Of Course

Of course Dubya is going to veto the bill Congress will send to him providing federal funding for stem-cell research.

(By the way, concerning this story from earlier this month about stem cells cloned from mice, let’s consider the following paragraph before anyone suspects that we’ve found a way around the issue of using embryos for stem cell research which would exist anyway and only be discarded if not used for scientific study)…

“It is difficult to predict whether the results from mice can be translated to humans, given all the differences between mouse and human embryos”, said Renee Reijo Pera, director of human embryonic stem cell research at Stanford University.

(And this advance was made possible only because research had been carried out on discarded embryos to begin with.)

And of course Dubya isn’t going to fire Abu Gonzales for the U.S. Attorney’s scandal (how typical to dump all the blame on "Hazel The Cleaning Lady," and of course President Brainless isn’t going to hold Karl Rove accountable for what appears to be at least 140,000 back-channel Emails sent through the Republican National Committee related to this mess also).

And of course Dubya isn’t going to lift a finger to restore habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo detainees (and speaking of Guantanamo, I thought this was a good idea).

Update: And by the way, when it comes to making a statement against torture, I think the Senate Dems can do that by refusing to confirm this guy (though no one should hold their breath waiting for that to happen, I hate to admit).

And of course Dubya is going to nominate Leslie Southwick for the U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, someone whose antagonism towards traditional Democratic constituencies couldn’t be more obvious, to say nothing of racial insensitivity.

This is all we’ve ever received from this guy since his presidential installation in 2000-2001, and it is all we ever will receive (just keep playing this clip over and over and over and over and over). And the only way to fix it – barring impeachment, of course – is to elect a Democrat next year (preferably John Edwards, of course).

And speaking of the election, I thought Devilstower at The Daily Kos hit the nail right on the proverbial head today here concerning New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s exit from the Republican Party (not really blaming Bloomberg, but I’m only saying that we should have no illusions about the goal of such a move, which is only to siphon off Democratic votes).