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http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/politics/sarah-palin-bill-nye-scientist/index.html"Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am," the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said, according to The Hill. "He's a kids' show actor, he's not a scientist."
Palin, who was speaking at the Washington premiere of the anti-climate change film "Climate Hustle," targeted Nye during a rant against the "alarmism" of climate change activists.
Scientists who study climate have an overwhelmingly consensus that the Earth is warming and humans are the cause, according to multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Palin urged parents to teach their children to "ask those questions and not just believe what Bill Nye the Science Guy is trying to tell them" about climate change.
Orrex
(63,224 posts)Less so, actually.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)More accurate title, no?
Javaman
(62,534 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Bill Nye is as much a scientist as Palin. Almost anyone who can read and write is as much a scientist as Palin. The average fifth grader is as much a scientist as Palin. Statements informed by ignorance often turn out to be profound.
Rex
(65,616 posts)A pet rock is as much a scientist as Sarah Palin. Moldy bread is as much a scientist...ah you get the idea...good call!
lame54
(35,321 posts)Sarah - not so much
Rex
(65,616 posts)Ooops...now we done gone and made her mad! Duck and cover! Combat roll if needed.
mythology
(9,527 posts)Palin is just utterly incompetent.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)She is really stupid and egotistical, comparing his science accomplishments with hers.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)IIRC, Nye is an engineer not a scientist. That being said, he forgot more in the last 2 seconds than she'll ever know about ANYTHING!
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)Science
Technology
Engineering
Math
They all work together.
Now, her mouth works on ignorance alone.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Sheesh!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)They're on the cutting edge of scientific breakthroughs in nanotechnology, Stem Cell Research, DNA engineering, etc. They are definitely scientists.
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)Doesn't she realize it makes her look so foolish??
No she probably doesn't
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Yavin4
(35,445 posts)Did you know that on some of the SNL skits they quoted Palin word for word.
Boomerproud
(7,964 posts)Easiest job in show biz to mock her.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)Bill Nye has a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, he's a lecturer on astronomy and human ecology, has developed a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor, is a consultant on aeronautics, has applied to NASA to be an astronaut, and holds several patents.
Quitterella has moved the bar to a whole new level of who the Republicans define what a scientists is, I'm impressed.
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)he helped develop a special sundial for the Mars Rover. When palin does that, then I might care what she says.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GO AWAY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, YOU USELESS, MORONIC, IRRITATING, SELFISH, EGOTISTICAL, LAZY FUCKING WASTE OF FLESH.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)2008 was a long time ago now
Rex
(65,616 posts)Now she has her own fake judge show. Cable TV sure can pick some shitheads and most seem to come from Foxnews.
spanone
(135,873 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)STFU Lady BlahBlah! You don't know what you don't know - your stupid burns!!!
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)Bill Nye actually has a degree .. and NOT in acting.
47of74
(18,470 posts)That is all.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)SDJay
(1,089 posts)even before he put Churchy Spice on the ticket. He had gone full-on GWB despite what they did to him in 2000. That alone made me think he was not worthy of my attention aside from the fact that his politics were completely asinine in every way.
That said, he was still someone who at least deserved the respect of having to sit in that pit of hell in Vietnam as a PoW for so long. I know I wouldn't have made it through that, and he did. Regardless of his own beliefs and his turn towards Dubya in 2008, his legacy still deserved to start with his service to our country.
But then he added this no-brain, no-class and no-talent asshole to his ticket. He unleashed the Kraken of Idiocy not only onto that election, but onto our culture. It's a shitstain that still hasn't quite been washed away, as this turd still pops up from time to time.
The point is, THIS is what needs to be written first in his obituary. Not his time as a Senator, not his time as a PoW and not his time as a candidate for POTUS. His obituary and legacy should both start with, "Gave the USA Sarah Palin, the Human Herpes."
robertgodardfromnj
(67 posts)Palin should quit politics ASAP and pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. Actually, I doubt even that would work out for her. Her shticks and antics have gotten really old.
Archae
(46,345 posts)Simply because he was willing to take on Bible Spice?
Months ago, Nye was described as the combination of Dr Frankenstein, Hitler and Dr Mengele.
Why?
Monsanto showed him how they create GMO's, and Nye called the anti-GMO hysteria just what it is.
Anytime Nye has clashed with religious dogma, he gets slammed.
He was slammed several years back by a nutso who said the Moon was a "lesser light."
Then he was slammed for saying Monsanto is not "MonSatan."
Now he's slammed by the right-wing since he opposes the religious dogma of climate change denial.
So Far From Heaven
(354 posts)But you might want to consider this:
She's under your skin.
Just ignore the bitch.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)The story, corrected, is "Sarah Palin doesn't think. Bill Nye is a real scientist."
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Johonny
(20,888 posts)Bill Nye who is mostly an actor by trade and an Engineer by schooling is clearly more than able to think and act by using the scientific method. Palin can't act, can't think, and has no answers worth hearing. She's a grifter.