Fighting the War on Error

"You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists."
- Political & Social Activist Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989)

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Today's GOP non-issue issue


Earlier today I mentioned Fox News and Mitt Romney lamely attempting to smear Barack Obama for suggesting age-appropriate sex education for kindergarten-age children. Here's an interesting exchange between advisers to the Obama and Romney campaigns. Well really, it's mostly just Romney's advisor talking to herself.

From a sexually repressed conservative standpoint, this is mighty impressive indeed. Romney's advisor touched pretty much all of the Republican bases (talking points) about premarital sex and sex education:

So-called "partial-birth abortion" (which is not a medical term, just a GOP PR one)
Planned Parenthood
Condoms
Abstinence

...You get the idea. Never mind the fact that this administration's abstinence-only sex education program, to the tune of over $1 billion, has been an unqualified failure. However, Barack Obama isn't going to say that, because he'll be painted as a sex maniac or worse by Romney, and of course Fox News.

But really, the crown jewel of this piece is how Romney is busted for his position change on the 39th issue. John Kerry, meet Mitt Romney.

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