Former school board member `misspoke' in advocating creationism

AP ^ | 10/27/2005 | MARTHA RAFFAELE

[Glenn]

says they 'misspoke', I just automatically translate that to mean, that they 'lied'....

Narrow minds are prone to react like that.

[King Prout]

heh heh heh...
hah hah hah...
>a-hem<
BWAAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Getready]

YUP!

[andysandmikesmom]

I hardly have a narrow mind...I just find that when people let their guard down, often they say what they are really thinking, rather than what they wish for us to believe they were thinking...so they cover it up, by saying they 'misspoke'....sounds a lot nicer than saying that they lied...its an easy out...

[Doctor Stochastic]

One of his statements is no longer operative, it seems.

[Coyoteman]

===> Placemarker <=== for later

[VadeRetro]

When Stephen Harvey, the plaintiffs' lawyer, noted the similarity of the newspaper reports to what he told the TV crew, Buckingham replied, "That doesn't mean it's accurate."

So there are several newspaper accounts, quite a few personal memories, and at least one video clip to indicate that this school board member used to openly advocate putting creationism into the curriculum. But that doesn't mean it's true if it's convenient for him to deny it now.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Sometimes misspoke can be a problem.

Small wheel turning by the fire and rod,
Big wheel turning by the grace of God,
Every time that wheel turn round, Bound to cover just a little more ground. Burma Shave

[connectthedots]

Just so you know I am not intentionally avoiding this thread, I would like to add a comment.

This particular board member is obviously not being honest here. I suspect he really does want creation taught in the schools.

Fortunately, while he may want creation taught, this case is simply about whether a statement about potential slternatives to evolution can be mentioned.

What this guy might want would not be acceptable, but the statement of the board is.

[Clemenza]

BWAHHHAAAAA!

Intelligent Design: Creationism repackaged for the Oprah generation!

[js1138]

[spinestein]

["Whatever you do, don't mention the war!"]





"I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right." <?:^)

[narby]

William Buckingham explained the discrepancy by saying that he "misspoke."

Looks like just another creationist liar to me. I thought Christians weren't supposed to bear false witness? It is a sin and all.

[VadeRetro]

As they say in the courts, "It goes to motive."

[USConstitutionBuff]

Yet another not very intelligent proponent of Intelligent Design/Creationism/anti-Science/God said it(in parable), Someone else translated it, and I believe it literally word for word as translated/Luddite. Is anyone surprised?

[narby]

End the Goverment Schools system. End the problem. Leftist, topdown elitism dies and the far left loses its control mechanism.

So that homeschoolers can teach the next generation bogus mythology like ID? I'd love to jerk the chain of the leftist public school weenies, but evolution is one of the few things they teach where they're right, and many "conservatives" are flat wrong.

[Right Wing Professor]

I'm proposing to Darwin Central that we now employ the verb 'to misspeak' instead of 'to lie' in all conversations relating to the Dark Side of the force.

Examples:

Just what we need, another misspeaking Creationist troll!

Doesn't the bible tell you you shouldn't misspeak?

If Creationists didn't misspeak, they'd never speak at all.

[narby]

Misspeak. Kind of like Clinton is a very good misspeaker?

I'm with it.

[ml1954]

Another of the 'unusually clueless champions' of ID ducks, weaves, jumps, stumbles, tries to maintain balance, and falls face down in the mud.

[PatrickHenry]

Nicely done.