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...light-hearted White House conversation with representatives of Texas newspapers may have opened a new controversy for President George W. Bush. The President laughed when Knight-Ridder?s Ron Hutcheson asked for Mr. Bush?s "personal views" about the theory of "intelligent design", which religious activists advocate should be taught in U.S. schools as an alternative to theories of evolution. After joking that the reporter was "doing a fine job of dragging me back to the past," to his days as governor of Texas, Bush said: "Then, I said that, first of all, that decision should be made to local...
...Both sides ought to be properly taught?? asked Hutcheson...
...Hutcheson followed up: "So the answer accepts the validity of ?intelligent design' as an alternative to evolution?" Bush replied, "I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought, and I'm not suggesting - you're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer...
...Hutcheson tried one more time: ?So we've got to give these groups-? But the president cut him off: ?Very interesting question, Hutch,? which provoked laughter...
According to Graff, it was Hutcheson who stepped in and met with McClellan about giving Graff a pass...