Palin Trashes Science

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Palin Trashes Science
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Sat, 10-25-2008 - 4:57pm

In her first policy speech she trashes autism research in France involving fruit flies. Sounds reasonable if you don't know anything about autism, or research.

Here is the truth:

1. The research was in the United States, not France. Can you please get your facts right Palin?

2. Fruit flies, like rats, are standard fare in basic research. Trashing research because fruit flies are involved is really dumb.

3. The research in question actually has shown great promise in discovering the causes of autism.

Here it all is in a revealing segment: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#27367248

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/24/palin-fruit-flies/

Palin is so uninformed it's ridiculous. And by the way, this is like the umpteenth thing she and McCain have said would be exempt from their "across the board" spending freeze.

PS It's a hoot that she says Republicans are for kids with special needs. She should know that Bush basically screwed us on that front by delaying embryonic stem cell research for 8 years. Bush and the Republicans held up the research on religious grounds. All the while Rove was running around calling the religious right "nuts." As David Kuo, the former faith based advisor to the White House who became disgusted with the Republicans and quit revealed, these people are just hypocrites.

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Sun, 10-26-2008 - 7:59pm
Stephanopoulos: Obama Says Palin More Bush-Cheney Than McCain
September 06, 2008 5:09 PM


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Registered: 08-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:03pm

"His famous uncle story was told incorrectly for years ... not just once."

I think this is a good argument for you to keep focusing on. In these times people are really concerned about . . . picking apart the details of Obama's uncle's military service during World War II.

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:05pm

"Ah, well. As a mom of someone with special needs, at least it was funny getting a snarky response back in re: to my polite suggestion lol. Life can be inadvertently hilarious sometimes :)"

As a father of someone with special needs I take offense at everything you are saying here. The horse you are on is mighty mighty high here.




Edited 10/26/2008 8:59 pm ET by soupyduck
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Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:06pm

no, picking apart

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:18pm
I don't care what facility it went to in France.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:20pm
Yes.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:21pm
Again, we are discussing how this facility relates to what Palin said.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:22pm
But not nearly enough to cover the 1/2 hour prime time chat Obama wants to have this week.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:23pm
It is a ridiculous waste of money in this economy.

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:24pm

Who said it was pork?


 

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