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And I'm not surprised that you haven't been here very long.

Wonderful. I'm glad that you're not surprised by that irrelevant fact. And I'm not surprised that you're pointing out irrelevant facts.

I used to think of myself as a libertarian, lo these many years.

Evidence that evolution is not unidirectional.

But 'tarians have this "loser" gene--they like losing. They almost threw Florida to Gore in 2000, and they'll do their best to lose with principle any chance they get.

The principles which define my libertarianism are not subject to popular opinion. I don't change my views to help somebody get elected. Here, maybe this will help you understand.

They also get the icky-willies when they have to share a table with a Baptist, and want badly for the GOP to cut religious conservatives loose so that they can bring about a principled DNC majority that they can complain about...while slurping lattes with their liberal soulmates.

I guess you've been out-smarted by a libertarian one too many times. You are awfully bitter about something. In truth, I don't mind sharing a table with anyone as long as they aren't a self-righteous know-it-all who needs to fabricate accusations in order to "debate".

I think the religious conservatives are far more valuable than chickenliver 'tarians--they mobilize, they vote, they donate. All 'tarians do is whine.

Oh no! You mean I'm not valuable to you? Well, perhaps the next iteration of The Universe(tm) won't be centered around you, and I'll get another chance...

Libertarians don't vote, they don't mobilize, they don't stuff envelopes, and they don't donate. They can be spoilers. 15K of them in Fla, for instance. You can't make 'tarians happy, because they're spoiled brats who just complain about the terrible imperfection of it all. Taxation is theft, therefore let's try to marginalize Baptists? Sheesh. Losers.

Religious conservates vote, mobilize, stuff envelopes, donate and knock on doors. They are worth far more to the GOP than libertarians. That's why this spin-generating evo machine--try to chip off religious votes by trying to get the GOP to alienate the religious.

This evo-crevo nonsense (and it is nonsense. evo is not remotely important to science) is just an opportunity for libertarians to strut their contempt for the religious under the cover of a faux concern for science. If the evo namby-pambies here were really scientists, they'd be too busy for this obsession.