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Perry On Evolution: 'It's A Theory That's Out There' (VIDEO)

Eric Kleefeld | August 18, 2011, 3:28PM

Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)

Rick Perry is sure about a lot of things. But the theory of evolution, or even how old the planet Earth is, are not on that list.

A woman who will probably not be supporting the Texas governor brought her young son along to a campaign event in New Hampshire on Thursday, and had the boy ask Perry his views about science. "How old do you think the earth is?" the boy asked. This was an apparent allusion to how fundamentalist Christians often insist that Earth -- and indeed, the whole universe -- is about 6,000 years old.

"How old do I think the earth is? You know what, I don't have any idea," Perry responded. "I know it's pretty old. So it goes back a long, long ways. I'm not sure -- I'm not sure anybody actually knows completely and absolutely hold the earth is.

Perry then steered the conversation to some questions the boy's mother had been asking him, about evolution.

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Beck Rally Attendees Say Tea Party Misunderstood

Ryan J. Reilly | August 29, 2010, 1:52PM

Former "Saturday Night Live" star Victoria Jackson has released a YouTube video that is on the verge of going viral that warns the American public, "There's a communist living in the White House." William Temple (Georgia) appeared as Patrick Henry

Members of the Tea Party are misunderstood, those in attendance for Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally yesterday told TPM in interviews.

[TPM SLIDESHOW: Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' Rally Showcases Who's Beckistan?]

Willie Wood of Dunbar, N.C. told TPM she and her family -- sprawled out to the left of the stage on lawn chairs -- came to the rally to honor her country and to see Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin because "they stand for freedom." She is hopeful Republicans will take back the House in November. Her biggest issues are jobs, security, taxes and the national debt.

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Beck Rally Participant Demands: 'Protect White Cracker Babies'

Ryan J. Reilly | August 29, 2010, 12:58PM

A participant in Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally wore a T-shirt that read "Protect White Cracker Babies."

A Cleveland man wore a t-shirt to Glenn Beck's rally on Saturday with the slogan "Protect White Cracker Babies."

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Beck Rally Attendee: 'Homosexuals' and 'Affirmative Action' Keep Me From Moving Up (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | August 28, 2010, 7:09PM

An unidentified man who said he was a federal worker said that "homosexuals" and "affirmative-action" were keeping him from moving up at his job. The man got into an argument with an African-American man at the site of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally on Saturday.

"Why you punishing me for something I didn't do?" the man said. "Oh, I'm being punished, I'm being held back. I work for the federal government. I have a job, but I can't move up," he added.

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