Progressive Democrat Issue 83: FIGHTING BACK FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH

This week Congress, or at least a large part of it, did the right thing by voting for stem cell research. That research is the chance for life and limb for many, many Americans and Bush's "moral" stand on it is a selfish attempt to give his immoral regime a facade of morality. But it is a morality that sacrifices real human lives for the sake of balls of cells that will never grow to become human.

I want to suggest a very simple, very real, very practical thing you can do to protest Bush's immoral act of faux morality. Help out in the Senate race where this issue has become the number one issue.

In Missouri, Senator Jim (No) Talent's faux moral stand against life-saving stem cell research has angered many voters. This issue is giving his Democratic opponent, Claire McCaskill, a very real shot at defeating him. In other words, Talent, who was one of the Senators who voted against saving lives and who is an obsticle to over-riding a veto, is in serious danger of losing his job because of this issue.

I ask all who care about science and saving lives to protest Bush's immoral, faux moral stand by donating even just a little bit to defeat Jim (No) Talent, the poster child for opposition to stem cell research.

This is a really key issue. Stem cell research helps real people of all ages. Standing up for stem cell research helps the elderly and children alike as well as many of us in between. This is OUR wedge issue because Republicans are asking children to die for the sake of balls of cells that will never develop.