O'Donnell in Debate: "Whether or not I think evolution is a myth is irrelevant."

[rbilancia]

THIS is one that the Coons camp needs to hit nutjob O'Donnell with from last night's debate. When asked point blank by Blitzer if she thinks evolution is a myth, as she has said before, she dodged and said that was "irrelevant" because the issue was about allowing local schoolboards to teach creationism if they so chose. She DOES think it is a myth, only further proving what a total moonbat spacebat whackhole she is.

[customerserviceguy]

1. Millions of people in America

who have been berift of a proper science education, agree with Prissy Chrissy on this one.

I don't agree with your idea that Coons needs to hit this one, it looks like slamming a person for a religious belief. There are plenty of other ways to argue about how each would serve in the Senate, and since she's not even close in the polls, there's no reason to look nasty at this point, just competent, and he did that in the debate.

[leftynyc]

13. I think a perfectly legitimate

question would be if she thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution in a science class.

[rbilancia]

18. Take a look at Coons' site. He HITTING the ditsy whacko with it ! And GOOD !

[hlthe2b]

2. I think Coons has been playing it exactly right re: O'Donnell

Staying above the fray, letting the media go after her idiocy and maintaining his double digit lead while staying focused on the issues. He looks (and obviously IS) the responsible adult in this race and it shows.

[madmax]

3. Yes, baby keep those pearls of wisdoms coming. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. She will, she has so many they're even circling her neck.

:rofl:

[madmax]

19. Psssst

They're fakes :rofl:

[Enthusiast]

4. She is alright with local

school boards deciding to teach mythology in science class. She is alright with it because she has had no science education and doesn't even know what evolution is. She actually said creationism has equal scientific footing with evolution. Amazingly stupid.

[DCBob]

5. Creationism is the teabagger candidates achilles heal..

Dems need to pound them on it.

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[BootinUp]

7. Coons just needs to differentiate between science class and religion/theology nt

[LynneSin]

8. So if a school wanted to teach that Nazi's were just misunderstood she's ok with that?

Or if they wanted to segregate the classes?

Or if they say "Hey women don't aren't smart enough to take the tough classes?"

There is a reason we don't let the school boards totally decide the agenda

[saltpoint]

10. So Christine, let's say -- just for the sake of argument --

that there are a large number of voters in Delaware who have the evolution issue more or less under control. That is, let's say they have it fairly clearly established in their minds. Let's say they've read a thing or two about it and done some thinking about it, maybe talked it over with their family and friends and colleagues, and have reached fairly workable conclusions as a result.

It might perplex them that although you have had the same opportuity and time and resources had you chose to undergo a similar inquiry, you nevertheless appear to have skipped out and instead are heard trumpeting a fundamentalist Christian view that evolution is untrue.

If those voters are inclined to respect the scientific process and the smarts that go with it over religious superstition and political dodging, you run a high risk of losing those votes to your opponent.

Blitzer should have asked you if in addition to your supporting public schools' right to teach creationism "if they so chose," you also would like to see public schools' cafeterias serve more meatballs in hopes of graduating fewer Hare Krishnas and more Christians. You yourself abandoned the notion of alignment with Hare Krishna owing to your now-famous love of meatballs. Public school students could thereby eat plenty of meatballs "if they so chose" for lunch at the school cafeteria so as to fend off the impulse to align with the Hare Krishnas. Indeed, they could be forced to eat meatballs with a view toward the same goal, just as they could be forced to take Creationism instead of evolution in their classes.

As for your admonitions about sexual pleasure generally and masturbation particularly, the same voters who might very well have done some thinking on evolution might themselves also enjoy sexual pleasure. I have no statistics at the ready, but it does seem like a reasonably fair assumption that sexual pleasure likely remains high on the list of leisure activities among voters in Delaware. I'm unwilling to speculate how many of them have enjoyed sexual pleasure on satanic altars, although again, I think a reasonable guess is that the percentage is fairly low, as in fewer than half a dozen, if that, a total unlikely to swing a statewide Senate race in your favor.

[SwampG8r]

21. fundamental religious view

its not an exclusively christian belief
many if not most have some sort of creation story that does not include evolution

[saltpoint]

22. True. I'm picking on Christine because she appears to

be pushing popular fundie buttons.

There's more than a little of the flirt in her, as well, where she seems to attempt to bewitch others as she spews nonsense. I hesitated before typing the word 'bewitch' in this case!

[rurallib]

11. science hard! make easy please?

math hard! make easy please?

[BootinUp]

14. LOL nt

[slackmaster]

12. It's relevant because Senators have a say in how federal funds are allocated

Which includes funding of big science projects.

[CanonRay]

15. It's relevant to me!

[kentuck]

16. Right??

It is irrelevant what I might think. I will only be voting on these laws in the US Senate. Uh-huh...

[polichick]

17. How can her whole world view be irrelevant to the job she's seeking? nt

[zulchzulu]

20. O'Donnell's own words define her ignorance

“Well, creationism, in essence, is believing that the world began as the Bible in Genesis says, that God created the Earth in six days, six 24-hour periods. And there is just as much, if not more, evidence supporting that.”

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