Worth the Gamble –updated below–
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this
decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they
are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of
our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing
to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win,
and the others, too. – President
John F. Kennedy
It's not about what we can prove today. It's about what we may learn and be able to do in the future. It is the very basis of technology and science, medicine and mining for cures, things that Democrats have championed for decades. It's also about The Common Good.
Rest in piece “pro-life” movement.
It's gone. Kaput. No longer exists.
Now we've just got the anti-pro life Republicans. People against The Common
Good.
It's really easy. All the religious anti-life people have to do is answer this question: What would Jesus
do? Or this question: What would Jesus want us to do? When it comes to embryonic
stem cell research, The Common Good should rule.
Pro-life people have finally declared themselves against The Common Good. The
terminally ignorant Patricia
Heaton and others have joined together to fight against embryonic stem cell
research, using cloning as the basis for their ignorant argument. Cardinal
pitcher Jeff Suppan has lent his name and personality to the anti-pro life
ad. It furthers the stereotype that athletes are dumb as dirt. Cloning?
Wow, words escape me. As an aside, that he's lending his name in an ad that
will run in Missouri during the World Series is equally frustrating. Is there
no place in our society where politics won't intrude? It's made worse by the reality that Suppan's argument is just plain stupid.
And if you missed Rush today you missed a beauty. He talked with indignity
about there being a “manipulation of medication here.” Cut to commercial
break. The irony was lost on the limpman. He also showed great pride in slurring
Michael J. Fox, going on in a rant that never stopped. But the bottom line is
that Republicans against life are simply freaked out because the Michael J.
Fox ad is working.
Among the study findings:
- Among all respondents, support for stem cell research increased from 78%
prior to viewing the ad, to 83% after viewing the ad. Support among Democrats
increased from 89% to 93%, support among Republicans increased from 66%
to 68% and support among Independents increased from 80% to 87% after viewing
the ad.- The level of concern regarding a candidate's view on stem cell research
increased among all respondents from 57% prior to viewing the ad to 70%
after viewing the ad. Among Democrats, the level of concern increased from
66% to 83% and Republicans' level of concern increased from 50% to 60%.
Independents' level of concern increased from 58% to 69%.- The perception that the November election is relevant to the U.S. policy
on stem cell research increased across all voter segments, with an increase
of 9% among all respondents pre- and post-viewing from 62% to 71%. The Democrats'
perception increased from 75% to 83%, Republicans' perception increased
from 55% to 62% and Independents' perception increased from 60% to 68% pre-
and post-viewing.- The advertisement elicited similar emotional responses from all responders
with all voter segments indicating that they were “not bored and attentive”
followed by “sorrowful, thankful, afraid and regretful.”- The vast majority of responders indicated that the advertisement was
believable with 76% of all responders reporting that it was “extremely
believable” or “believable.” Among party affiliation, 93%
of Democrats 57% of Republicans and 78% of Independents indicated it “extremely
believable” or “believable.”Respondents were asked to indicate what candidate they would vote for in
the U.S. House of Representatives election if it was held today before and
after viewing the ad.
- Republicans who indicated that they were voting for a Republican candidate
decreased by 10% after viewing the ad (77% to 67%). Independents planning
to vote for Democrats increased by 10%, from 39% to 49%.Voters
Increase Support for Stem Cell Research After Viewing Michael J. Fox Ad
The American public, regardless of political leaning, know one thing. Quality
of life matters. If you don't have it life just isn't as sweet. In fact, when
you have a debilitating disease it affects everyone in your family, especially
the kids.
The terminally ignorant anti-life Republicans also don't understand that what
we don't know today isn't the point. The point is that if there is any chance
in improving the quality of life it is a PRO-LIFE issue and a moral charge to
do so. It is about The Common Good. Republicans don't understand that issue.
It's why Suppan is using the World Series to promote ignorant notions like cloning.
The Common Good doesn't matter. It's all about them and their ignorant notions, which would leave us rooted in the past, ignoring what may be possible and the dreams of what might be as we leap over the naysayers who preach it cannot be done.
UPDATE (4:50 p.m.): Because we have so many wingnuts who believe the lies of some millionaire actress like Patricia Heaton, as well as some hot shot sports athlete, let me draw a picture for you. This is NOT about cloning. I know the wingnuts like Heaton and others are looking straight into the camera and saying it is, but she and the others are lying. I simply can't say it any plainer. Have they even read the proposition in Missouri? Granted it's complicated stuff, considering these people are used to reading anything put in front of them, but cloning? Turn off Rush and Sean and pick up a paper, or better yet, uss The Google like your boy Bush.
There is nearly universal distaste for the idea of allowing a cloned embryo to grow into a human child. Hence, the ballot measure would ban cloning to produce an infant, or even implanting the embryo into a womb. …
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