MD Lt Gov Michael Steele compares stem cell research to the holocaust....

[LynneSin]

AT A MEETING WITH THE BALITMORE JEWISH LEADERS!!'
(and he wants to be the next senator from Maryland!)

Mind you - all of the cells used in Stem Cell research come from leftovers from In-Vitro Fertilization THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IF NOT DONATED.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.steele10feb10,0,396739.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

Discussing his position on embryonic stem cell research with Baltimore Jewish leaders yesterday, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele said he is "concerned about the destruction of human life" and made a comparison between the controversial science and experiments done on Jews during the Holocaust.

"You of all folks know what happens when people decide they want to experiment on human beings, when they want to take your life and use it as a tool," said Steele, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, to a crowd of about 40 at a Baltimore Jewish Council board meeting. "I know that as well in my community, out of our experience with slavery, and so I'm very cautious when people say this is the best new thing, this is going to save lives."

Steele's remarks, which followed a well-received speech about his trip to Israel in November, came in response to a board member's question about Steele's stance on embryonic stem cell research. His answer stunned many in the audience.

[mattclearing]

1. Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. n/t

[Avalux]

2. Gotta admit - the guy's got big ones

To say that with a straight face and probably even believe it in front of a group of Jewish leaders is beyond description. :wtf:

[KamaAina]

3. Michael, your Delta Tau Chi name is "Moran of Steele".

:dunce: :dunce: :dunce:

What's with all this Holocaust stuff lately, anyway? The Iranian leader denying it, now this?

[DRoseDARs]

4. LtGov Steele should volunteer to have the eggs implanted in him...

...so that all the little fully-formed babies inside them can be born. :thumbsup:

[LynneSin]

7. Leftover IVF eggs are garbage until someone wants to do good with them

and then they're they're more precious than gold & diamonds

[RubyDuby in GA]

5. "You of all folks know what happens...."

Are you fucking kidding me???

If he's so concerned about the destruction of human life, maybe he ought to shut the hell up and let medical science save lives. Or perhaps he should go after the real people who pose a threat to the health of this nation: insurance companies - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2099336


His comments were just ri-goddamn-diculous.

[sui generis]

6. rrrrr?

Steele, just what did you think they were going to spend their promised tax cuts on?

You're pandering to an educated, practical upper middle class crowd, and I stress the term educated. Do you really believe that they are as stupid as your dumb fundies (or you)?

And next, Alan Keyes is going to speak to a council of gays comparing stem cell research to the evils perpetrated on homosexuals.

buffoon.

[melody]

8. Shall I compare him to a knuckle-dragging cretin? n/t

[hatrack]

9. "Thou art more flatulent and disturbing"

Steele, Melody, not you!

:toast:

[melody]

15. lmao! Good one. n/t

[LynneSin]

13. You know that's just insultive!!!!

I mean how do you think the knuckle-dragging cretins feel being compared to someone like Michael Steele?

[melody]

16. You're right, I misunderestimated them. Sorry. n/t

[LynneSin]

19. It's ok, knuckle-dragging cretins around the world forgive your mistake

:P

[yellowcanine]

10. Steele is Lt. Gov. mainly because he is a Black Republican.

Erlich needed a minority running mate to make inroads into Democratic Prince George's County and Baltimore. That said, he sometimes comes across as not being as clueless as Erlich, though this was not one of them. Unfortunately for him, this will be the first time many voters hear about anything he does on his own and the first impression won't be a good one.

[MrBenchley]

17. The GOP HIRED him to be a candidate back in 2002

And paid him $30,000 to run....

From the Baltimore Sun: "They are paying a guy to be on this ticket whose very presence is being used by Ehrlich and Republicans as a show of diversity," he said of Steele, who is black. "They are the ones who call it the 'opportunity ticket.' We just didn't know how much of an opportunity it was."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.steele27aug27,0,7736803.story?coll=bal-election-storyutil

[adriennui]

11. i compare michael steele

to to an imbecile.


stupid ramblings of a madman.

[Botany]

12. May you get a great case of diabetes

http://www.stemcellresearchfoundation.org/

They throw away anything that is not used for in vitro fertilizations.

Why do people have to public show off their stupidity?

[wakeme2008]

14. Oh I am sorry ... flip flops

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Stem-Cell-Comment.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

February 10, 2006
Md. Pol Apologizes for Stem Cell Comments
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 2:34 p.m. ET

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Lt. Gov. Michael Steele apologized Friday for comparing embryonic stem cell research to Nazi medical experiments, saying, ''in no way did I intend to equate the two.''

Steele had made the remark to the Baltimore Jewish Council on Thursday after speaking about a recent trip to Israel. One of the 40 audience members had asked for his thoughts on stem cell research.

..more at link..

[fujiyama]

18. Please tell me this idiot

doesn't have a chance at the senate? Does this guy have any popularity among the state's African American population?

Who are Dems running against him?

This is a must win state. He sounds like another Santorum or Brownback.