{"id":1717,"date":"2009-11-17T11:48:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T16:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalitynow.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/17\/one-reason-mccain-lost-my-vote-in-2008\/"},"modified":"2009-11-17T11:48:01","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T16:48:01","slug":"one-reason-mccain-lost-my-vote-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalitynow.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/17\/one-reason-mccain-lost-my-vote-in-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"One reason McCain lost my vote in 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an excerpt from a review by Michiko Kakutani<\/a> of Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere in this volume, she talks about creationism, saying she "didn’t believe in the theory that human beings \u00e2\u20ac\u201d thinking, loving beings \u00e2\u20ac\u201d originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea" or from "monkeys who eventually swung down from the trees." In everything that happens to her, from meeting Todd to her selection by Mr. McCain for the Republican ticket, she sees the hand of God: "My life is in His hands. I encourage readers to do what I did many years ago, invite Him in to take over."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If a candidate is so scientifically illiterate (or so intellectually stunted by unjustified religious dogma) that she doesn’t accept the theory of evolution, she has no business holding any position of authority in this country.<\/p>\n

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Here’s an excerpt from a review by Michiko Kakutani of Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue. Elsewhere in this volume, she talks about creationism, saying she "didn’t believe in the theory that human beings \u00e2\u20ac\u201d thinking, loving beings \u00e2\u20ac\u201d originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea" or from "monkeys who … <\/p>\n

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