Why did bush sign the stem cell research veto in private?

Wouldn't he want all kinds of pomp and circumstance as he bows to his slave holders? Wouldn't he want the denizens of pulpits throughout the land to see him on his knees, doing their bidding?

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/19/bush-bars-media/

There must be a great deal of shame in his action if he doesn't want the video of him doing it being used in campaign ads this fall.

he likes to pander to his ignorant base low-key

Yes, Reverend dobson I promise to pander but lets keep it low key so the sane citizens won't notice.

which makes the pandering even worse because the lying little bastard KNOWS most Americans do not agree with this nonsense

unreal

They can all fit into one room now.

it was probably a political move by rove. He knew the signing would/could be used in political ads against the repugs this fall. It will still be used, but a signing image would have been stronger.

Too bad it's still the oval office :)

Why don't we spread the truth that the private sector is spending plenty of money for stem cell research. The tax payer should not be paying for something that Johnson&johnson, Novartis. and others are using their dollars for. It should also be mentioned that there was funding proposed by the President for use in alternative Stem Cell Research where a embryo would not be destroyed. Congress voted against it. Can we say playing politics, or would that go against the DU thinking?

While I agree that private enterprise in this issue may be a good idea, my issue is with the spending of tax dollars. If we can spend a billion a week in Iraq because bush just had to be a "war president" then we can throw a few bucks to research the cure for diseases. And a skeptical citizen might think that private sector drug makers don't want the government involved in such research (ya know oversight and all) so they lean on their boy in the white house, who is also being leaned on by the religiously insane.

And please share with us your idea of why he chose not to publicize his first veto with pomp and circumstance surrounded by snowflakes and drug company execs.

:shrug:

Are your feelings as strong across the board, or are they narrowed by the embryo angle?

Because there are a whole SHITLOAD of companies making money off this bullshit War on Terror nonsense, most of them owned by Repuke coward assfucks.

If enough were being spent on stem cells this wouldn't even be an issue, no would it?

For example, two places research is done here in Ohio, Ohio State and Battelle receive federal funds for research.

According to the latest figures available from the Nation Science Foundation, in 2004 of the 518 million dollars spent on research at OSU, $284.6 million were federal funds, half of that from the National Institute for Health.

Douglas Kniss, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and biomedical engineering and the senior associate vice president for research at Ohio State:


Ohio behind other states for stem cell research,
http://www.thelantern.com - 5/16/06

Battelle Memorial Institute, according to the Nation Science Foundation in 2003, ranked 6th in independent non-profit institutions for federal R&D funds, receiving 122.8 million, $51.7 million from the Department of Health and Human Services. Battelle also holds contracts for the operation and management of several national laboratories, 41st on the 2005 List of Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors.



http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/15080713.htm
Veto rattles stem-cell efforts



www.lifesciences.umich.edu/research/featured/aauletter.pdf
Association of American Universities

just like his Dad was.

signing the veto make an awesome campaign ad. karl must have thought the same thing. I recall on crossfire a few years ago, a republican said they looked forward to using the video of bush on the aircraft carrier in the 2004 elections. The democrat said "we do too!"

a gold star for the lady, please!

TC

I was on the verge of being pelted with rotten fruit earlier today ...

he just told everyone he did and no one questioned it.

'signing statements' attached to it after the snowflake party was over?

Its silly to say that chimpy was hiding this veto. He signed it in private and then went out had a big event with the press and a bunch of "adopted embryo" babies where he discussed the veto. The only thing he did in private was sign the statement, something that isn't that unusual (My guess is that of Bill Clinton's 36 vetoes, more were signed in private than in public ceremonies).

Chimpy's veto was heartless and indefensible. But it wasn't hidden.

in private.