Sneering at science

Clive Thompson of Collision Detection has the definitive response to the Kerry spacesuit snarks:

A couple of days ago, John Kerry was touring Cape Canaveral when the scientists asked if he was interested in seeing the inside of the space shuttle Discovery. Of course, he said yes; hell, who wouldn't want to check out the inside of a shuttle? So he put on a protective jumpsuit and went in. At one point, someone took his picture...

Read the rest of this inspired rant in situ.