Was the animal/human hybrid thing referencing evolution?

[deadparrot]

I can't for the life of me understand why his speechwriters would put something like that in there.

[spindrifter]

1. It's a literary reference to his

true name and origin--Chimpy.

[Matariki]

2. a new controversy for the religious right

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras.html

[CatholicEdHead]

5. Oh brother

This will be added to the abortion and gay marriage litmus tests.

:wtf:

[Matariki]

9. yep, ANYTHING to divert genuine debate of the REAL issues

on edit: probably best to beat them to the punch and make fun of Bush mercilessly for it ;-)

[acmejack]

8. I figured as much.

I remembered the mysterious "Dred Scott" reference from the debates, so this resonated in an unpleasantly familiar way.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

3. It's the new wingnut issue for 06...Ban the hybrid species

:wow:

[dflprincess]

4. Somebody read Harry Potter to him and the centaurs

scared him.

[yellowdogmi]

6. * saw fear and loathing in Las Vegas and got skeered. eom

[janx]

7. I didn't know either, but apparently, it's to scare the ignorant.

There have been bio tests going on, as has been the case for many years--see the link to National Geo provided above.

Fear, fear, fear...

[Kindigger]

10. Referring to Stalin's

human/ape hybrid experiment?

[NYC Liberal]

11. He was talking about banning unethical medical practices

and it was in connection to cloning.

[CoffeeCat]

12. Actually, he's referring to a new creature...

The Humanatee...

Half human, half manatee.

This lab-created creature spends half of its life in the ocean and the rest of its life shopping at Ron Jon's Surf Shop and sunning itself outside its time share.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

[applegrove]

13. first it was stem cells science was bad, then mammal/human hybrid, and

lastly patents on human embryos - all in one breath so if you refused to clap for banning stem cell science it sounded like you were in the man/dog society.