Aussie view: A Creationist as Would-be Veep?

[Kasept]

Found this while looking at Melbourne Cup info... As vacuous as she is appalling. That this person was included on a presidential ticket is beyond comprehension. A sad comment on America's political landscape.

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Creationist Sarah and the politics of extinction

Even scarier than the Republican vice-presidential nominee's ignorance of science is that many Americans agree that Earth began just a moment ago in time. Rick Feneley reports...

Sarah Palin believes in fossil fuels but not necessarily in fossils. This is no trivial matter. Of all the intense scrutiny Palin has faced in this campaign - not least on the matter of her wardrobe - nobody in America seemed much interested in asking her the dinosaur question.

That is: do you believe, or have you ever believed, that the world was created in the past 5000 or 10,000 years and that dinosaurs roamed the planet alongside humans?

Palin's political extinction may be only days away but somebody really should have asked this question of the woman who has advocated the discussion of creationism in the classroom; the woman who might have been a heartbeat from the presidency; the woman whom John McCain described as being among the "foremost experts in this nation on energy issues".

During the 2006 gubernatorial debate in Alaska, Palin suggested schools could teach creationism as well as evolution. "Teach both," she said. "You know, don't be afraid of education. Healthy debate is so important and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both."

READ THE FULL PIECE: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/...e#contentSwap1