[Elsiejay]

This misbegotten reputation stems in part from George W.’s
refusal to permit fertilized human embryos to be killed in order to harvest their stem cells.

[neverdem]

Not just that. Denying any Anthropogenic global warming gets some merit despite any noticable warming in 17 years, and denying any possibility of evolution and that the geological recond doesn’t go beyond 6000 years helps a lot.

[az_gila]

This misbegotten reputation stems in part from George W.’s
refusal to permit fertilized human embryos to be killed in order to harvest their stem cells.

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Err... wasn't that a refusal to use taxpayer money to do the job?

Not an outright ban.