Let us listen in as Sarah Palin regales us with an evocative description of her view from the governor’s office in Anchorage:

“From one window I could see an active volcano, and from another window, Mount McKinley. We overlook Cook inlet, abundant with sea life, including salmon, halibut, and beluga whales, all safely coexisting with offshore oil rigs for the last thirty years.”

And now for her take on evolution:

“I believed in the evidence for microevolution – that geologic and species change occurs incrementally over time. But I didn’t believe in the theory that human beings – thinking, loving beings – originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea. Or that human beings began as single-celled organisms that developed into monkeys who eventually swung down from the trees; I believed we came about through a random process, but were created by God.”

Tell me, how can you believe an entity exists, thrives, adapts, and changes by a certain set of processes, but not believe that said entity was created or came into existence because of those same processes?

And isn’t it clever how she related such intimate, personal beliefs by recalling what she confirmed during her vice presidential vetting process? In order to disseminate her words verbatim, I’m forced to do so in the past tense.

Clever girl.

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