Is Ron Paul Definitively Bad for Science?

On my way to work this morning I received my usual weekly Quora update email (for those unfamiliar with Quora, it's a website that allows users to seamlessly submit questions and answers about a range of topics..HT Omar El-Ayat) and, for some reason, got really fired up when I saw Josh's answer to the question: Is Ron Paul definitively bad for science?

You can read Josh's answer here, and my reply to Josh here.