Press Release
Summary = A Change of Heart: a Democrat becomes a Republican
Press Release
Body = A dyed-in-the wool Democrat and a victim of Multiple
Sclerosis (MS) for the last 30 years, I have to admit that when
I heard that the Senate Majority Leader, Dr. Bill Frist, support
stem-cell research, I felt a flash of hope for the USA and , indeed,
for the entire World. For the first time in my life I would consider
voting for a Republican candidate whose campaign was based on, or
includes as a significant part of such campaign, stem-cell research.
I would also like to make positive comments regarding Governor Arnold
Schwartzenegger's great support of stem-cell research
in California. Maybe Silicon Valley will become the center of the
world for
stem-cells and maybe it will be renamed Cell Valley or DNA Valley
or some such. These two Republican leaders have hit upon a very
important issue concerning my life and the lives of the 100 million
people in the USA: the population segment who are in need of medical
solutions beyond the current pharmaceuticals. This population segment
includes the disabled, the chronically-ill and the frail elderly.
Also, let us not forget the 44 million informal caregivers who take
care of the people in need. This segment include family and friends
who serve without any pay, or for that matter, without any tax breaks.
So the combination of these two population segments, 144 million
of them together, could be a the most significant voting block.
I ask myself if I would support a Democrat whose platform would
be based on stem-cell research? I must admit it all depends on the
candidate and her or his qualifications. I must say that, Dr. Bill
Frist, being a medical doctor, appears to have the knowledge and
the credibility to speak for the medical research community as well
as all the people who are in need of creative new medical solutions.
If the reader permits me a little humorous, maybe to a degree serious,
observation: the four basis which code in our DNA our genes are
A, C, T and G. Of course: ACT of God.
The DNA is God's own invention and stem cells are God's own medical
miracle.
Janine M. Lodato
P.O.Box 838
SAN ANDREAS, CA.
95249-838
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2025
