Rick Perry: Idiot of the day!

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Gov. Perry: We teach creationism in Texas public schools. The rest of Texas: No, we don’t.

(source: The Dallas Observer)

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Bachmann’s views on slavery are worse than you thought

Ryan Lizza’s profile of Bachmann reveals that Bachmann’s odd perspective on slavery isn’t a series of gaffes, but rather ‘a world view.’ Lizza explains that Bachmann is a believer in a kind of Christian conservative reimagining of slavery, where ‘many Christians opposed slavery’ but owned them anyway and didn’t free them because ‘it might be very difficult for a freed slave to make a living in that economy; under such circumstances setting slaves free was both inhumane and irresponsible.’”  Read more…

(The New Yorker, via The American Prospect)