Poll of 2500 scientists reveals interesting data

A privileged glimpse into the obvious:  Vast Majority of Scientists say Bush Administration Suppressed Scientific Research Findings

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07/majority-of-scientists-bush-suppressed-science/

There are things I agree with the scientists about -- and subjects on which I disagree with them.  I enjoyed reading some of the Readers' Comments at the end of this article.  Here are two of them:

1)  I continue to be amazed and appalled that so many Americans don't believe in evolution.
That's terrible. Especially as there is no conflict between the science and belief in God, just between science and distorted beliefs in old religious texts written by people with primitive concepts of reality.

2)  As someone whose job is at an energy research institution this isn't even slightly surprising. We don't usually do work directly for the federal government, but the difference in the kind and quality of research that's being sponsored has changed so dramatically over the past six months that it's even a little shocking to me, and I've heard first or second hand about some egregious abuses of "science" during the Bush Administration era.

The statistic about Republican self-identification tells you more about logic than political lean, also. The modern US Republican party isn't conservative, they are abusive and insane. Scientists are, for the most part, a logical bunch by definition. Thus, unlike the public at large, they're drastically more likely to be aware of the disconnect between conservative ideals and the Republican party.

Hence, as the statistic shows, very, very few would self-identify as Republican. The actual conservatives among them instead identify as independent.