Less than a third of Republican candidates for President reject evolution. That's how far out of the mainstream those three whackos are.
Only McCain and Giuliani said they'd back stem cell research, despite growing national majorities in favor of it.
I didn't watch it, so I don't know anything but what I read about it on the internets.
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I passed on listening to the Democratic debates, so you can sure as heck bet I skipped the recent Republican debate. Just as well, too; the candidates got pressed on that evolution question again, and wouldn't you know it, it simply triggered an avalanche of idiocy, with Mike Huckabee leading the…
Brownback was cooky as usual.
There was an interesting question about whether a business owner should be able to hire and fire people for any reason (in this case sexual preference). Only one guy was given 30 seconds to answer. I wish they would have asked questions like this instead of harping on abortion and values.
On the evolution question, McCain seemed to have buyer's remorse upon answering, and added a cliched "hand of God" statement to appease the base. I understand that Brownback is a Catholic convert, but um, I thought creationism went out of style for the Vatican a while ago.
Once upon a time, even Brownback was a moderate idiot (ie. Republican). He was iffy on abortion, pro-science, and all that happy stuff. But then, he realized the xtian zealots were a powerful base, and he sold himself to them.
I first met the guy about fifteen years ago -- his daughter was about my age -- and he was not the fundamentalist psychopath he is now. I doubt he really is now, either, but I can certainly imagine he's playing it for the electoral position.