Dav
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Yeah, it matters a bit. First, it is stupid, and that speaks to competence. Second, I have to ask is she's stupid or just pandering. Neither appeals to me much. So, I have more trouble with it than the sex silliness.
Personally, I feel basic understanding and acceptance of science is a pre-requisite to anyone in a position as important as United States Senator. I don't know this for a fact, but given her strong faith there's a strong liklihood she doesn't accept the science behind evolution. If she can't accept basic biological facts, I have to wonder what else she might be grossly misinformed on. Say, for instance, basic economics.
edit:
Oh dear.
Yeah, sorry, but I really don't give two craps about what a politician's religious beliefs are, so long as they don't try to use their power to push those beliefs. Funnily enough though, that's the exact same thing I keep hearing liberals say in regards to whether they'd vote for an atheist or Muslim... guess religion only doesn't matter if it's not a religion they hate.
Is this really so surprising? A good three-quarters of the population is Christian. Lots of them are "creationists" (whatever that even means - aren't ALL Christians technically "creationists"?), and lots of them are very smart. And the two groups are not mutually exclusive, whatever your view on that is.
Really though, O'Donnell's excerpted quote is as nuanced as it gets, moreso than I would have expected. All I really see is her saying yeah well maybe it's true I guess. Nothing particularly controversial there.