If I may, I would like to take a moment to interrupt your normal rage of righteous indignation over this or that with a brand new entry in the “Why On Earth Would You Say That?” competition. Out on the campaign trail once again, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden took time out to say,
I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy, because there’s joy to it as well, the joy and the difficulty of raising a child who has a developmental disability, who were born with a birth defect. Well guess what folks? If you care about it, why don’t you support stem cell research?
I don’t care whether he meant it that way or not, but one of the more idiotic things you could do at this point is is start tossing out arguments that drag Sarah Palin’s child into a scientific debate. Does anyone really think this is going to win sympathy or support for the Democratic ticket? There is a valid debate to be had on stem cell research in terms of whether or not it should be done at all, whether adult or embryonic stem cells should be used, moral and ethical considerations, etc. But it can all be done in a mature way keeping to the science at hand or, at most, the general principles regarding the use of embryonic material.
Somebody has to get a leash on this guy.