Scientists rally against congressman who called evolution a lie from hell

Uncle Sam | 338 hits | Oct 17 9:25 pm | Posted by: Strutz

Having denounced evolution as a lie "straight from the pit of hell," Republican Rep. Paul Broun has won himself a new political opponent: Charles Darwin. A talk radio host in nearby Atlanta is trying to rally voters to cast write-in votes for the English

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by Strutz
Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:55 am
What really surprises me about this article is this...

But the laws of political science hold that Broun will likely win re-election to a fourth term. He has no Democratic opponent in the election Nov. 6 and Georgia law requires write-in candidates to register by early September. That, and Darwin is long dead.

A riding without an opponent? So voters in this riding have no choice?
by martin14
Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:26 am
"Strutz" said
What really surprises me about this article is this...

But the laws of political science hold that Broun will likely win re-election to a fourth term. He has no Democratic opponent in the election Nov. 6 and Georgia law requires write-in candidates to register by early September. That, and Darwin is long dead.

A riding without an opponent? So voters in this riding have no choice?

Looks like...

Maybe we should send Thanos to run against him.
by raydan
Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:12 pm
If they have no Democrat to run, it's because they have no chance in hell of winning.
by Freakinoldguy
Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:16 pm
Which...............means more of his constituents think like him than don't. A scary concept, no
by Unsound
Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:21 pm
"Freakinoldguy" said
Which...............means more of his constituents think like him than don't. A scary concept, no

Even scarier is that he's on the Science, Space and Technology Committee. He's entitled to his religious beliefs, and his constituents are entitled to agree and to vote for him, but who the hell was stupid enough to put a man who doesn't believe in science on a science committee?
by martin14
Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:58 pm
"Unsound" said
Which...............means more of his constituents think like him than don't. A scary concept, no

Even scarier is that he's on the Science, Space and Technology Committee. He's entitled to his religious beliefs, and his constituents are entitled to agree and to vote for him, but who the hell was stupid enough to put a man who doesn't believe in science on a science committee?

Same types that put imawhackjob on the women's rights committee.
by Zipperfish
Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:58 pm
And the lately departed Qadaffi on the UN Human Rights Committee