Harping on Palin's gaffes is getting old, but this one is worth a look because it seems to contradict claims made by the McCain campaign that they are not opposed to funding increases for scientific research. Apparently McCain has also used scientific research in campaign ads about government pork. Christopher Hitchens does not mince words:

This is what the Republican Party has done to us this year: It has placed within reach of the Oval Office a woman who is a religious fanatic and a proud, boastful ignoramus. Those who despise science and learning are not anti-elitist. They are morally and intellectually slothful people who are secretly envious of the educated and the cultured. And those who prate of spiritual warfare and demons are not just "people of faith" but theocratic bullies. On Nov. 4, anyone who cares for the Constitution has a clear duty to repudiate this wickedness and stupidity.

Will they still let him on Fox after that?

Palin's comment on science research....