"The Party of Science"...getting some traction

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

I, for one, am looking for candidates who support science and medicine. I hope the Democrats take a stand on a national level on this issue. Apparently, some are already putting it forward.

The Party of Science
Mark Warner has apparently been getting standing ovations on the pre-pre-campaign trail by promising "an administration that believes in science."

The theme has gotten an unexpected amount of traction. Perhaps that's why I received this email today:

Dear Ryan,
President Bush vetoed legislation yesterday -- his first ever use of the presidential veto -- that would help to unlock the potential of stem-cell research that could change the lives of millions of Americans with potentially curable diseases.

As with so many Americans, this issue is personal for me. I have a daughter with juvenile diabetes and a mother with Alzheimer's disease. These are among the host of diseases for which stem cell research could produce a cure.

In the Bush administration, politics has trumped science: on climate change, alternative energy research, and on medical advancement that could save lives. This country needs an administration that believes in science and brings hope to the many Americans and their families suffering from these horrible diseases. Please join me in asking Congress to overturn President Bush's veto. Sign the petition today.

Governor Mark R. Warner
Forward Together PAC




http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/2006/07/the_party_of_science.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. something we need to support financially, no?

Nice to see someone using their head.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

2. The Un-science agenda of the GOP is so clearly obvious

You'd think this would be an easy avenue to use to the Democrat's advantage on a national level.

Short list of high profile GOP antics against sound science:

* The Schiavo nonsense
* Intelligent Design silliness
* Coat-hanger abortion and abstinence only insanity
* Veto stem cell research

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Which is why 48 Nobel Prize winners endorsed Kerry in 2004,

but thanks to the so called liberal media, most people had no idea it even occurred.

http://www.scientistsandengineersforchange.org/nobelletter.php

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

4. Embarrassed to admit it but

I didn't know that either :blush:

Certainly makes sense though.

[ruggerson]

5. It's a great line and Warner should use it often and loudly

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

6. The Democratic Party should use it often and loudly too.

:D

[Olney Blue]

7. We need to blind everyone with science!!!!!!

[woo me with science]

8. Thank god. Does this mean we can finally purge

the homopaths?
the astrologists?
the repressed memory therapists/satanic ritual abuse believers?
the facilitated communication defenders?
the "vaccines cause autism" fanatics?

I really, really hope so.

[Sparkly]

9. John Kerry said it often, as did others...

"I am going to be a President who believes in science."

http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/campaign/speeches/kerry_oct21.html

It was a theme in our 2004 campaign, including the convention.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

10. Since GOP loser issues of Schiavo, Intelligent Design, Stem Cell Veto...

I think this theme can gain more attention now into 2008. These were/are high profile anti-science blunders by the GOP that receive national focus.