These are some comments from ThinkProgress.Org about Palin's "Fruitfly" statements of October 25th.
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OceanDog Says:
LOVED Richard Wolffe’s smackdown of Palin on Keith…
"I’m going to be as restrained and measured as I possibly can about this. This is the most mindless, ignorant, uninformed comment that we have seen from Gov. Palin so far, and there’s been a lot of competition for that prize. Fruit flies are … a standard scientific model in genetic research along with a whole range of other organisms and cells, including mice, rats, there’s nothing fluffy or funny about it."
satirev Says:
The profound depth of this woman’s ignorance is nothing short of astounding. Every time she opens her mouth, she proves what a buffoon she is. No wonder Rove wanted to sequester her. I have yet to observe her complete a complete original thought into a well-constructed, gramatically-accurate sentence! She’s one pathetic “tool” at this point. I’m anxious to see what occurs when she returns to Alaska at this point. I’ve heard talk ranging from total censure to impeachment.
Since it broke yesterday that when she became a “candidate” she called her staff and had them alter expense reports to make it appear that the good taxpayers of the state were paying for her children as “invited guests” instead of “citizen leeches” as they more aptly became.
In reading this outrageous abuse of power in using the taxpayer’s money, one instance comes to mind: Las Vegas - Governor’s meeting. She occupied a room for 5 nights to the tune of $700+ per night and attended only one (1) meeting which consisted of 4 hours!! She also had the taxpayers fund her kids transportation and meals.
The future for this woman becomes more grim by the moment. Just like Joe the Plumber who has descended into the male laughingstock and collateral damage of the capricious trainwreck called the McCain Campaign, Secessionist Simpleton Sarah has become Joe’s female counterpart. Her political future is over and she will even top Dan Quayle now in being the dumbest veep candidate ever in our history.
Thanks to Sarah, Dan Quayle’s political capital just went up!
CageyCretin Says:Sciency stuff scares her. Fruit flies, stem cells, and all sorts of sciency stuff that attempts to slap gOD in the proverbial face. Well, Sarah says “thanks but no thanks” to science. Science cannot be wed with religion… I guess they’re the same gender, and we know how her gOD feels about THAT sort of thing….
Sarah Palin, bringing science back to the Dark Ages in the name of gOD.
Interesting that she did not say that research would be funded to seek cures: she offered a massive welfare program. (just pointing out the hypocracy — myself, I think that the welfare AND scientific research is needed).
Palin just continues to amaze us all. Not only with her ignorance (the novelty of that is starting to wear off, believe it or not), but the PRIDE she appears to take in her ignorance.
Drosophila research has yielded benefits for many physical conditions afflicting humans — autism, brain disorders, cancer — just to name a few. My mother is a retired developmental biologist who spent a great deal of time on fruit fly research, which was also the subject of her doctoral dissertation. She could enlighten us all on what the benefits of this research have done for us over the years far better than I ever could.
I suspect that Palin’s answer to people who have special needs consists of praying to God for healing. Anything else would be far beyond her comprehension.
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