GWB talks about bringing democracy to the Middle East and the world, and speaks proudly about the US being the most free and democratic nation in the world. Yet he has used his personal power of veto to overturn a bill, passed by the (elected!) Senate by due democratic process, and supported by a majority of the electorate. His decision to do so is based on his own (subjective) moral values.
Is this an act worthy of the leader of "the greatest democracy in the world"? Or is it an act more typical of a dictator, who ignores the will of the people and the advice of experts in favour of his own (arguably extreme) values?
Bush vetoes stem cell funding
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,,1824828,00.html
2006-07-19
23:38:14
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