The more I read about her, the more I think it was a combination of pandering to women and pandering to conservatives. She's there to bring in the Christian Right. And they do like her.
She goes against McCain's stated environmental stand. She goes way against it. She's to the right of Bush on environmentalism.
But she's there to be a woman and to be strongly pro-life and Christian.
She is definitely a Creationist. Do you have details on her ID stance? I know she believes in Creationism, but I keep getting mixed reports on her exact stance about ID in schools. A direct quote, preferably a long one and with context would be awesome.
I have found the view that you should teach both but I've also found articles saying that her position is that if it comes up, then teachers should be allowed to discuss it.
Exactly what that means is open to question though too... A lot of her views have annoying ambiguities in how they are stated. Usually what I do is research the voting record for a better idea, rather than going based on what people say, but she doesn't have much of a record on these issues. She's been at the state level, not the national level, and so she's never had the power to really affect things.
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Date: 9/2/08 10:02 pm (UTC)From:She goes against McCain's stated environmental stand. She goes way against it. She's to the right of Bush on environmentalism.
But she's there to be a woman and to be strongly pro-life and Christian.
She is definitely a Creationist. Do you have details on her ID stance? I know she believes in Creationism, but I keep getting mixed reports on her exact stance about ID in schools. A direct quote, preferably a long one and with context would be awesome.
I have found the view that you should teach both but I've also found articles saying that her position is that if it comes up, then teachers should be allowed to discuss it.
Exactly what that means is open to question though too... A lot of her views have annoying ambiguities in how they are stated. Usually what I do is research the voting record for a better idea, rather than going based on what people say, but she doesn't have much of a record on these issues. She's been at the state level, not the national level, and so she's never had the power to really affect things.