Nancy Reagan praises Obama for lifting restrictions on stem cell research.

[jefferson_dem]

Nancy Reagan praises Obama
By CRAIG GORDON | 3/9/09 12:17 PM EDT Updated: 3/9/09 12:47 PM EDT Text Size:

Under fire from congressional Republicans for lifting restrictions on stem-cell research, President Barack Obama got a powerful endorsement for his move Monday from Nancy Reagan, the former’s president’s wife.

“I’m very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research,” she wrote in a statement released shortly after Obama reversed the Bush administration limits. “These new rules will now make it possible for scientists to move forward. I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them, and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers."

Nancy Reagan has been an outspoken advocate of stem-cell research – and scientists hope that the research could someday lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicted her late husband, Ronald Reagan.

Her statement also illustrates how support for the research crosses party lines, even though many in the anti-abortion movement strongly oppose the research on moral and ethical grounds.

Reagan continued, “Countless people, suffering from many different diseases, stand to benefit from the answers stem cell research can provide. We owe it to ourselves and to our children to do everything in our power to find cures for these diseases – and soon. As I’ve said before, time is short, and life is precious.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19787.html

[BOSSHOG]

1. Burn in Hell Nancy

Christians will never ever benefit from this Godless "research." They will suffer unbearable pain and ruin their families financially because they value life.

[anonymous171]

9. Wut? nt

[MiniMe]

14. I disagree with you on this one. Nancy has always been strong on stem cell

On most things I agree, but she spoke out against Bush on this issue.

[BOSSHOG]

15. I'm a failure at sarcasm

but I won't use the emoticon.

[truebrit71]

2. Cue the freeper heads exploding in 5..4..3..2..

...1...

[msanthrope]

3. Good for her. Watch Freeper heads explode......n/t

[rvablue]

4. Thank you, Mrs. Reagan!

Oh, what a day!

Another rift on the right! I'm lovin' it!

[polmaven]

5. Nancy Reagan has been

against this ban from the moment W signed it. I don't think she was, actually, too much of a fan of the (W)idjit overall.

[rvablue]

6. I realize this. But she is also the love of St. Ronnie's life. The wingers can't be happy

she's out praising Obama.

[polmaven]

7. No, they can't be!

Ain't it GREAT????

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Oh they've never liked Nancy!

They like Babs Bush and we all know how cool the relationship between those two were.

They probably hate Nancy Reagan.

[Cha]

10. An endorsement from Nancy Reagan

on Stem Cell Research must burn repuke a$$..thanks, Nancy.

[DemocracyInaction]

11. Yes, indeed

Yep she has been for this way back when.......but Repukes are so like that. They only support something that helps PEOPLE if there is something in it for them. It was Okay to "save Ronnie"; but this vampire wouldn't walk across the street to help an average person get healthcare for their children.

[Tyler Generation]

12. I she going to have to call Rush and apologize too, now? nt

[Hellataz]

13. This was a nice story but on CNN was buried and minimized

The first thing i read on the political ticker this morning was how the GOP leaders were bashing Obama over lifting the ban on federal funding, then 10 stories down i find the nancy Reagan approval story, with just a brief blurb about her support, while the GOP opposition story got several paragraphs right up front.

It's sad that the negative stories are always so front and center and postive reports are hidden away because they aren't 'ratings boosting"