Kiss My Stem Celled Ass

7/20/2006

He's such a whore. I know I should be used to this by now, but he's just sickening to watch, isn't he? In his entire political career, George W Bush has never said or done anything that wasn't a blatant payoff to one or both of his two pimp masters: The energy companies (who control the money) and the religious right (who control the votes). That doesn't make him unique among politicians, of course, but George has taken "sealed with a kiss" to new depths. From his war in Iraq, through his tax cuts for the rich, to his pandering to the homophobes and xenophobes, you can always find George's lips firmly planted on the oiliest and most pious of buttocks.

This week's grovel fest was brought to you by George's overwhelming debt to the so-called pro-life movement. I will concede that there are people in that group who are genuinely concerned about the plight of unborn babies. People like that do exist. But they're not in charge. The ones that are making the noise and sending George their inflated IOUs don't care about babies. They care about sex. Not their own sex lives, of course. These guys are far removed from active sex lives (if they ever had any at all) and as a result are obsessed with other people's sex lives. Specifically, that of young girls. Your average pro-life bigot is driven absolutely insane by the thought of young girls having wild, monkey sex in their bedrooms while their feminist mothers are away at their jobs that they don't really need. Why the insanity? Because the young girls aren't having sex with them.

So, it's that sexual frustration that controls their thoughts on abortion, birth control, sex education, welfare, drugs, gay marriage and Bill Clinton's impeachment. And now stem cell research.

The Republican controlled Congress passed a law that would ease the restrictions George put on federal funding for stem cell research. Most scientists believe that stem cells from human embryos hold the most promise for treatments of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injuries. These stem cells are normally found in embryos that were created outside the womb by couples with fertility problems. The embryos, which are slated to be discarded otherwise, are destroyed by the harvesting of the stem cells, hence the issue with the pro-life crowd.

Last year the House passed the law by a 238-194 vote. This week the Senate followed suit, by a vote of 63-37, with such flaming liberals as Orrin Hatch and Bill Frist voting in favor.

Think George was listening to the debate? Has anything changed for him on the issue since he put the restrictions in place in 2001? Get real. “I spent a lot of time on the subject,” says George. “I laid out the policy I think is right for America. And I'm not going to change my mind.” Hear no evil, think not at all.

Even Nancy Reagan, the Queen Deity for Republicans, wasn't able to talk any sense into George. (Ungrateful Aside: Although Nancy is right on the money in her stem cell views, it's only fair to point out that she's never in her life done anything that didn't benefit her personally. If Old Ronnie had died of cancer or a heart attack, you can bet Nancy would be skipping this debate in favor of shopping for a new sterling silver tea set.)

Although there was some speculation that George might relent in the face of such insurrection from his own party, he promptly vetoed the bill, the first time he's vetoed anything as president. Asked for an explanation, White House spokesman Tony Snow, a formerly intelligent journalist, explained: "The simple answer is he thinks murder's wrong."

Murder! Murder! REDRUM!

No wonder this chimpanzee has approval ratings mired in the mid-thirties. Who is the target audience for an intelligence-insulting statement like that? Morons. Sexually repressed morons. George's kind of people.
 
 
 

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