Evolution, creation and other silly topics

[Lion]

I remember watching one of the debates...for the life of me I can't remember which one. But the question regarding evolution came up, and it seemed that a lot of the presidential candidates supported the idea of creation.

The issue of abortion and stem cell research is still there, and from what I've seen on CNN and Fox, there are a huge number of Americans that still debate both topics, and they should, the issues are a slippery slope, and this debate helps them in their position in the whole thing.

Now, I believe in both. My religion states that study and education are important. Scientists have overwhelming evidence to prove evolution, but I do think that somehow, either in reality, or in some sort of way, creation did actually occur. I know that some here will think that I'm silly for believing in both, but if God truely exists, then there is a way that everything ties in together.

There are several hoax emails going around about Obama and how he is actually a Muslim. Personally I wouldn't care if he was, there are plenty of sensible qualified Muslims. I also wouldn't care if they were agnostic or any other belief. However, how I feel about it isn't what gets a person elected.

Another issue that I'm quite surprised is even an issue. Now, I can understand why some people are completely against Obama if he were Muslim, but there was a report on Fox once stating that Obama went into a school thought to be a Muslim based school when he was 6 or 7 years old. This piece of info portrayed Obama to somehow still have some Taliban elements in him, that have been hiding for all these years, just willing to spring out when he gets elected. Are people really that stupid for actually reporting this crap? Are people that stupid to pay attention to this, it seems so, otherwise Fox would never have aired it.

[Thorne]

Another issue that I'm quite surprised is even an issue. Now, I can understand why some people are completely against Obama if he were Muslim, but there was a report on Fox once stating that Obama went into a school thought to be a Muslim based school when he was 6 or 7 years old. This piece of info portrayed Obama to somehow still have some Taliban elements in him, that have been hiding for all these years, just willing to spring out when he gets elected. Are people really that stupid for actually reporting this crap? Are people that stupid to pay attention to this, it seems so, otherwise Fox would never have aired it.

Stupid for reporting it? Absolutely not! That's what creates controversy, and controversy sells papers, or commercials.
Stupid to pay attention to it? In most cases I would say yes. It's quite possible that someone MIGHT be associated with the radical Muslims, but I don't see how that person could have gotten this far in politics if he were. But remember, many of those voters seem to think that it's important to know which Hollywood stars might be supporting which candidates, as if that has any bearing on anything real.
I think the state of politics in this country has really gotten out of hand. Rather than study the issues and determine which candidate is most in line with their own beliefs, far too many people will look to celebrities, saying, "So-and-so really likes candidate X, and he was so good in that last movie he made, so he must know what he's talking about, so I'll just vote for X." It's certainly easier than actually making an intelligent decision, but will it insure we are going to get the best President?
Would YOU vote for someone just because they were endorsed by Britney "Train Wreck" Spears?