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By Jonah Goldberg | National Review Online
"But it is bordering on the grotesque to handpick scientists to give you an opinion and then lie about what they actually said and implement a policy they don't endorse. (According to the Journal, the Interior Department has apologized to the scientists. But the administration refuses to publicly acknowledge it did anything wrong.)
The most important point isn't about cheap politics and hypocrisy. It's about the fundamental misunderstanding of the role of science in policymaking.
Obama once told reporters that 'the promise that stem cells hold does not come from any particular ideology; it is the judgment of science, and we deserve a president who will put that judgment first.'
Putting aside the fact that it now appears many scientists were wrong about the promise of stem cells (at least so far), this is morally deranged. If scientists discovered that experimentation on five-year-old children showed huge promise to cure diseases or solve the energy crisis, we wouldn't say, 'Oh, well, scientists say it's okay.'" |
