Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better.

I've never joined any political party and have no plans to do so. I'm fully independent.

You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consistent, if you're not also against in vitro fertilization.

I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.

Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better.

The big elephant sitting in the corner is that George W. Bush is simply unqualified for the job. What's his accomplishment? That he's no longer an obnoxious drunk?

The Bush people have no right to speak for my father, particularly because of the position he's in now (Alzheimer's Syndrome). Yes, some of the current policies are an extension of the '80s. But the overall thrust of this administration is not my father's - these people are overly reaching, overly aggressive, overly secretive, and just plain corrupt. I don't trust these people.