Harkin compares Bush to segregationist (MC Globe Gazette)

[Debi]

DES MOINES — Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Thursday that President George W. Bush's opposition to expanded federal support for stem cell research merely delays the inevitable — a point he made with an example from the civil-rights struggle.

Bush is "sort of our modern-day George Wallace, standing in the schoolhouse door," Harkin said in a conference call with reporters.

Wallace was the governor of Alabama who famously stood in the door of the University of Alabama in an attempt to stop two black students from registering.

"The fact is, that the walls of segregation were going to come tumbling down, we were going to move ahead with integration, and no matter what George Wallace did, it was going to happen. And I think it's the same way with President Bush," Harkin said.

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http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2005/05/27/state/doc4296a5d36bf16308672576.txt

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In the House:

Boswell (D-kinda) and Leach (R) voted for the bill
King (R), Latham (R) and Nussle (R - running for Governor) voted against

Senate:

Grassley (R) is leaning against the bill because that's what the White House told him to do.

[BamaLefty]

1. i can relate

Bush is "sort of our modern-day George Wallace, standing in the schoolhouse door," Harkin said in a conference call with reporters.

[liberal N proud]

2. bu$h probably thought it was a compliment

comparing him to George Wallace. What a fine example of American fascism.

[CoffeeCat]

3. Grassley would lean against barbed wire, if the WH told him to do so! (nt