Geez.  Talk about splitting hairs.

Mark Green's record of opposing stem cell research is catching up with him and Wisconsinites are finally getting it but Team Green is hoping to obscure the issue so people like my Mom who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis won't understand that he's snatched away her best chance at finding a cure.

Green says he's not opposed to stem cell research but why does he vote against it?  His apologists say that he's just opposed to embryonic stem cell research but that's the type of stem cell research that holds the most promise.  Green doesn't want embryos that would be discarded anyway to be used for research to find a cure.  Apparently he must believe that there's some big conspiracy out there to fertilize embroyos just to use them for research.  Normally I'd say that Green and his loonie pals should hunker down in their bunkers with their tinfoil hats and "the end is near" signs but the horifying thing is that he's not just the lunatic fringe of his party — he agreed with President Bush in the opposition to stem cells and voted to sustain Bush's veto.

Opponents of stem cell research say that there's no need to do research on embryos because there hasn't been any successes with embryonic stem cells.

Well DUH !!!

If you cut the funding and can't do any research because of it, you won't get any results !

That same argument could be made to cut funding for nearly any medical research.  The reason adult stem cells have been researched better is because funding has been there and the research has been done.

When all the researchers who don't already have an agenda are in agreement that embroynic stem cell research holds the most promise for a cure for many of the debilitating diseases that plague humankind, why is it that a guy like Mark Green would oppose stem cells?

Last month, George W Bush held a million dollar fundraiser for Mark Green to raise money for Green's bid to be Governor.  It was a ton of cash but fundraisers sometimes come with a prid-pro-quo.  Bush raises money for Green and Green votes to sustain Bush's veto on stem cell research.  It's insanely stupid of Green to roll for money, but there appears to be no other answer as to why Green would allow himself to be exposed to the criticism he worked so hard to earn.

But back to my Mom.  She's still in a wheelchair.  Her MS will continue to progress.  She's probably about 5 years away from hanging her head and drooling on herself.  So for those who claim that Mark Green is a compassionate conservative, I've got a tough time taking them seriously.