I live in Texas. Bush did not "preside" over any executions- he simply upheld the law of the state of Texas as he was OBLIGATED by law to do. In Texas, the governor cannot stop executions, or order them himself, he is very limited by law what he can do. I have mixed feelings about capital punishment, but as I get older and observe the absolutely horrible crimes some people commit, I ask myself- if the guy did it to my child, would I want him executed for the crime? As for innocent people being executed, that is VERY unlikely! They go through years of appeals and more often than not, DNA has confirmed they were guilty rather than exonerated them. I think the stem cell thing has been oversimplified by the "prochoice" lobby and while I hope with all my heart for cures for diseases, I don't think the science is there yet to justify federal funding. In fact, private research should be able to fund most things anyway, even more efffectively. The antiChristian and antiprolife prejudice in the media is appalling and makes me angry. And I am NOT very religious myself, by any means. But when we show tolerance for everything and everybody but Christians and a President of the United States can't even take a moral position on anything without being accused of the stuff I am seeing on here, something is WRONG with this picture. I voted for Bush twice as governer, as did 70% of the rest of my fellow Texans the second time he won, and voted for him twice for President too and proud of it. Even the terms used by our "media" are not really accurate- think about it; what is the opposite of "prolife"? It ain't "prochoice", now, is it. More accurately, it would be ..."prodeath." But hey, that would be politically inccorect, wouldn't it? Think about it.
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