McCain: Facts are Hard!

This is too amazing for words.

As you probably know, the House voted the bailout package down.

It failed because Republicans in tight races in swing states decided to vote against it in droves.

Just to be perfectly clear: the final vote was 228 ("no") to 205 ("yes"). If you break the "no" votes down, you will find that 133 Republicans voted "no" along with 95 Democrats. If you break the "yes" votes down, 140 Democrats voted "yes", along with 65 Republicans.

So, what does John McCain do? He blames the Democrats for the failure. I guess simple facts are difficult for McCain to understand. (Just in case McCain is reading this: More Republicans voted "no" than Democrats... the blame falls on their shoulders!)

Unbelievable, since earlier in the day, he was claiming credit for the success of the bailout.

Based on his actions over the last two weeks, and for picking Palin as his running mate, I think McCain should simply withdraw from the race. Hasn't he embarrassed himself and our country enough?

In response to Sarah Palin's anti-evolution stance

The National Center for Science Education has issued a statement not explicitly in response to the arrival of Sarah Palin to the national scene but the statement certainly takes aim at people who think that creationism should be taught in science classes. (Shudder). The statement is:

Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited to “intelligent design,” to be introduced into the science curricula of our nation’s public schools.

I wholly support it and I hope you do too! Pass it on!

Ken