"The simple answer is he thinks murder's wrong," said White House spokesman Tony Snow. "The president is not going to get on the slippery slope of taking something living and making it dead for the purposes of scientific research."

Here, at last, is an exact parallel to the actions of the government of Nazi Germany, that ultimate evil cited so often by those on the left to bash the President, his staff, our military and government in toto.  But it is President Bush that is resisting the siren call of a mythical panacea that costs nothing more than – depending on your point of view – either your immortal soul,  the ethical foundation of human society, or the termination of the 'potential' lives of 'discarded' or cloned fetuses.  Can its advocates really be suggesting that it is acceptable to sacrifice these less than human 'clumps of cells' to advance the knowledge of our 'advanced' culture?

I understand the attraction.  Just as some men on the Titanic were desperate enough to seek a place on a lifeboat at the expense of a woman or child, so many today seem willing to sacrifice untold numbers embryonic humans for the possibility of a life free from the threat of some diseases.  Throughout history many have been tempted to throw the weak to the wolves, that the strong might live another day.  But it isn't right, it isn't noble, and contrary to the rhetoric of proponents, no lives will be saved.  Not even Stem Cells promise immortality.


___UPDATE___

President Bush today delivered his promised Veto, and the AP, ignoring his consistent record of opposition to funding of Embryonic Stem Cell research in the nearly 5 years since his Aug. 9, 2001 speech on the subject, has editorialized their 'news report' to proclaim the veto just an example of political opportunism pandering to conservatives alienated by his stance on immigration.  It is truly amazing that Republicans are able to win any elections with the full weight of the MSM working against them.