yeah, that boggles the mind. His idea is a pervasive one amongst the general population though...this idea that if something can't be proven "beyond a doubt", that somehow this means it's not science. The dumbing down of science education in this country of the last few decades is probably partly to blame.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hopefully. But Akin is on the House Science and Technology Committee, > along with that other GOP Genius, Georgia Rep. Paul Broun > (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82108.html). > > No wonder this nation's dominance in science and tech are starting to > decline. > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:51 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > yeah, it's tightened up...scary that it's that close. He's still gonna > lose > > though. > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> > >> Not much of a trouncing, an average of 2.3 points. > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > According to Real Clear Politics: > >> > Poll Date Sample McCaskill (D) Akin (R) Spread > >> > RCP Average 9/16 - 10/3 -- 45.8 43.5 McCaskill +2.3 > >> > Rasmussen Reports 10/2 - 10/2 500 LV 51 45 > >> McCaskill +6 > >> > PPP (D)* 10/1 - 10/3 700 LV 46 40 McCaskill +6 > >> > WeAskAmerica 9/25 - 9/27 1145 LV 46 45 McCaskill +1 > >> > Gravis Marketing 9/16 - 9/17 1959 LV 40 44 Akin > +4 > >> > > >> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:47 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Uh, then why is he getting trounced? Missouri has swung red in last > 10 > >> >> years or so, and any candidate who can generate a run-of-the-mill > >> >> conservative campaign would have a good chance at getting elected. > Akin > >> >> can't do that, because he's batshit crazy...so he's going to lose. > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson < > jmi...@gmail.com > >> >wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> > >> >>> Because he is saying exactly what his electorate want to hear. > >> >>> > >> >>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Larry C. Lyons < > larrycly...@gmail.com > >> > > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>> > > >> >>> > How can someone so stupid be elected time and again: > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > >> > http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/12/1003121/todd-akin-no-science-behind-evolution/ > >> >>> > > >> >>> > "Ive taken a look at both sides of the thing [evolution] and it > >> seems > >> >>> > to me that evolution takes a tremendous amount of faith To have > all > >> of > >> >>> > the sudden all the different things that have to be lined up to > >> create > >> >>> > something as sophisticated as life, it takes a lot of faith. > >> >>> > I dont see it as even a matter of science because I dont know > that > >> >>> > you can prove one or the other. Thats one of those things. We can > >> >>> > talk about theology and all of those other things but Im > basically > >> >>> > concerned about, youve got a choice between Claire McCaskill and > >> >>> > myself." > >> >>> > > >> >>> > And this person is on the Science and Technology Committee > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356109 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
