Oh, for the love of [insert preferred deity here] ... just when you thought it was impossible for the Republican Party to careen even further to the right, we now have a gubernatorial candidate in Alabama who is fighting back against the charge that he believes in science.

After an ad appeared that said, "on the school board, Byrne supported teaching evolution, said evolution best explains the origin of life," Bradley Byrne howled:

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.

Here's a thought ... if Byrne is right and "this world and everything in it is a masterpiece created by the hands of God," wouldn't that mean God created the theory of evolution?

Seriously, it's a party gone mad ... the mere suggestion that Byrne supported teaching a theory that's been kicked around since the 6th century is a twisted distortion and an utter lie. The crazy bar just keeps getting raised higher and higher.