your Senators NOW and sock it to the bastard at last.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1148410

[blogslut]

7. Wow

He actually said that? Wow. Just wow.

[damntexdem]

9. Hmm, a frozen collection of cells is a human person.

Yeah, that's really putting science before ideology.

[Bobbieo]

12. SOOOO! What are WE going to do about it????

[MADem]

14. Figure out a way to enable white, Republican males to carry them to term, like Ahhhnuld did in that

idiotic comedy film,. We'll FORCE them into it, if they even mention they're in favor of saving the little snowflakes...we'll imprison them, have these embryos thawed out, implanted in them, grown to term, chopped out of them, and then make them raise the little snowflakes until they're 18. Let THEM experience the joys of unanticipated pregnancy with no recourse--it'll be GOOD for them!!!


Ya wanna gripe about it, be part of the solution, that's my motto!!!!!!

[gollygee]

13. Opposite Man!!!

Every person appointed to a position is the opposite of who should have been appointed, and anything said is the opposite of what it would mean if a normal person said it.

[Bluestar]

15. And black is white; Up is down

And we think you're all too stupid to recognize that we are f'ing liars, so we will continue to spew the same old bile.