Ethics

Dumbass Quote of the Day

By Ed Brayton

Newsweek has an interview with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a prospective candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2012. He had lots of dumb things to say:

Let me ask you about social issues your party has been dealing with. In her book, Palin claims that McCain's handlers wanted her to be silent about her belief in creationism. How would you describe your view?

I can tell you how we handle it in Minnesota. We leave it to the local school districts. We don't mandate a curriculum or an approach. We allow for something called "intelligent design" to be discussed as a comparative theory. It doesn't have to be in science class.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 26, 2009 (boomark / email).