I took a break for the game and am never going to catch up. But I’ve gotta say, I’m disturbed by the selective memory showing here on Sarah Palin’s creationism.

It was right here on LGF that we (well, I) learned, while the Kos kiddies (and my next door neighbor) were in hysterics about Palin’s remarks during a 2006 debate, that she followed up with a clarification a few days later in a radio interview. I have the transcript somewhere but I can’t find it now, so I’ll go with this:

In a subsequent interview with the Daily News, Palin said discussion of alternative views on the origins of life should be allowed in Alaska classrooms. “I don’t think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum,” she said.

Again, this follow-up was ignored by most of the liberal media that descended upon her debate comments like a swarm of locusts. I learned about it right here on LGF. Whether her remarks spiked a controversy at the time is unclear. She was running for governor of Alaska at the time, not VP of the US. It appears to me that her clarification was just that, and not an attempt at damage control.

I’m hardly a blind supporter of Sarah Palin and I’m not at all sure at this point whether I’d support her as a Presidential candidate in 2012. But her position on creationism is still far from clear and just a few months ago most of the people registered here seemed to understand that. Not to put too fine a point on it but, there also this (from the same link):

Palin said during her 2006 gubernatorial campaign that if she were elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add creation-based alternatives to the state’s required curriculum, or look for creationism advocates when she appointed board members.