Our First "Lady"

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AP Interview: First lady calls Kerry stem cell criticism 'ridiculous'

First lady Laura Bush defended her husband's policy on embryonic stem cell research Monday, calling Democratic rival John Kerry's criticism "ridiculous" and accusing proponents of overstating the potential for medical breakthroughs.

"We don't even know that stem cell research will provide cures for anything -- much less that it's very close" to yielding major advances, Mrs. Bush said.

Which is why, you dumb-ass bint, we do the bloody research in the first place! It might not be anything, but then again, penicillin started out as a bit of mold in a dish. It might be the answer to all sorts of problems, like many genetic syndromes!

But you don't want us to know. You prefer ignorance.

Damn, November cannot come fast enough.

Comments

[aurictech.livejournal.com]

AFAIK, there is no outright ban in the US on ESCR (else the current budget wouldn't have funding for ESCR). The controversy is over federal funding; current policy is to fund ESCR only on preexisting stem cell lines, while militant pro-ESCR advocates want unlimited federal funding of ESCR. As sources of additional stem cell lines include aborted fetuses and viable (but non-implanted) in vitro embryos fertilized in pursuit of fertility treatments, the issue has become a proxy for the abortion debate.