Shanktified!

DesMoinesRegister.com has this quote:

“If you want to believe that you and your family came from apes, that’s fine. I’ll accept that,” he said Friday. “I just don’t happen to think that I did.”

As for what should be taught in public schools, Huckabee said he wants “schools to acknowledge that there are views that are different than evolution.”

See my last post for more on the origins (no pun intended) of his comments.

• UPDATE 3a: Edited clip here:
  
  
  This clip was changed to a slightly longer version to make sure RP’s full answer was given.
• UPDATE 2: Ron Paul says “It’s a Theory … I don’t accept it.”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4af9Q0Fa4Q (question starts at 2:40) Hat-tip: Ray (from comment 40 below).
• Update 1 (written when I still understood Paul to believe in Evolution): Much to my surprise this post remains one of the most active on my site. So, I think it is necessary to clarify that Ron Paul’s views on evolution alone do not disqualify him from receiving my vote. I like many of Ron Paul’s comments concerning the Constitutionality of various things. It’s where Rep Paul and I have strong common ground. But this is a campaign and don’t let debate sound-bites override the facts. Investigate. Start with their voting records. Now, on to my original post:

As I investigate whom I will vote for, I found the list got a lot shorter after the first debate.

After seeing the clip after asking “who does not believe in evolution.” I shot off this email to the Ron Paul campaign:

On 5/4/07, Ron Shank wrote:

Dear Ron Paul team:

Does Ron Paul believe in evolution? I didn’t see his hand raised in the debate when asked “who does not believe in evolution.”

Thanks for your quick reply.

Thank you,

Ron Shank

They quickly replied.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Re: Didn’t see his hand
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 16:15:06 -0400
From: Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee
To: Ron Shank

Ron,

Ron Paul did not raise his hand during that question, it was Tancredo, Huckabee & Brownback who raised their hands. Dr. Paul is physician and believes in evolution.

For me, this narrows it down to these three to further investigate.

Your thoughts?

ALL RIGHT EVERYONE!!! Let’s get Scott Ott on the Ballot on all 50 States!!! I’ll help in Tennessee - we need signatures in other states!

Note to Mr. Scott (not the guy from Star Trek.. I’m just being all formalish cuz he might be the Pro-shizzle one day): Scott, are you running as an Independent or pretending to be Republican (like Romney). And I need a button for my website!

… And while you are at it make yourself King, Supreme Emperor or maybe Grand Poobah… How do you say Poobah in Spanish?  Poobah El Grande?

Mexican leftist will never accept rival’s win - Yahoo! News
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s leftist opposition leader said on Sunday he will never recognize his right-wing rival as president and vowed a “radical transformation” of the country by setting up a parallel government.

….That’s how much you are paying per gallon in taxes. Maybe it’s not all Exxon’s fault?
Source:TDOT

Since its introduction, homosexual activists have seized upon the fact that the Tennessee Marriage Amendment (TMA) is one of the weakest versions of any state marriage amendment proposal to date.

Read more here: Homosexual Activists Decry, Praise TN Marriage Amendment Language

Christmas came wrapped in a big red bow thanks to the unanimous ruling of a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit of Appeals.

In a decision that only could be described as groundbreaking in this day and age, the judges ruled that the First Amendment means what it says.

The panel — rejecting the “tiresome” and “extra-constitutional” sophistry of the American Civil Liberties Union — upheld a Kentucky county’s right to display the Ten Commandments.

The court panel was compelled to state the self-evident: The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state.

Continue Reading: Constitutional sanity

Running to your base - smart.

Exclusive: Sen. Allen Withdraws ‘Hate Crimes’ Support — 12/09/2005
(CNSNews.com) - Republican U.S. Sen. George Allen will no longer support “hate crimes” legislation that includes “sexual orientation” as a protected status, even if the proposal is identical to a bill he voted for in 2004. The Virginia senator acknowledged Friday that such legislation could be used by federal courts to extend civil rights protections to homosexuals and to squelch free speech.

Joe Glover with the quote of the day:

“You can’t make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.”

Even those not in VA will find this an enlightening read: Kilgore Learns the High Cost of Compromise

I’m just now seeing this.

Well, appellate judges are not obligated to follow the precedent of the Supreme Court. They take an oath only to uphold the Constitution. There’s no oath, no rule, no nothing [that mandates they must follow precedent].

It’s from the pre-confirmation hype about Judge Roberts, but it makes a point that too many folks forget. Justices only take an oath to the Constitution. There is no mandate they follow precedence.

The rest of the transcript is just funny. I wish there had been audio.