Vote for the Creationist!
The Bad Astronomer condemns Ron Paul for reasons which are… politically misguided. Namely, Paul is a creationist.
I think I speak for a lot of atheists libertarians when I say that, yes, Ron Paul’s views on evolution/creationism are awful, but in spite of that I’d still be fairly overjoyed to see him in the Oval Office. Why?
I don’t completely agree with the views of any of the presidential candidates. In choosing between the imperfect options available to me, I think the relevant question to ask is not “Who has the least terrible ideas?” but rather, “Who’s bad ideas are least likely to produce bad policies?”
The president’s power to push America towards a theocratic pre-Enlightenment society is quite limited. The Constitution has proven quite effective at protecting us from all the previous creationist presidents; I don’t see any reason to believe that Paul could succeed in bringing creationism into public schools where Bush and others have failed.
The president has much more influence over (for example) health care policy, and far more ability to do us all damage by instituting bad health care policy. Which is why, given a choice between a creationist and a democrat who favors even more state intervention in health care, I’ll hold my nose and vote for the creationist.
Ron Paul may be an idiot in a lot of ways, but the other presidential candidates are much bigger idiots in ways that will actually affect us.
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