All About McCain

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Funny except:

1) She doesn't support abstinence only education. She's on record as saying teaching students about condoms and other forms of birth control is ok provided abstinence is emphasized more.

2) Her daughter went to a school that did teach sex ed not abstinence.

But don't let the facts get in the way of a good joke

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

1) She doesn't support abstinence only education. She's on record as saying teaching students about condoms and other forms of birth control is ok provided abstinence is emphasized more.

And, as we can see, her daughter didn't pay attention at school.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

1) She doesn't support abstinence only education. She's on record as saying teaching students about condoms and other forms of birth control is ok provided abstinence is emphasized more.

Do you have a link for that? This is the widely-cited quote that shows that she is not a fan of teaching condoms in class.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Do you have a link for that? This is the widely-cited quote that shows that she is not a fan of teaching condoms in class.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,5768481.story


http://www.redstate.com/diaries/reds...alins-positio/

A lot of Palin's critics jumped on her supposed support for abstinence-only programs like a starving man on a sandwich to justify their continuing interest in the pregnancy of her 17-year-old daughter. But they seem to have skipped the step of actually looking carefully at Gov. Palin's position - again, this LA Times piece comes from Walker's article at Reason:

In July of [2006], she completed a candidate questionnaire that asked, would she support funding for abstinence-until-marriage programs instead of "explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?"
Palin wrote, "Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support."

But in August of that year, Palin was asked during a KTOO radio debate if "explicit" programs include those that discuss condoms. Palin said no and called discussions of condoms "relatively benign."

"Explicit means explicit," she said. "No, I'm pro-contraception, and I think kids who may not hear about it at home should hear about it in other avenues. So I am not anti-contraception. But, yeah, abstinence is another alternative that should be discussed with kids. I don't have a problem with that. That doesn't scare me, so it's something I would support also."

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,5768481.story


http://www.redstate.com/diaries/reds...alins-positio/

Now I'm really confused. What kind of "explicit" programs was she referring to, if she's pro-contraception?

Eh, whatever, veep.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Now I'm really confused. What kind of "explicit" programs was she referring to, if she's pro-contraception?

Eh, whatever, veep.

Sadly, people are voting for her and not McCain. What a shock they will have if he wins and she's, you know, the VP and not the Prez.