Alabama mudslinging: "My opponent believes in evolution!" "Uh uh, you do!" [View All]

Evolution has obviously been a political issue for a while, but I'm not sure I've ever seen an attack ad like this one before: It mocks a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Alabama for believing in the theory.

The outraged pushback from candidate Bradley Byrne:

• As a Christian and as a public servant, I have never wavered in my belief that this world and everything in it is a masterpiece created by the hands of God. As a member of the Alabama Board of Education, the record clearly shows that I fought to ensure the teaching of creationism in our school textbooks. Those who attack me have distorted, twisted and misrepresented my comments and are spewing utter lies to the people of this state.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0510/Alabama_candidate_denounces_lie_that_he_believes_in_evolution.html

Next up in Alabama politics...

"My opponent actually thinks that little animals are the cause of disease when we all know it's because of sin or an imbalance in the four humours. And this man wants to be your governor!"