[QUAD-L] Bush vows baloney..so what else is new?l

[William Willis]

I wonder...if Mr.Bush were suddenly rendered a c-4 quad would he still be so 
righteous? A bit of suffering tends to open the eyes....and punch holes in 
the holy.

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Subject: [QUAD-L] Bush vows to Veto Bill
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 15:53:53 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
So much for the majority or for the people!
All that hard work for nothing.
Mark
Bush Vows to Veto Stem Cell Legislation
May 20, 2005 2:21 PM EDT
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday said he would veto legislation
intended to loosen restrictions on embryonic stem cell studies and 
expressed
deep concern about human cloning research in South Korea.
"I'm very concerned about cloning," the president said. "I worry about a
world in which cloning becomes accepted."
White House deputy press secretary Trent Duffy said the work in South Korea
amounted to human cloning for the sole purpose of scientific research. "The
president is opposed to that," Duffy said. "That represents exactly what we
re opposed to."
South Korean researchers, funded by their government, reported producing
human embryos through cloning and then extracting their stem cells. It is a
major advancement in the quest to grow patients' own replacement tissue to
treat diseases.
The president also threatened a veto of legislation that would clear the 
way
for taxpayer money to be spent on embryonic stem cell research.
A measure by Reps. Mike Castle, R-Del., and Diana DeGette, D-Colo., would
lift Bush's 2001 ban on the use of federal dollars for research using any
new embryonic stem cell lines.
"I made very clear to Congress that the use of federal money, taxpayer's
money, to promote science which destroys life in order to save life - I'm
against that," Bush said. "Therefore, if the bill does that, I would veto 
it
"
But Duffy said the administration looked favorably at a bill to encourage
stem cell research that uses blood from umbilical cords. That measure is
being pushed by House Republican leaders as an alternate to the
Castle-DeGette bill. Duffy stopped short of endorsing the alternate
legislation but said it has promise.
DeGette said in a statement that it was "disappointing that the president
would threaten to use his first veto on a bill that holds promise for cures
to diseases that affect millions of Americans. Support for expanding 
federal
stem cell research in an ethical manner remains strong in Congress."
Castle also defended the bill, saying, "Under no circumstances does this
legislation allow for the creation of embryos for research nor does it fund
the destruction of embryos."
Bush, in his fifth year in office, has not yet exercised his first veto. 
The
White House also promised a veto this week of a highway bill if it exceeded
the administration's spending limits.
Bush began the day at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast where he was
cheered for urging people to "pray that America uses the gift of freedom to
build a culture of life."
The remark was a public reaffirmation of his position on sensitive issues
such as abortion and stem cell research.
Bush recalled the legacy of the late Pope John Paul II and said, "The best
way to honor this great champion of human freedom is to continue to build a
culture of life where the strong protect the weak."
Bush won 52 percent of the Roman Catholic vote in last year's election and 
got the support of 56 percent of white Catholics, defeating the first 
Catholic presidential candidate from a major party since John F. Kennedy. 
In 2000, Bush narrowly lost the Catholic vote.