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Establishment have the slightest influence over this guy. >> hes won in spite of that. >> he beat them once, and hell beat them again. joy to the world. >> well see. >> thank you, dee dee myers and mark mckin nen. reality bites. the modern republican party, global warming is not happening they say. evolution is a liberal theory, rape cant cause pregnancy. how theyre the party of science deniers. why is mitt romney running another ad that states quite falsely that president obama has ended welfar...

Whether theres real global warming has not been determined. >> has not been determined. burckle is in good company by the way. mitt romney agrees. lets listen. >> my view is that we dont know whats causing climate change on this planet, and the idea of spending trillions of dollars to try and reduce co2 emissions is not the right course for us. >> at least he admits theres climate change. thats progress in that crowd. exhibit b, evolution. who could forget rick perry on the campaign trail explai...

>> i believe in evolution, but i also believe when i hike the grand canyon and see it at sunset that the hand of god is there also. >> that sounds right to me. brown back, huck key and tancredo dont believe in evolution. theres a couple things going on here. obviously business types think if they accept the fact theres a man kind influence on climate changes and they have to change laws and deal with that. it will hurt their freedom in the marketplace, right? theres the other thing about the rel...

Man kind and the history of this planet. its frightening. >> im not making a value judgment when i say this, okay? the republican party has become a faith-based party. starting with ronald reagan, there was a marriage between the bible belt of the south, the fundamentalist bible belt of the south, literal interpretation and catholics elsewhere in the country who are becoming more conservative socially. they joined hands, and there are many good things that came from that, especially if you belie...

>> there is a controversy among scientists about whether evolution is a fact. >> what is the aversion on the republican side to science? whats it doing to the republican party, to politics and mitt romneys chance of becoming president. bill nye is the science guy and howard fineman another kind of science guy, editorial director of the huffington post and an msnbc analyst. bill, thanks so much for coming on. its an unusual question, but, you know i have a little commentary at the end of the show...

Unsettling, just ask them directly why dont you believe in climate change? what is it about it that you find unacceptable, because the science is overwhelming? >> let me tell you we did in the last presidential campaign back in 2008. we asked mr. romney and the others about this whole question of evolution. watch this. what happened. it was jim vander high was my co-anchor that night out of the reagan library. he asked who believes in evolution and who doesnt. heres john mccain starting it off o...

Of thought? >> its a mystery. its generally agreed, but what you believe as a kid sticks with you your whole life. i would say in general these people got misperceptions when they were young, and its still with them. that wouldnt matter except we have climate change. we have 7 billion people living in whats proven to be a pretty small planet, so being anti-science at this point in history is very serious for all humankind, and, of course, its very serious for us as citizens of the u.s. who have ...

That whether or not there is real global warming has not been determined. >> good company. mitt romney agrees. lets listen. >> my view is that we dont know whats causing climate change on this planet and the idea spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce the co2 emissions is not the right course for us. >> at least he is admit there is a change. evolution, who can forget rick perry on the campaign trail explaining how they sort of teach evolution in texas. lets listen. >> you ...

Sound bite which is are very compelling and creepy, unsettling, just ask them directly why dont you believe in -- what is it about it that you find unacceptable. >> mr. nye, let me tell law we did. the last presidential campaign back in 2008, we asked mr. romney and the others about this whole question of evolution. and watch this, what happened when -- my co-anchor that night at the reagan library, jim began asking them about who believes in evolution and who doesnt believe in evolution. here i...

Authority. i dont think the jokeners the so-called republican establishment have the slightest influence. >> he believes -- >> beat him once and will beat him again. >> exactly. >> thank you. coming up, reality bites. modern republican party global warming, not happening, they say. evolution, liberal theory. rape, cant cause pregnancy. how republicans have become the party of science den ires. why is mitt romney running another ad that states quite falsely that president obama has ended welfare ...