Those of us following evolution controversies have relied for years on a statement President Bush made in 2005 that

Both sides ought to be properly taught . . . so people can understand what the debate is about

Other than his bad science policy, it is all we've had to go on for what the president thinks about the issue. In an interview yesterday on Nightline, he gave us more to work with.

I think you can have both. I think evolution can — you're getting me way out of my lane here. I'm just a simple president. But it's, I think that God created the earth, created the world; I think the creation of the world is so mysterious it requires something as large as an almighty and I don't think it's incompatible with the scientific proof that there is evolution.

Interesting that he uses the same strategy that Obama used to sidestep the question of when life begins: It's "above my pay grade." The way he talks here, he must be right. [go!]

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