By Beauty Damned

He's The Decider

Bush casts his first veto on stem-cell bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush used his first veto on Wednesday to block legislation to expand embryonic stem-cell research, putting him at odds with top scientists and most Americans, including some in his own Republican Party.

"It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect so I vetoed it," Bush said.

The U.S. Senate approved the legislation on Tuesday. The legislation, which had also been passed by the House of Representatives, now returns to the House chamber but it does not appear to have the two-thirds majority needed to overturn the veto. It was Bush's first veto since taking office more than five years ago. [Continue reading]

I love how Bush is the "decider" of what is moral. Even if that morality is based on a belief system that all of us do not share. Even if the majority of Americans support broader stem cell research. I guess we've learned well enough over the past six years that what the citizens of this country want doesn't matter nearly as much as what HE wants.