"But if you're so big on sources, consider mine: I'm a Republican."
I don't get how so many conservatives are ignorantly trying to find a tie between objective science and politics. If a Democrat tells these people the earth is a spheroid, will they be suspicious of this fact since a Dem is telling it to them? The implications are frightening.
Par for the course, here. People are simply attempting to use POLITICAL tactics in a SCIENTIFIC debate (religious tactics as well, but that's another story). Witness the contention that "equal time" be given to ID/creationism, which whilst being politically fair-sounding, is also invalid. Science isn't politics, and has different rules for acceptance.