Did Dallas Morning News Endorsement Backfire and Sink Pro-Darwin Candidate?
In the Texas Republican Party primary this week, voters in one part of the state narrowly rejected pro-teach-the-controversy State Board of Education member Don McLeroy. At the same time, voters in another part of the state (Dallas) dumped anti-teach-the-controversy Board member Geraldine Miller in favor of a candidate who has expressed support for teaching the strengths and weaknesses of evolution. The most interesting thing about incumbent Geraldine Miller’s remarkable defeat by newcomer George Clayton is the unintentional role the pro-Darwin Dallas Morning News may have played in her downfall. Dallas Voters Unseat Pro-Darwin Incumbent in Stunning Upset Geraldine Miller is a former long-time chair of the Texas State Board of Education, and during the past year’s science standards revision, she was basically in lock-step with the Darwin-lobby. Indeed, when forced to respond during Board meetings on issues where she didn’t have the talking points from her Darwinist science advisors, sh
