Evolution and the GOP’s 2016 candidates: A complete guide

[DonViejo]

Here's where the party's hopefuls stand on the theory

LUKE BRINKER

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Here they are:

The Evolutionists

Nobody.

The Asterisk

Jeb Bush: Asked in 2005 whether he accepted evolution, Bush affirmed that he did — but that it shouldn’t be taught in schools. “Yeah, but I don’t think it should actually be part of the curriculum, to be honest with you,” Bush said. “And people have different points of view and they can be discussed at school, but it does not need to be in the curriculum.” Later that year, he argued that students should be presented with “varying viewpoints.”

They Aren’t Scientists

Chris Christie: Does Christie affirm evolutionary science? “That’s none of your business,” he replied with characteristic brusqueness in 2011. “Evolution is required teaching,” he added. “If there’s a certain school district that also wants to teach creationism, that’s not something we should decide in Trenton.”

Ted Cruz: While his kooky father would like you to know that evolution is a Communist lie, the Texas senator himself “won’t discuss evolution directly,” the New Yorker reported.

Bobby Jindal: The Brown University biology major, Rhodes scholar, and scorner of “the stupid party” feigns ignorance on the subject, emphasizing last year that he’s not an “evolutionary biologist” and contending that local schools should decide what they teach.

John Kasich: -snip-

Rand Paul: -snip-

Marco Rubio:

Scott Walker: He’s going to punt on this one.

The Hell No Caucus

Ben Carson: -snip-

Mike Huckabee: -snip-

Rick Santorum: -snip-

full article
http://www.salon.com/2015/02/11/evolution_and_the_gops_2016_candidates_a_complet_guide/

[MBS]

1. Depressing and shameful. n/t

[olddots]

2. frightening. these turd maggots should be cleaning Porto Pottys

There are not just 2 Americas these wankers are from another dimension

[Cha]

4. Ouch! But true!

[hifiguy]

3. Morons one and all.

No wonder this country is increasingly becoming the laughing stock of the world.

[longship]

5. Either religious kooks, or religious kook panderers. All worthless. All of them.

1. The kooks:

Ted Cruz
Bobby Jindal
Marco Rubio
Ben Carson
Mike Huckabee
Rick the Santorum

2. The kook panderers:

All the rest of them.

R&

[Lionel Mandrake]

6. Republicans probably won't be interested in celebrating Darwin Day,

which is tomorrow. (Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809.)