Comments on: What debates? http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/05/what-debates/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/05/what-debates/comment-page-1/#comment-12242 Erich Vieth Wed, 09 May 2007 22:43:31 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1281#comment-12242 For more on the so-called debates, see this post by Marty Kaplan of Huffpo. Here's a sample: "But in practice, "debates" isn't the right name for them. More than anything else, they're branding opportunities." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-kaplan/its-the-constitution-st_b_48016.html For more on the so-called debates, see this post by Marty Kaplan of Huffpo. Here’s a sample: “But in practice, “debates” isn’t the right name for them. More than anything else, they’re branding opportunities.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-kaplan/its-the-constitution-st_b_48016.html

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/05/what-debates/comment-page-1/#comment-12184 Ben Mon, 07 May 2007 04:01:36 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1281#comment-12184 Jason Rosenhouse has collected some GOP debate reactions... "Three other candidates (Brownback, Huckabee, and Tancredo) raised their hands when asked to affirm their lack of belief in evolution." -Rosenhouse "it was a good night for Republicans if they were called Neanderthals by Arianna Huffington" -Huffington "The question was put directly to McCain, who answered with a simple "yes" before adding, "I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also." -Washington Post http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2007/05/reactions_to_the_antievolution.php Jason Rosenhouse has collected some GOP debate reactions…

“Three other candidates (Brownback, Huckabee, and Tancredo) raised their hands when asked to affirm their lack of belief in evolution.”
-Rosenhouse

“it was a good night for Republicans if they were called Neanderthals by Arianna Huffington”
-Huffington

“The question was put directly to McCain, who answered with a simple “yes” before adding, “I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.”
-Washington Post

http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2007/05/reactions_to_the_antievolution.php

]]> By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/05/what-debates/comment-page-1/#comment-12176 grumpypilgrim Sun, 06 May 2007 20:32:03 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1281#comment-12176 Of course there are no debates among the candidates. A real debate might reveal the candidates to be as clueless and inept as they are. That is why the presidential debate committee, for example, is run by the campaign committees of the candidates, rather than by a group that might actually stage a real debate. BTW, I read that two of the Republican presidential candidates in the debate last week declared that they do not believe in evolution, and all except Giuliani want to repeal Roe v. Wade. And, of course, quite a few support Bush's decisions in Iraq. Of course there are no debates among the candidates. A real debate might reveal the candidates to be as clueless and inept as they are. That is why the presidential debate committee, for example, is run by the campaign committees of the candidates, rather than by a group that might actually stage a real debate.

BTW, I read that two of the Republican presidential candidates in the debate last week declared that they do not believe in evolution, and all except Giuliani want to repeal Roe v. Wade. And, of course, quite a few support Bush’s decisions in Iraq.

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