Palin Dinosaurs

In 1997 Sarah Palin allegedly had a conversation with Alaskan music teacher Philip Munger about dinosaurs, in which she said "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time."Los Angeles Times: Palin treads carefully between...and public policy (September 28, 2008)

One theory of creationism is that the Earth is young, perhaps only 6,000 years old. This theory clashes with scientific dating methods, which date dinosaur fossils and tracks back millions of years.

Palin supposedly went on to explain her belief to Munger, saying that she had seen "pictures of human footprints inside [dinosaur] tracks."Los Angeles Times: Palin treads carefully between...and public policy (September 28, 2008)

• The Huffington Post: Palin Claimed Dinosaurs And People Coexisted (September 30, 2008)

• Los Angeles Times: Palin treads carefully between fundamentalist beliefs... (September 28, 2008)

• Los Angeles Times Blog: Sarah Palin to star at California fundraising bash (September 10, 2008)

• New York: ...If Sarah Palin Believes There Were Dinosaurs... (September 10, 2008)

• The Swamp: Matt Damon on Sarah Palin: 'Terrifying' (September 10 2008)

• Blog: Saradise Lost - Chapter Sixteen -- Palin's Views on the End Times (September 3, 2008)

• The Huffington Post: Matt Damon...: "Like A Really Bad Disney Movie..." (September 10, 2008)