A woman who will probably not be supporting the Texas governor brought her young son along to a campaign event in New Hampshire on Thursday, and had the boy ask Perry his views about science. "How old do you think the earth is?" the boy asked. This was an apparent allusion to how fundamentalist Christians often insist that Earth -- and indeed, the whole universe -- is about 6,000 years old.
"How old do I think the earth is? You know what, I don't have any idea," Perry responded. "I know it's pretty old. So it goes back a long, long ways. I'm not sure -- I'm not sure anybody actually knows completely and absolutely hold the earth is.
Perry then steered the conversation to some questions the boy's mother had been asking him, about evolution.
"Here your mom was asking about evolution. And you know, it's a theory that is out there -- it's got some gaps in it. In Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools. Because I figure--"
The mother cut back in: "Ask him why he doesn't believe in science."
Perry continued: "Because I figure you're smart enough to figure out which one is right."
The answer of course is "Whatever is the answer Rick Perry thinks is wrong." And no, Texas doesn't teach creationism. But it's not like Perry knows what he's talking about anyway, he thinks Social Security is unconstitutional.
If this meathead ends up President, we deserve our slow death as a country.
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