Reply #4: K&R !! I am very glad President Obama prioritizes science. [View All]

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But watch for Republicans to pick out specific R&D projects to criticize-- "look they're spending your tax dollars on studying a tiny fruit fly," etc. I can see them rubbing their hands together in glee, waiting for the list of projects to pick apart.

President Obama talked about funding science during the campaign, though, so I'm hoping Republican critiques will continue to reinforce the public's understanding that the GOP is all about attacks and promoting the destructive policies that led to the Bush Depression we are trying to crawl out of.

But the Newt is out there too. Doing his best to toss mud in full sentences-- complaining about the carbon tax as killing our jobs and raising the cost of living on our poor seniors. The GOP has always cared so much about seniors-- they wanted to privatize social security before the Bush Depression disappeared a lot of our savings and fabulous 401ks.

But they are still given the majority of TV time to push their discredited policies again and again. Our major TV media are still consolidated into right wing hands who put 20% progressive content on and call themselves "balanced."