Study in contrasts
Chris Smith, Republican House member from New Jersey, said on Friday that the Obama administration “still doesn’t get it” about the fact that embryonic stem cell research has been surpassed by recent breakthroughs in adult stem cell research. With all due respect for Chris Smith, they do get it. But their ideology trumps reality every time. Rahm Emanuel said it himself, “Never waste a crisis.” Translated this means, “Policy shouldn’t be driven by what is best for the country, but what is best for the leftist ideology of Obamatons.” It is becoming clearer that the direction the administration is going is not service to the country, but service to their paternalistic ideology. Christopher Smith, on the other hand, is driven by service to the country and especially to the most marginalized and arguably the poorest of the poor in our society: embryos, unborn children, victims of human trafficking.