Did anyone notice the look on Nancy's face last night while Bush was talking? She had the same look my mom gets when she's worried about something. I would not want to have to sit there and listen to his nonsense and think of ways I have to fix his mess.

I said the exact same thing...and you can also throw in there "unless you are hooked up to machines to keep you alive, and your husband wants to pull the plug"

So true. Sadly. But a lot of the things he said were just him trying to be bipartsan anyway.

Love,
knightess

Oh, LORD! Somebody please use that quote, with full credit to the chimp, in your pro-choice arguments, preferably quite public ones.

*passes out from laughing too hard*

This quote is hilarious and scary at the same time. One thing it is not is surprising. After all, it is coming from a man who claims to be both “pro-life� and “pro-death penalty.� If you can live comfortably with that kind of dissonance, you can live with anything. Slate.com has a great post about Bush’s conflicting stance on stem cell research and the death penalty (http://www.slate.com/id/2119512/). The post includes these two Bush quotes:

Regarding stem cells: "Dr. Zerhouni shares my view that human life is precious, and should not be exploited or destroyed for the benefits of others." - Bush, March 22, 2002

Regarding the death penalty: "During the course of the campaign in 1994 I was asked, 'Do you support the death penalty?' I said I did, if administered fairly and justly. Because I believe it saves lives." - Bush, Oct. 17, 2000

I had the exact same thought last night, Jessica! "Oh, well, I guess he's pro-choice now since all medical decisions shall be made by patients and their doctors." How convenient!

And, yes, folks--remember this quote when arguing for reproductive rights!!

Yeah, that killed me. Good thing he is on our side.

This quote is hilarious and scary at the same time. One thing it is not is surprising. After all, it is coming from a man who claims to be both “pro-life� and “pro-death penalty.� If you can live comfortably with that kind of dissonance, you can live with anything. Slate.com has a great post about Bush’s conflicting stance on stem cell research and the death penalty (http://www.slate.com/id/2119512/). The post includes these two Bush quotes:

Regarding stem cells: "Dr. Zerhouni shares my view that human life is precious, and should not be exploited or destroyed for the benefits of others." - Bush, March 22, 2002

Regarding the death penalty: "During the course of the campaign in 1994 I was asked, 'Do you support the death penalty?' I said I did, if administered fairly and justly. Because I believe it saves lives." - Bush, Oct. 17, 2000

if you get a chance, check out cspan's video of the event. the camera angle is strange, and i have to confess that at one point i worried that poor ann althouse's head would explode.

i was pretty delighted to see evidence of a woman in such a position of power. but poor, poor ann althouse.

It's just like when they put into the Constitution "All men are created equal" where they meant only white land owning males and then everyone else took "men" to mean "mankind."

Whoops.

Not just if you have a vagina, Jessica. The private insurance system is geared toward making insurance companies king when it comes to medical decisions. Bush's statement was on the same level as Bin Laden's complaints that the US is engaging in terrorism and religious oppression.

Alon, with the vagina reference I think Jessica was referring more to the "government" half of the equation, and the irony of the statement given his stance on abortion and contraception (i.e., despite being health care decisions, these SHOULD be regulated by the government, and not by women and their doctors). As unfair as insurance companies are to both genders, there is really no exclusively-male "equivalent" to the abortion regulation debate.