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Science, The Underminer

Mar 18, 2009

On The Daily Show the other night, John Oliver says that President Obama's science-oriented approach ends "the war on science -- the one war we were actually winning." Oliver also channels former President George W. Bush, adding that "science with its rational methodology and fact-based process undermines the American way of life."




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