Edmund Storms wrote: > I wonder how many people turned McCain down before Gov. Palin's name came > up? The ship is sinking with all aboard.
I do not think so. I would not count out McCain or the Republican Party. I expect this will be a very close election. Creationism is not a problem for the Republican Party or McCain personally. I do not think that McCain cares one way or the other about creationism. But he does not oppose it. He gave the keynote address at the Discovery Institute in 2005. He has been quoted on both sides of the issue: Daily Star: Does it belong in science? McCain: There's enough scientists that believe it does. I'm not a scientist. This is something that I think all points of view should be presented. "I think Americans should be exposed to every point of view," he said. "I happen to believe in evolution…I respect those who think the world was created in seven days. Should it be taught as a science class? Probably not." http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/12/mccain-creationism/ In his second book, Obama unequivocally said that he believes in evolution. This is getting far off topic, but here is one other astounding political development. Pat Buchanan liked Obama's speech, and he sounds like supports Obama. I kept expecting him to say that it was a great speech but it was all a trick and he doesn't believes that Obama means what he says. But he did not say that. In fact, he describes Obama as a conservative. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZotPTqj4qAU Politics makes for strange bedfellows. I agree that Obama is fundamentally conservative, again based on his book. - Jed
