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10.25.04 @ 12:01AM

STEMMING KERRY DEMAGOGY
Re: Danny Turken's letter ("Stemmed in Boston") in Reader Mail's Dreamland:

Danny Turken's critiques of my stem-cell piece demonstrate naivety and confused thinking and do not poke any hole in the central point of my article: the Kerry campaign uses dishonest demagoguery to try to make a wedge issue.

Before responding to Turken it is important to restate that John Kerry endorses taxing Americans to pay for human cloning and experiments on and manipulation of those clones. George W. Bush, it is important to note, hasn't placed any restrictions on stem-cell research of any type and has even dedicated unprecedented federal funding towards embryonic stem-cell research.

My comments on ESC treatment for Alzheimer's was based on expert analysis, and was, in fact, mostly quotation of experts. Turken is flat wrong when he writes, "the only ESC cells they are allowed to use are those contaminated with mouse cells."

Again, scientists are allowed to use any cells they like. They are not allowed to use my money to create human life for the sake of experimentation or to do experiments on life created for that purpose.

When Turken writes I misunderstand stem-cells he offers no coherent argument to back up that claim or his accusation I am ignorant. The topic is a sensitive one because of how deeply so many people suffer from ailments they hope science can solve. That makes it particularly unconscionable for the left to demagogue the topic.
-- Timothy P. Carney
Washington, D.C.

WHAT COUNTS
Re: Jeremy Lott's Hey, Big Spenders:

I am in almost total agreement with Lott's assessment of the race between the big-spenders, Bush and Kerry. His logic SEEMS impeccable, and I must confess that I also followed it in many previous elections. In 2000, as an Oregonian, I knew it was impossible for Bush to take the state's electoral votes, so I stayed at home.

HOWEVER!

With the way the 2000 election turned out, with Gore getting the popular vote and Bush the electoral vote, with all that in mind, along with all the liberal crap that's flowed from it ever since, I've come to realize I am an American, above being a resident of the state, Oregon. This means that my vote really matters, because it would be a disaster for the same thing to happen in 2004.

In short, despite the fact that your state may go for Kerry, your vote for Bush will REALLY MATTER, in the highest American sense.

I implore all voters who think -- or is that un-think? -- like Lott to wake up and smell the AMERICAN roses, and pull the lever for Bush.

We're all Americans, NOW!
-- James Crystal

BIDEN OUR TIME
Re: Enemy Central's Fair Game:

Well done, well earned. As the man known in some quarters as the dumbest man in the Senate and as it's plagiarizer-in-chief, he has made his statement and is stuck by it. As has been learned by many, what you say about others is often a reflection of what you think of yourself and in this case he has proven himself ever so true to his own beliefs.
-- GM Strong
Media, Pennsylvania

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