Will the anti-science Republicans kill conservatism as Americans know it?

[babsbunny]

http://io9.com/5835970/will-the-anti+science-republicans-kill-conservatism-as-americans-know-it

With a few notable exceptions, most of the contenders for the seat of Republican presidential candidate are outspoken critics of science. They and their supporters refuse to acknowledge the reality of climate change, want science teachers to tell students that human life was created by a spiritual force from beyond space, and suggest that the best way to get out of our debt hole is to cut government funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, which allocate money to cancer research and childhood autism treatments.

But based on recent demographics, these Republicans are out of touch with what Americans on both sides of the political spectrum want, which is more jobs in science, health care, engineering, and technology. Far from appealing to the average American, the Republican anti-science stance may alienate the party further from the mainstream.

[fishbulb703]

1. I hope so. nt

[dembotoz]

2. i saw this yesterday

read the comments too

interesting
my first exposure to that website
won't be my last.


but as to the article
heard a local right wing squawker going on about how lefties are always bringing up stuff like
how when we talk about perry we always talk about his view on evolution and stuff and they are not important.
this must be a sore spot
because they really do fucking matter.

[Confusious]

3. No. Being an idiot has never been a barrier

(Hoover, republicans who didn't want to get into ww2, mcCarthy, Nixon, regan) Why should it be now?

[lunasun]

5. Example-Bush -say no more ......( But folks would have a beer with him =vote4him)

[Posteritatis]

4. Anti-science Republicans *are* conservatism as Americans know it. (nt)

[CBHagman]

6. The Republican model is unsustainable, and not just...

...because of the anti-science stance. For starters, economic and demographic trends are against them. Build a permanent marjority on an anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-GLBT, anti-science, anti-middle class set of policies? I don't think so.