But their recent contempt for black women turns my stomach.

I have said for ages, that the LP wymyn are less feminists than they are socialists, with all the ugliness that goes with that religion.

It turns out that Palin is not a creation scientist so the skeptics can all relax. Her view on creationism in the classroom looks a lot like mine, if it comes up discuss it critically which is what science is all about anyway!

Well there’s a certain disagreement there Rafe:

“Teach both,” Palin said. “You know, don’t be afraid of information… I am a proponent of teaching both.”

Which is the latest salvo from the likes of the Discovery Institute which calls for ‘open-minded’ debate meaning that a preposterous melange of theological claptrap cooked up by theocratic reactionaries should be side by side on the curricula with Darwin and Gould.
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That’s not ‘if it comes up discuss it’.
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Andrew Bolt of course links to another rigidly partisan blogger who writes:

Looks like Palin made an off-the-cuff statement during a debate on a hot topic, didn’t really expect the criticism she’d get, and then softened her position considerably in a follow-up interview.

If this was Obama’s problem Little Green Footballs would have course said he was spinning things desperately trying to cover up his true views blah blah blah.

Anyway in this profile in Newsweek she’s likewise on record as supporting Creationism on the curricula:

Palin said during her run that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in schools. She was baptized in an Assembly of God church, a Pentecostal denomination that believes God created the world at every step. Maria Comella, a spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign, said Palin attends different churches and does not consider herself Pentecostal.

The story does quite a good explication of Palin’s anti-corruption activity and her opposition to Big Oil cartels as well.

Viz creationism Palin’s fairly periferal to the issue. I idn’t think, whatever her views personally, that putting ID in science class is a priority. I’d be more worried if Huckabee’d been nominated.

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http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/piling_onto_palin/

I don’t have a dog in this fight because both parties are committed to big government intervention but the two Rep candidates look like the most genuine people who have been up for office in living memory.

On some reports the attention to Palin has wiped out the bounce that Obama achieved at the convention and the Democrat sleaze machine is dipping into the bottom of the barrel to get back at her.

Actually if the Democrat faithful cared about their constituency at home they would put their time and money directly where they might do some good, instead of playing politics to throw other people’s money into welfare and cognate issues dear to the left. Too much to expect of course, they are too addicted to politics and power to care about consequences.