Letter: Veto aims to please Bush’s few remaining supporters – Opinion
Editor,

President Bush has issued his first veto ever.

Why wasn’t this plastered over every newspaper in the country? For the first time in seven horrible years of incompetent leadership, President Bush actually vetoed a bill. This time, instead of cynically circumventing the Constitution by attaching a ‘signing statement’ to a bill he doesn’t agree with, at least he did the proper, legal thing and vetoed it.

Of course, this historic veto is against stem cell research. The message seems to be that science, which actually helps humanity, will not be tolerated. Death and destruction are far more profitable than saving lives. Bush has already spent most of his presidency standing in the way of our constitutional protections. Now, he is standing in the way of scientific advancement.

This man clearly has a great legacy to look forward to.

The question is, why the veto this time? The answer: religious idiocy. This guy is so beholden to the religious right, he has no choice. If it’s not the Zionists, it’s the fundamentalist Christians. Frankly, they are the only supporters he has left. Anyone with a functioning brain stopped listening to him years ago.

But what’s even more stupid is new White House spokesman Tony Snow’s ridiculous reply to a reporter’s question as to why Bush chose this moment for his historic veto: “The simple answer is he thinks murder’s wrong.”What? Was he serious? It’s always the same story – it’s perfectly OK to murder innocent civilians by the thousands in illegal acts of aggression, but it’s not OK to kill tissue that is not even alive.

Jason Darensburg

UNM student