Comments on: McCain and Jindal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:50:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MattGS http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/comment-page-2/#comment-105281 MattGS Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:48:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/#comment-105281 Why? I don't feel bad. Why? I don’t feel bad.

]]> By: Quiet Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/comment-page-2/#comment-105218 Quiet Desperation Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/#comment-105218 <i>Telling me to stick my “condescension” somewhere and putting a smiley a couple of sentences later does not make it “humorous”.</i> Aww... you poor thing. Telling me to stick my “condescension” somewhere and putting a smiley a couple of sentences later does not make it “humorous”.

Aww… you poor thing.

]]> By: John Phillips, FCD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/comment-page-2/#comment-105069 John Phillips, FCD Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:31:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/#comment-105069 What I find amusing is the number of people who complain about Phil's political posts yet if they bothered to read his 'about' piece on the right of the page they would see that his major interests and aims include fighting against the misuse of science and those who are anti science. Jindal has already proved that he is anti science with his so called academic freedom bill in his state thus this post is perfectly in line with Phil's stated aims for his blog. You always have the option of ignoring the posts simply from the title. After all, it was fairly obvious even to a non USAian like myself what a post titled McCain and Jindal was likely to about. Thus, for instance, I am not and never have been a fan of Dr. Who, it just never appealed to me from the very first series in the 60s, even though I am generally a huge SF fan. So when I see a post with a title indicating that it is about Dr. Who, unless I have a lot of time to waste, I simply skip them and move on to something that interests me more. Obviously a really difficult concept for some. What I find amusing is the number of people who complain about Phil’s political posts yet if they bothered to read his ‘about’ piece on the right of the page they would see that his major interests and aims include fighting against the misuse of science and those who are anti science. Jindal has already proved that he is anti science with his so called academic freedom bill in his state thus this post is perfectly in line with Phil’s stated aims for his blog.

You always have the option of ignoring the posts simply from the title. After all, it was fairly obvious even to a non USAian like myself what a post titled McCain and Jindal was likely to about. Thus, for instance, I am not and never have been a fan of Dr. Who, it just never appealed to me from the very first series in the 60s, even though I am generally a huge SF fan. So when I see a post with a title indicating that it is about Dr. Who, unless I have a lot of time to waste, I simply skip them and move on to something that interests me more. Obviously a really difficult concept for some.

]]> By: ArgusEyes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/comment-page-2/#comment-104949 ArgusEyes Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:07:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/#comment-104949 “…and rumor has it he’ll be chatting with the antiscience ID-supporting creationist exorcist Governor of that state…” “…Jindal is considered to be on McCain’s shortlist of vice-presidential candidates, which all by itself is an excellent reason not to vote for McCain.” So by going on rumours and possibilities you have used this opportunity to write a screed against republicans. One might have thought that it would be a little more honest to actually wait until a republican VP is nominated but that would mean passing up on the chance to rake the muck. By the way: "I've got the job that I want," Jindal said. "I'm not going to be the vice president. I'm not going to be the nominee.” - Bobby Jindal, from the sources you cited but did not read So the guys says that he’s not going to be a VP nominee, he could change his mind but that sounds pretty final to me. I love your science/sceptical writing but I can’t stand the political shilling. Mark “…and rumor has it he’ll be chatting with the antiscience ID-supporting creationist exorcist Governor of that state…”
“…Jindal is considered to be on McCain’s shortlist of vice-presidential candidates, which all by itself is an excellent reason not to vote for McCain.”

So by going on rumours and possibilities you have used this opportunity to write a screed against republicans. One might have thought that it would be a little more honest to actually wait until a republican VP is nominated but that would mean passing up on the chance to rake the muck.
By the way:

“I’ve got the job that I want,” Jindal said. “I’m not going to be the vice president. I’m not going to be the nominee.”
- Bobby Jindal, from the sources you cited but did not read

So the guys says that he’s not going to be a VP nominee, he could change his mind but that sounds pretty final to me. I love your science/sceptical writing but I can’t stand the political shilling.

Mark

]]> By: justcorbly http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/comment-page-2/#comment-104937 justcorbly Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:06:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/#comment-104937 If Jindal is on the ticket, he will be portrayed as Dan Quayle redux, with reason. In addition, Jindal's appeal to the GOP base -- his looney views -- is precisely what will repel the rest of the country, who at this point have never heard of him. McCain needs to pick an energetic, dynamic personality. His choices are limited because politicians with national ambitions are going to think twice before joining an almost certainly losing effort. If Jindal is on the ticket, he will be portrayed as Dan Quayle redux, with reason. In addition, Jindal’s appeal to the GOP base — his looney views — is precisely what will repel the rest of the country, who at this point have never heard of him.

McCain needs to pick an energetic, dynamic personality. His choices are limited because politicians with national ambitions are going to think twice before joining an almost certainly losing effort.

]]> By: MattGS http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/comment-page-2/#comment-104934 MattGS Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:39:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/#comment-104934 @Quiet Desperation: Telling me to stick my "condescension" somewhere and putting a smiley a couple of sentences later does not make it "humorous". @Quiet Desperation:

Telling me to stick my “condescension” somewhere and putting a smiley a couple of sentences later does not make it “humorous”.

]]> By: Lawrence http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/comment-page-2/#comment-104933 Lawrence Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:36:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/23/mccain-and-jindal/#comment-104933 I, for one, would just like to get someone in office that shows a little common sense - because over the last eight years (and then some), I've seen almost none. I, for one, would just like to get someone in office that shows a little common sense – because over the last eight years (and then some), I’ve seen almost none.

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