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1.) President Bush waded into the debate over evolution and "intelligent design" Monday, saying schools should teach both theories on the creation and complexity of life.

Bush essentially endorsed efforts by Christian conservatives to give intelligent design equal standing with the theory of evolution in the nation's schools.

2.) On other topics, Bush said he has no idea how Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts would vote in a case challenging the legality of abortion because he never asked him about it.

He was more than ready for questions about his Supreme Court nominee. Bush said he deliberately avoided discussing Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, with Roberts before selecting him for a spot on the nation's highest court.

The president said he was concerned that if Roberts expressed an opinion, he would have to withdraw from any case challenging the landmark decision.

He became most animated when pressed to say whether he personally would like to see Roe v. Wade overturned. Bush opposes abortion, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother's life, but he acknowledges that most Americans don't share his views.

"I'm not going to be involved with the Roe v. Wade case in the midst of a judicial nomination," Bush said. "John Roberts is going to be put on the Supreme Court, hopefully, in an expeditious manner, and he will answer the questions put to him. It is clear that if he were to answer those questions, he would have to recuse himself from future cases."

3.) He also offered an unequivocal defense of Palmeiro, a friend from their days together with the Texas Rangers in the early 1990s. Bush was the team's managing partner when Palmeiro played in Texas.

The Orioles slugger was suspended for 10 days after testing positive for steroid use, despite his insistence that he never intentionally used the prohibited substance. Bush has been an outspoken critic of steroid abuse.

"Rafael Palmeiro is a friend. He testified in public and I believe him," Bush said, referring to Palmeiro's denials under oath to a congressional committee on March 17. "He's the kind of person that's going to stand up in front of the klieg lights and say he didn't use steroids, and I believe him. Still do."

Great, now Bush's mandate includes teaching creationism. Next time the president of some third world African nation issues a warning to avoid demons other spectral beings, I'll have to hold my tongue on the idiocy of the situation.

Concerning the second point, he never asked Roberts therefore he is innocent of the whole affair? This is like the Simpsons when Homer drove through the red light with his eyes closed, "if I don't see it, it's not illegal."

His support for Palmeiro is understandable seeing as they were old friends, but hasn't he undermined congress enough with his John Bolton U.N. nomination? This shit is going is going to slow his supreme court nominations.

 

[Shinobi]

Anyone who's heard what Jose Canseco has implicated regarding George Bush a few months ago (and hell, a couple nights ago now that I think about it), along with the FACT that the FBI told the commisioner's office about this steroid problem over a decade ago but were arrogantly ignored, shouldn't be too surprised about Bush's defense of Palmeiro. Anyone who thinks these players were shooting up in a vacumn are even dumber then the President. He's not gonna want any eyes looking in his direction. Luckily for him the media's too fucking soft to bother.

 

[Alcibiades]

I really don't know what you mean by "innocent of the whole affair"... if anything, he knows he'll be judged (guilty or innocent depending on who is doing the judging) by how his appointments end up deciding cases, and probably for that reason and his own social conservatism wants anti-Roe judges...

he said he didn't know how Roberts would vote, and probably doesn't (or at least some paranoid convservatives don't like Coulter)... he probably hopes Roberts votes to overturn Roe V. Wade though...

 

[DarienA]

...why the hell wouldn't he ask Roberts views on Roe v. Wade?

 

[videogamer]

...why the hell wouldn't he ask Roberts views on Roe v. Wade?

If someone else "helped" him choose Roberts, he wouldn't have to.

 

[Phoenix]

...why the hell wouldn't he ask Roberts views on Roe v. Wade?

Plausible deniability...