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I agree that this is "not a Liberal-Conservative issue, but I see it just the other way around. Nancy Reagan, by advocating embryonic stem cell research, is trying to remove the issue from politics. Many of us feel that the issue of stem cell research is of such overriding importance that we would vote for the candidate who would vote for it, almost regardless of their stance on foreign affairs and the economy, let alone their personal qualifications. As long as the Republican leadership feels that they must reach out to the religious segment that opposes stem cell research, they are the ones who are playing politics with this issue. To those of us who approach the 2004 presidential election as a single issue election - that issue being stem cell research - it appears that we will have to vote the Democratic ticket. Our votes are based on the President's rigid stance in this area. Nancy Reagan is pleading for him to relax his decree so that Republicans who understand the importance of stem cell research may vote for him. The "religious right" will not be likely to desert him. It looks like a win-win situation for him to listen to Nancy Reagan. Will the President be smart enough to do it? Art At 07:59 PM 7/16/2004, you wrote: >You say "This is not a "liberal-Conservative issue" Nancy Reagan is no >liberal" > >Nor is she a Democrat. Nor would she back Kerry or the Democrats. She is a >fine person as are most Republicans, who can see beyond single issue politics >and stand state their beliefs. This is unlike most Democrats. > >It is a shame that this board and the Democrats have hijacked this fine >woman's personal beliefs in her hour of grief and are using them as a >standard to >try to turn votes. Ronald Reagan would turn over in his grave not because >Nancy is stating her beliefs but because the Democrats have hijacked this >single >issue in her time of grief and are using it as a weapon in a fear mongering >campaign run by the power hungry democratic party. > >I am sorry to express myself this way but ever since I have joined this board >I have seen less and less of interest to Parkinson's patients and their care >givers and more and more of a single political mind expressed here. If you >are not a part of that single mind you are attacked. > >The real shame is this board has certainly lost its mission to the political >ambitions of a few. That is a real loss. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn