re: #210 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

He really normalized anti-science attitudes as being completely acceptable in the GOP, too. Before then, the GOP pretty much acknowledged that science was the backbone of the American economy and military power. Reagan kind of led the anti-intellectualism charge, or at least was strapped to the front of the anti-intellectualism movement like a hood ornament.

I am not as familiar about that with him but this is another strike against him as far as I’m concerned. For me, Reagan’s biggest sin was making the RR as a huge part of national politics. But that goes with the anti-science and anti-intellectualism you’re talking of.