Kerry@MIT: Science Under Attack
"Kerry recalled the story of American scientist
Thomas Midgley Jr., who invented leaded gas and discovered
chlorofluorocarbons - both later deemed bad for the environment.
Midgley later was stricken by polio, and he developed a harness to get
in and out of his bed. He died after strangling in the device.
"Today
a group of ideologues are treating science as if it was one great big
Midgley experiment," Kerry said. "And the result is a shortsighted
period in the American experience where support for science is withheld
and facts are ignored and obscured and distorted."
He added:
"When so many Americans worry that we have become a nation of moral
relativists, there are too few Americans who are worrying that we are
becoming a nation of factual relativists."
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My advice to John Kerry: Forget your presidential ambitions. Like it or not, the stigma of the loser is upon you, and Democrats don't need you taking the piss out of our nominee in the next primary--let's be honest, when there's a campaign in the air you just can't help yourself, can you, Mr. Kerry? Stay in the Senate, Senator. Dig in and start thinking about your legacy there. The good people of Massachusetts like you liberal, so quit feigning moderation, and do what they elected you to do. Lead, Senator Kerry. Now that most Americans know who you are, it's time to start playing hardball in the Congress. Make yourself a fierce advocate for Democratic ideals. Or run for president again, and go down in history as the wishy-washy little senator that couldn't.
