WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will cast the first veto of his presidency on Wednesday to stop legislation championed by top scientists and desired by most Americans to expand embryonic stem cell research, the White House said.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will cast the first veto of his presidency on Wednesday to stop legislation to expand embryonic stem cell research, the White House said.

This legislation is often quoted in the press as being championed by top scientists who support the initiative - and claim to be desired by 'most Americans,' depending of what polls you read, and how you phrase the question posed to them, Reuters said.


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Ummm .... I think that they were forced to report on the story, AFTER Drudge was the first person to make it public, Cowboy Spencer.


. Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern, files a sworn affidavit in federal court denying she had a sexual relationship with the president. She allegedly asks her friend Linda Tripp to lie as well. (7 Jan)
. Linda Tripp wears a hidden microphone for the FBI and records conversations with Ms Lewinsky. (13 Jan)
. Prosecutors ask Ms Lewinsky to co-operate in their investigation. She refuses.(16 Jan)
. The Lewinsky scandal spreads across the Internet after maverick reporter Matt Drudge reports that a Newsweek article detailing an alleged affair had been spiked.(18 Jan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/clinton_under_fire/timeline/168540.stm


"Newsweek Kills Story on White House Intern: 23-Year-Old, Sex Relationship with President" screamed a Saturday-night headline on the infamous Internet tip sheet, the Drudge Report. "The Drudge Report has learned that reporter Michael Isikoff developed the story of his career, only to have it spiked by top Newsweek suits hours before publication," the report said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/clinton_scandal/50031.stm

.... yup.

Newsweek had the story, but didn't report it. Sucks to be wrong.

patrick767: So what's the problem? Scientists do support the legislation, as do a majority of Americans.


The Whitehouse didn't say it. Like it is claimed in the first paragraph.

By the way, this is about federally-funded research. You want this researched? Then Paypal the scientists a thousand dollars to get the ball rolling. Hey - if your a woman, you can always donate tissue for the cause.

Bush hasn't outlawed this. He just decided to not to support federal funding. Whoop-tee-dooo.

2006-07-19 04:45:49 PM keylock71 "TROLL TROLL TROLL"


No thanks, keylock71. Oh, by the way, how about attacking the president and what he's doing or the submitter's headline, but not me personally. Mmm Kay???

felixstrange "what is your personal stance on stem cell research from a moral point of view, regardless of how it's funded?"

If a human being ( or an unborn fetus, or tissue ) is harvested for this process, I don't like it. Same with abortion, it's not against the law, and I don't have any say in what other people do.

But just like when the federal governemnt kills people who are convicted of murder, the people who are against this can speak out, and they can be upset when the federal government spends their money in a way that they don't like. Same with me.


Don't worry, when there is a democrat elected in 08, i'm sure the first thing they'll do before the chair in the oval office is warm, is sign some executive order to start cranking up the stem cell research, and then begin harvesting away.

Good times.

Bladel "Touched a nerve, did he?"


Yes.

It's called: "Personally Trolling other farkers."

Confabulat "How about expanding on your philosophy there a little bit more for us?

"I don't like it, no sir," is hardly a well-thought-out argument."


I don't like it. I'm not going to do anything about it. I fully expect the next president, a democrat, will sign an executive order to make fetus stem cell research mandatory at all colleges and universities and fund it to the fullest extent that congress will allow, or 1/2 the military budget, whichever comes first.