It's a matter of voter perception as much as anything. People in the science community have this perception, and the Luddites on FR feed the perception.
Take a look at the posts condemning empiricism, naturalism, funding of basic research. Take a look at the posts favoring abandoning the teaching of scientific reasoning and methodology. We have a guy, an intelligent, literate guy on FR, arguing geocentrism. None of the anti-evolutionists have the courage or the knowledge to confront him. This seems to be the new majority among Republicans.
ooo! you stole my bragging right!
I hope you do science better than you do political analysis.
LOL. Where was this? I guess it was only a matter of time...