Is the Republican party done?

[snoopy369]

Did anybody post this yet?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/13/us-usa-arizona-voterage-idUSBRE8AC05B20121113

If not, shame on you all for not doing your civic duty and attacking the people who didn't vote in states that didn't matter

[snoopy369]

And the article's author's point on how a growing number of Republicans hate science was spot on, too.

See, I think that there are a growing number of theoretically Republicans who DO NOT HATE SCIENCE and therefore don't always vote for the Republican candidate. Which is, probably, the author's point...

[regexcellent]

I hope you're not associating religion with hating science.

[MrFun]

I hope you're not associating religion with hating science.

Not at all. If you believe in God, but have reconciled the scientific evidence of evolution with your belief in God, and thus accept evolution, I cannot say that you hate science just because you're religious.

[kentonio]

You could make an argument for believing in a designer within the bounds of science (though personally I think its pretty damn tenuous) but as soon as you get into any kind of biblical literalism then you're tossing science over a cliff.

[snoopy369]

I hope you're not associating religion with hating science.

Certainly not. But if you argue against science because it contradicts your religious beliefs (evolution, for example) then you're anti-science. Plenty of room for being religious while accepting science.

In any event, the Republican party is anti-science in ways not related to religion (well, not directly, anyway). Certainly some of those have religious backgrounds - stem cell research, IE - but it's not even entirely that. I think it's simply that the party sees 'scientists' as generically liberal; and much of the party is from the rural midwest and south, where there is a pretty substantial anti-elitist crowd that, rightly or wrongly, associates scientists and science with elitism.

[MRT144]

There's a lot of hate on science because conservatives tend to distrust anything that conflicts with their baked in worldview.

[Aeson]

Why do you keep using the word whine?

Because you keep whining about how hard your life is and how many sacrifices you've had to make to reach your station in life, when obviously you've lead an easy life and haven't really achieved much else than any normal person. (Not saying it's a bad thing to lead a normal life, but it is rather stupid to put on airs and look down on people when you're average at best.)

I'm sorry, what do you work as right now?

I have a business which pay the bills. Sometimes a second, third, and fourth, but they are seasonal and not for profit.

Skills you possess? Talents? Capabilities?

I'm a sexy dancer.

[-Jrabbit]

Did anybody post this yet?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/13/us-usa-arizona-voterage-idUSBRE8AC05B20121113

If not, shame on you all for not doing your civic duty and attacking the people who didn't vote in states that didn't matter

Checked twice, not an Onion article. Amazing.

[Felch]

Did anybody post this yet?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/13/us-usa-arizona-voterage-idUSBRE8AC05B20121113

If not, shame on you all for not doing your civic duty and attacking the people who didn't vote in states that didn't matter

So she mistook herself for the Aussie government?

[Zevico]

So she mistook herself for the Aussie government?

Can we pretend I engaged in a long winded rant in defence of compulsory voting and leave it at that? You're history's greatest monster, etc.

[-Jrabbit]

Roger that. I'm always down with avoiding your long-winded rants.

[mactbone]

Religion determines politics for Asian Americans

In short, it’s religion. Barry Kosmin has documented that between 1990 and 2010 Asian Americans have become far less Christian, on average. Meanwhile, the Republican party has become far more Christian in terms of its identity. Do you really require more than two sentences to infer from this what the outcome will be in terms of how Asian Americans will vote?

[Guynemer]

I haven't the faintest idea who mactbone is, but I whole-heartedly approve of his avatar.


IGNORE ME!

[-Jrabbit]

He played fantasy sports over at the old FFZ for a year or two. Haven't seen him online in a couple years.