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Grey Satterfield wrote:
On 8/15/06 8:45 PM, in article ,
"Fred J. McCall" wrote:
This is the real failure, to my mind. There was no good reason to
veto that bill. ...

Having this recorded as his first veto in two terms as President is
simply shameful. Having it upheld by Congress is even more shameful.
Yeah, I disapproved of Bush's failure to exercise leadership to control
spending but there was nothing visceral about my feelings. But when he
vetoed the stem cell research bill it was a slap in the face. Not only was
Bush's veto profoundly misguided, it provided solid evidence to support his
enemies' claim that his lock-step Christian fundamentalism has detrimentally
affected his judgment. Alas, it appears to be so.

By promising in advance that he would veto the bill he freed the
Republicans to vote whichever way they each thought would help
them this Fall. The Democrats, of course, were already free to do
so. The veto doesn't hurt GWB at all, he will never run for Public
office again. Everybody got to claim they were acting according
to conscience without a damn thing changing. Altogether it was
a win-win situation for all of the politicians. The only losers were
the patients who need the research and their families.

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FF