Karl Rove says he's warming up his veto pen, for the first time in his presidency. And guess what the issue is that finally gets the President to consider using it? Stem-cell research.
President Bush will likely cast the first veto of his presidency if the Senate, as expected, passes legislation to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, White House aide Karl Rove said today.
"The president is emphatic about this," Rove - Bush's top political advisor and architect of his 2000 and 2004 campaigns - said in a meeting with the editorial board of The Denver Post.
With all of the abominable legislation passed in the last 6 years, this ridiculous non-issue is the one that gets Bush all fired up and ready to veto? That tells you everything you need to know about the man, I think.
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Of course this is a major issue for Bush. It's a non-issue for most Americans, but for his core supporters it is a hugely emotional issue. He can throw his most ardent supporters a bone while not really impacting the daily lives (IE seriously ticking off) the majority of Americans.