Froma Harrop makes some bigger points worth noting after the Dover, Penn. elections.
Few disinformation campaigns have been as dishonest as the one over intelligent design…
We hear many stereotypes about religious conservatives, but Republican strategists are among the chief stereotypersIt’s a fraud, but the political wizards in the Republican Party seem to think that ruining the education of some kids in the sticks is a small price to pay for votes – which they’re obviously not getting…
We hear many stereotypes about religious conservatives, but Republican strategists are among the chief stereotypers. They assume that people of faith don’t think – that devout people are unable to see complexity in social issues and can’t reconcile science with religion.
The Republicans’ poor soundings on the mindset of religious people are adding up. Republicans made fools of themselves over the Terry Schiavo case. It turns out that the vast majority of even religious Americans did not see the matter as a simplistic right-to-life issue.
The Bush administration assumed that its conservative base was brain-dead on global warming. But now the National Association of Evangelicals – 45,000 churches, representing 30 million Americans – is working on a draft to demand that Congress put mandatory controls on carbon-dioxide emissions.
Bad science does not make good morals.
