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11-19-2012, 09:22 PM
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Agreed...
Today, Marco Rubio, everyone's top choice for the Republican nomination, is wondering why we can't just teach evolution and creationism side by side. That the earth could be just a few thousand years old or 4.5 billion... he isn't sure... 
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Does Rubio meet the constitutional requirements necessary to run?
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11-19-2012, 09:25 PM
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Does Rubio meet the constitutional requirements necessary to run?
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Are you trying to be clever? I'm not a "birther."
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11-19-2012, 09:25 PM
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Does Rubio meet the constitutional requirements necessary to run?
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Yes. We should check his birth certificate though to make sure he was indeed born in Florida as is claimed.
And none of these Internet image copies either...I wanna see the real thing...original copy...I'm sure he'll happily comply.
Then I want to see his college records.
Obama's the only one who gets the free pass from here on out...especially since Rubio doesn't have that magical (D) next to his name.
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11-19-2012, 09:26 PM
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How about we forget BOTH and teach kids to read, write, and do math, then let THEM decide what they believe in?
Reading, writing, and math have so far been out of reach of far too many kids to even consider teach ANYTHING else.
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11-19-2012, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Why does this even have to be an issue? Why is he talking about this? It's nothing but a distraction. A distraction that doesn't have a thing to do with running this country on a day to day basis.
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Why is he talking about this? Because he thinks that this stance will satisfy both the Christians AND the scientific-minded.
He wants to kiss up to both...but will end up pissing off everybody.
As I've said before...the Republicans are geniuses.
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11-19-2012, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Why is he talking about this? Because he thinks that this stance will satisfy both the Christians AND the scientific-minded.
He wants to kiss up to both...but will end up pissing everybody off.
As I've said before...the Republicans are geniuses.
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Isn't it clear by the vote that almost half the country doesn't agree with Democrats?
I still fail to see how those gloating about the Obama win and the "downfall of Republicans" can think such things in the face of the popular vote.
You guys act as if Romney only garnered 36% of the vote... 
And I only say this to you because of your "Republicans are geniuses" snide remark. Democrats are what? Perhaps 3% smarter? Congrats...
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11-19-2012, 09:47 PM
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Dems failed to take back the House.
How is that possible in light of this huge mandate?
After all the crap back and forth, billions of dollars spent....nothing changed. But the dems think they have been validated.
Talk about yer Eintsteins!
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11-19-2012, 09:50 PM
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Isn't it clear by the vote that almost half the country doesn't agree with Democrats?
I still fail to see how those gloating about the Obama win and the "downfall of Republicans" can think such things in the face of the popular vote.
You guys act as if Romney only garnered 36% of the vote...
And I only say this to you because of your "Republicans are geniuses" snide remark. Democrats are what? Perhaps 3% smarter? Congrats... |
This election was very winnable for the Republicans...and they lost it because of Romney's stupidity. And he gave further proof of that stupidity with that ridiculous comment of his about the "gifts" that supposedly lost him the election.
The Asian-Americans didn't support him either; are we to believe that they are looking for gifts too?
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11-19-2012, 09:54 PM
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Bottom line is, the popular vote doesn't support this theory of the imminent demise of the Republican party. It simply doesn't.
If Michele Bachmann can win reelection, then this theory is entirely off base.
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11-19-2012, 09:58 PM
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The Asian-Americans didn't support him either; are we to believe that they are looking for gifts too?
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Actually we're to believe facts and historical voting patterns. This was the 3rd consecutive Prez election Asian Amer's voted Blue.
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11-19-2012, 10:03 PM
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Bottom line is, the popular vote doesn't support this theory of the imminent demise of the Republican party. It simply doesn't.
If Michele Bachmann can win reelection, then this theory is entirely off base.
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That's YOUR bottom line.
IMO...the bottom line is that I was right about the election, and you were wrong. 
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11-19-2012, 10:14 PM
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Actually we're to believe facts and historical voting patterns. This was the 3rd consecutive Prez election Asian Amer's voted Blue.
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I think my friend Traynor would agree with me that a trend of such short duration would be rendered totally insignificant...statistic-wise. 
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11-19-2012, 10:35 PM
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Two things - yes, you were right about the election.
but we are not talking about that - we are talking about the demise of the republicans.
And statistical trend do not apply here.
This is the real world.
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11-19-2012, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
Agreed...
Today, Marco Rubio, everyone's top choice for the Republican nomination, is wondering why we can't just teach evolution and creationism side by side. That the earth could be just a few thousand years old or 4.5 billion... he isn't sure...
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I read the Q&A, and I have no problem with it. He didn't allow the interviewer to drag him into some gotcha games. He's Catholic, and he alluded to 7 eras, so it seemed to me that he doesn't think the earth is 6000 years old, but he doesn't want to turn off the parts of his base who do. He's a politician, what do you expect? He said he's not a scientist so he can't give an exact age. But I thought his answer was fine. As far as evolution and creationism, he said parents should be able to teach "what their faith says and what science says". I agree with him.
Reading the interview, I can't see why anyone would be bothered by it.
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11-19-2012, 11:21 PM
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That's YOUR bottom line.
IMO...the bottom line is that I was right about the election, and you were wrong. |
That's only going to count if the country as a whole improves...if it doesn't, I doubt you're going to be OWNING this win as haughtily as you are at the moment.
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