Culture of Hypocrisy

“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart seized upon Bush’s stem cell veto to explore the president’s “culture of life” inconsistencies.  Where the potential of a frozen embryo is concerned, life is precious.  The lives of Iraqi civilians, on the other hand, fail to carry the same weight.

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Partial transcript:

[Debate clip of George W. Bush]

Bush: I think it’s important to promote a culture of life.  I think a hospitable society is a society where every being counts and every person matters.

[End clip]

Stewart: Every being counts.  Every person matters.

[Clip of George W. Bush at a press conference]

Bush: How many Iraqi citizens have died in this war?  Um, I would say thirty thousand, more or less.

[End clip]

Stewart: Each one precious.  Each one… Each one sacred-ish.  As it turns out there seems to be a bit of a loophole in the ‘culture of life’ promotion thing.