Rick Perry: ‘In Texas We Teach Both Creationism and Evolution’
This needs to get much more attention: Rick Perry is the most overt creationist in a political party that’s completely dominated by a crazed rejection of science.
Here he is in New Hampshire, telling a young boy that evolution is just “another theory that’s out there,” and “in Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution.”
This is madness.
Hot Air blogger Ed Morrissey sees nothing wrong with Perry’s response, and instead attacks the kid’s mother: Video: Mom pushes kid to ask Perry about evolution.
Hey, honey. Go up to the big, scary stranger and start asking him about religion and science!
Ah, motherhood and politics…
Even better: Dammit, son, you’re not asking the questions I’m too afraid to ask right! You have to ask him why he hates science!
I’ve got a question for Mom. Why don’t you have the guts to ask the question yourself? Too afraid of looking like an idiot in public? Well … too late for that now.
Perry manages to get in a good backhanded slap at Mom, though, when he explains that Texas teaches both evolution and creationism, and says that assumes that students will be smart enough to figure it out for themselves. Too bad Mom doesn’t think the same thing about her son here.
Interesting that Morrissey just assumes mom had to force her son to ask Perry about evolution. My first thought when I saw the video was, “Good for that kid!”
I would have been right there, asking the same questions, when I was that age. (Probably not as politely.)