People who want to believe they are "descendants of a primate," that's fine.

[RiverStone]

Said Mike Huckabee at last nights rethug debate....

[barbtries]

1. thank you

i needed a laugh

[asthmaticeog]

2. Really? He said that?

Someone should point out that, among others, his mother is a primate.

[Matsubara]

3. I was going to mention that.

Primates pretty much includes all of us with opposable thumbs...

[RiverStone]

5. Yes, he said...

Another of the candidates, the former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, was asked about a statement in an earlier debate in California in which he revealed he did not believe in evolution.

He replied that God created the world, "whether God did it in six days or whether he did it in six days that represented periods of time." People who want to believe they are "descendants of a primate," that's fine.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/140579.html

[nam78_two]

4. Strangely-I used to think that Huckabee was one of the less bat-shit

crazy ones in that bunch. Granted it is only because I knew next to nothing about him and he seemed ok (for a Repig. that is) the one time I saw him on TDS and he is one the few Republicans I have ever seen who didn't choke when saying the word "environment". But in that first debate his true insanity came through loud and clear :wow:.

[waiting for hope]

20. No offense to Baptists...

But he is a Baptist pastor......that should tell you something.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. LOL....what's really funny is WE ARE PRIMATES

We aren't just "descended from primates".

[Cobalt-60]

9. I'm a card carrying primate

Homo sapiens, to be specific.
Although there is some thought that should be Homo Neandertalis

[Richard Steele]

10. Exactly. It would be a REAL miracle if we were descended from anything else. nm

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. "It is just as dignified to be a modified monkey as modified dirt"

Thomas Huxley (I believe. And i might have it wrong, but i read that quote somewhere and it was attributed to Darwins friend)

[aquart]

8. Of course, he could simply be anti-Catholic.

Some of those popes had a perfectly spiffy bunch of descendants. I know I wouldn't be ashamed to be one of them.

[Bitwit1234]

11. Well there are some people the primates wouldn't claim----

guess Huckabee is one of them.

[Reterr]

12. ......

:spray:

[firefox_fan]

13. If some folks want to believe they are made up of tiny slimy cells..

That's fine...

[Zandor]

14. Great question to ask repig acquaintances -

Do you believe you are a descendant of a primate. I wonder how many would answer 'no'.

[leeroysphitz]

17. Lizards...

They met in the bar at the fabulous Mint hotel in Las Vegas just before a big desert race.

[Zandor]

19. Sorry, edited my post on you n/t

[Iris]

15. Isn't false pride a sin?

I mean, who is he to say he is better than another creature also CREATED BY GOD!!!!

[treestar]

16. Why stop there?

Ultimately we're descended from the primordial ooze.

I know Huckabee is.

[siligut]

22. It is all a matter of progress.

Huckabee chooses to be a smuck, that is the stupidest part. I think we actually branched off at around a bear type animal.

[treestar]

26. Huckabee is a bear type animal

or maybe more of a reptile.

[ComerPerro]

18. That's a nice display of pandering to fundies while still trying to look moderate

[EstimatedProphet]

21. We're ALL primates!

K: Animalia
P: Chordata
C: Mammalia
O: Primata
F: Hominidae
G: Homo
S: Homo sapiens

We're defined as primates. Arguing that we weren't descended from primates is like arguing that we weren't descended from hominids. It's also like arguing that the heart pumps ketchup. It's wrong, period.

[Jed Dilligan]

33. But Linnaeus was from SWEDEN

and we know that's a godless country with all their welfare and whatnot....

[janx]

23. And I don't "believe" that the earth is round.

:rofl:

[progressoid]

25. I don't believe in gravity

the earth sucks.

[janx]

34. I'm 49, so I believe in gravity.

:thumbsdown:

[porphyrian]

24. Public education in America has been that shitty for generations now. - n/t

[Solly Mack]

27. Happy little primate here

[Recursion]

28. I hear it all the time

Along with people who don't know the difference between apes and monkeys. (Hint: we're apes -- and Linnaeus, an ardent creationist, defined us as that.)

It is, however, fun when some moron tries to convince me evolution is wrong and starts, "so you really believe you descended from a monkey?" To which I say "of course not. Do you even know what a monkey is?"

[twenty4blackbirds]

30. ...spider monkeys are great...

If I could choose my species (and still live my life with all its perks :-)) I'd like to be a spider monkey. Handy fifth "hand", not to mention third and fourth.

Legs and feet are overrated imo. Imagine multi-tasking with two Ninetendo DS!

[Warren DeMontague]

29. Wow, you mean he's going to ALLOW us to believe the truth?

Actually, we ARE primates. Not just descendents of 'em.

[Rex]

31. Well, he recognized we all have basic rights. Can he tell us any of them?

Monkey cee.

[Onceuponalife]

32. Primate and proud

How any political party can harbor these kinds of idiots is beyond me. Great cartoon.