Saturday, July 30, 2005

FRIST, FRIST, FRIST, WHAT HATH THOU DONE?

J. Grant Swank, Jr.

What you have done of course not only involves stem cells but also what you have done to the Republican Party unity within Congress. That naturally includes what negative force you have set loose against the US President George W. Bush.

Shame.

This is not a very good moral week for you, betrayer Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. Not at all. And you should hear the clamor from all the morally-based American citizens who realize quite pointedly the horrific move you’ve made.

Horrific? Yes. Horrific regarding the unborn children. Horrific regarding your allegiance to the President. Horrific regarding your own double-tongued exposure.

Now you are classed among the politically opportunistic when many banked on your utter sincerity. Now there are those raising legitimate questions about your motives when heretofore your pretty face impress with doctor’s credentials captured many in logging faith in you.

But now. It’s all unraveling.

You’ve now joined the Republican few who stood with the Democrats against Bolton and Bush. That just should not happen. The Red States victory set forth a united Republican Party for morally-based legislation and reputable persons lodged into various governmental positions.

But along with the RINO (Republicans in Name Only) antics regarding the Bolton issue we now have the Judas Frist defection. As far as I am concerned, you’re washed up. And I certainly hope you don’t even think of running for the Chief Executive office in ’08.

As New York Senator Hillary Clinton has courted the middle and right with her phony speeches, now you are courting the middle and left with your public statement on stem cells. An opportunist is an opportunist, no matter the party.

I’ll let others get into the stem cell detail regarding embryonic stem cell research and adult stem cell research. Most of us have done our study on that matter.

For instance, we are now aware of what NewsMax reports: “Last year, embryonic stem cell research advocate Ron Reagan admitted that the science probably won't do anything to help those suffering from the disease that killed his father, telling MSNBC: ‘Alzheimer's is a disease, ironically, that probably won't be amenable to treatment through stem cell therapies.’”

However, right now I’m trying to deal with your persona — your soul, if you will. Who are you anyhow? Is this the first crack in your soul wall? Will we discover another Frist on other issues than the conservative, Christian Frist we had believed in?

We’ve been hoodwinked before, like unto Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter. So we know realism dictates that we’ll be hoodwinked many more times over in the future. But for the hoodwinking plunked at your Congressional office this week is unbelievable.

For that, go back home to crawl in bed with the Democrats. You and the other RINOs who stood against Bolton and Bush.

The Republican Party does not need turncoats. We have enough on our plates without having to battle alongside opportunists seeking their own egocentric agendas rather than the moral base of a genuine believer.