In my view, there will be three main issues in the upcoming elections: (1) the war; (2) immigration; and (3) maybe this ID/Creationism thing, but in a larger context along with stem-cell research, to fit the MSM allegation that Republicans are anti-science. The economy won't be an issue (it only is when it's bad), but maybe further tax cuts will be an issue.
I think we're doing fine on everything but immigration and the creationism issues. Immigration is by far the larger problem, but maybe the dems can't take advantage of it. So ID/creationism will be a factor. It's our bit of goofiness, like gay marriage is to the dems.
That's absurd. ID/Creationism is way down the list certainly below war, terrorism, energy, taxes, social security, and immigration.
Yeah.
Something occurred to me this morning. In the early to mid nineties, the Republican party made quite a lot of headway, particularly in the hard sciences, because the far-left was perceived as anti-science. Postmodernism was at its zenith in academia, and physicists and chemists read books like "Higher Superstition" and realized that a large part of the left was their enemy. And while a few were also worried by the Religious Right, we were able to argue that the RR was not a substantial threat, and while noisy did not have any real influence in the party.
Fast forward ten years, and we have books like The Republican War Against Science" getting major publicity. Conservative scientists in academia are deserting the GOP or keeping very quiet. And I'd be surprised if 20% of science Ph.Ds vote GOP in 2006/2008.
evangelist |i?vanj?list| noun 1 a person who seeks to convert others to the A belief in Evolution, esp. by public preaching. • a layperson engaged in promoting evolution work. • a zealous advocate of something : he is an evangelist of evolution.
Leave evangelism to the Christians, you don't believe them anyway.