Just punch him and knock him out cold. He could be hiding a detonator, having second thought on a hijacking attempt, or whatever else. Instead you got those big men trying to calm him down while he yells "i'm going to die today I know it, allah wakbar, fuck white people'. We've become a nation of sissies really.

Actually, I don't like his double entente and refusal to answer directly, but he's right on this one for the wrong reason - the question was silly. You could believe a higher power was involved even if you though Darwin was correct, just look at the latest quantum mechanics theories involving multiverse, universe as a hologram and even universe as a simulation - these are even more out there (yet 60% of all leading astrophysicist think that the multiverse theory is correct).

Asking in America as part of a presidential debate 'do you believe in evolution is akin to ask 'Do you not believe in God', and Huckabee simply answered no because he did believe in God (and arguably didn't want to offend his religious voter base).

Absolutely fantastic - anyone has an idea of the location where this actually takes place? I'd love to see it.

10 years ago, I would have looked up to this and be in admiration that in the US, people can ask questions to presidential candidates about anything they want - via the Internet! How modern! I probably would have seen it as an exemplary way to handle pre elections debates.

Today I see it for what it is: first, on the technology front it's just one company (youtube/goog) getting advertisement in exchange of service by another corp (cnn/timewarner). It's NOT avant garde or anything, just a different take on the 'question from the audience' concept, and ultimately just a marketing exercise.

Second, in terms of the debate itself, you should spend time reading the responses/comments posted on youtube. Indeed it turns out a lot of the questions asked to the republicans were asked by democrat supporters including a gay campaign helper for Hillary Clinton. Hardly the 'people of the street' they were supposed to represent.

To me, as someone who doesn't live in the US and ultimately doesn't care who wins what, it was really evident that most of the questions were bogus and/or carefully selected then edited by the CNN staff. The democrats got 2 or 3 tough questions reserved to dead-end candidates that won't win anyway, while the republican got hammered with a mix of loaded questions and comments from cliche rednecks that gave them a bad image. The 'gun owner' one for example was so contrived and cliche I actually laughed out loud watching it.

I hope the american public doesn't fall for that.