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The Stem Cell Veto is An Early Christmas "Wedge Issue" Gift to the Dems

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Thu, 07/20/2006 - 6:07am.

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

Talk about an early Christmas for the Dems, along with getting turkey dinner delivered to your door.

Heck, they didn’t even have to work hard for this one. It just came on a platter.

We will repeat, as we have blared in the last few months: Almost every American knows a relative or friend who would potentially benefit from stem cell research.

The most potent political issues are emotional – and particularly when they directly relate to people's every day lives. Sparing a relative or friend illness or death is as personal as it gets. In fact, you might be the relative or friend whose life might be spared if stem cell research is successful. And if it’s your life, that’s as personal as it gets.

And most Americans see it that way. They might be the ones who need the medical cures and treatments that might develop from stem cell research.

Bush just stuck a dagger in them.

Only a small subset of Bush’s most fringe religious followers are opposed to stem cell research. Although stem cell research has such broad popular support, even many Republicans voted for it, it will still not get enough votes in Congress to override Bush’s veto.

So the Democrats finally have a wedge issue to ride to the moon.

Lately, we haven’t often agreed with Chuck Schumer, a guy who held a lot of promise as a congressman, but became pretty much a status quo senator: ''Everyone knows someone who needs this bill,'' said Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the chairman of the Democratic senatorial committee. ''We don't have to do much work on this bill. It'll speak for itself.''

Actually, Chuck, you do need to do work. The Republicans are masters at broadcasting and branding wedge issues. You need to speak loudly, often, and with the same message: Bush is endangering the lives of every American and causing needless pain and ill-health.

Don’t be a passive player, Chuck. Slam it down Bush’s throat. Make it part of a national campaign to retake Congress.

In the past few hours, the House has already failed to override Bush’s first veto.

For the Democrats, they finally have the opportunity to be pro-choice and pro "stem cell" life.

This is the ultimate issue that touches the lives of every American. The only people "wedged out" are the fringe of the fringe.

Get off your butts, Chuck Schumer and Rahm Emmanuel.

What are you waiting for?

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

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Stupidity

Submitted by reality101 on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 7:51pm.

One of the reasons that conservatives say embryonic stem cell research is wrong is because we are killing potential human beings. The funny thing is that the only reason an embryo is a potential life is because of past stem cell research. So OK, we can research stem cells retrieved from umbilical cords, amniotic fluid, or even bone marrow. Theoretically, these stem cells could be potential humans, with the proper technological advances. So what will right wing nuts say then? That it's wrong to use stem cells retrieved from bone marrow because it's a potential human life. And I'm not talking about cloning. Any stem cell could theoretically grow into a fully developed organism. I wonder what crazy laws these people will concoct when the time comes.

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bush's america

Submitted by peter anderson on Thu, 07/20/2006 - 11:25am.
Check out this great song about bush's america http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTW0y6kazWM peter anderson
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BUSH LACKS ADEQUATE CELL MOTILITY

Submitted by cognitorex on Thu, 07/20/2006 - 11:14am.
Stem cells, brain cells, idiocy and imbeciles.
I am again reminded of the November 04' Daily Mirrors' front page picture of our just reelected president and this question:
"How can 59,054,087 People be so STUPID?"
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stem cell issue

Submitted by kenoshaMarge on Thu, 07/20/2006 - 10:43am.
Buzz editorial has it exactly right. Except for the real right wing nutbags Stem Cell research is something that touches all our lives. If the Democratic Party can't use this they are absolutely not worth our vote.
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Stem cell or pharmaceutical profits

Submitted by werewolfinsheep... on Thu, 07/20/2006 - 11:06pm.
If diseases are cured as a result of stem cell research, then the fat recurring profits had from chronically used meds will also disappear. This is the REAL reason why Goofer Bush opposes stem cell research. It is for religious reasons, of course, afterall, money is his god. "Remember, like history, religion is written by the victors. It is then revised by the powermongers, leveraged by the fearful and wielded as a nasty weapon by the conservatives. Same as it ever was."
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