15 Responses for "Bacon"

1. OBAMA: ‘LIPSTICK ON A PIG, STILL A PIG’ | Right Voices September 10th, 2008 at 12:02 am 1

   [...] Bacon [...]

2. Mari September 10th, 2008 at 8:25 am 2

   KRYMB!

3. zeitgeist September 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pm 3

   It could’ve been worse. I suppose he could’ve made an ad accusing someone of supporting a bill for teaching full sex ed courses to kindergartners.

4. Ian S. September 10th, 2008 at 12:58 pm 4

   There’s audio out there of Obama stating that teaching full sex ed to kindergartners “is the right thing” in response to an earlier ad in his state Senate race.

5. zeitgeist September 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pm 5

   When Obama’s campaign was asked by ABC News to explain what kind of sex education Obama considers “age appropriate” for kindergarteners, the Obama campaign pointed to an Oct. 6, 2004 story from the Daily Herald in which Obama had “moved to clarify” in his Senate campaign that he “does not support teaching explicit sex education to children in kindergarten. . . The legislation in question was a state Senate measure last year that aimed to update Illinois’ sex education standards with ‘medically accurate’ information . . . ‘Nobody’s suggesting that kindergartners are going to be getting information about sex in the way that we think about it,’ Obama said. ‘If they ask a teacher ‘where do babies come from,’ that providing information that the fact is that it’s not a stork is probably not an unhealthy thing. Although again, that’s going to be determined on a case by case basis by local communities and local school boards.’”

   In addition to local schools informing kindergarteners that babies do not come from the stork, the state legislation Obama supported in Illinois, which contained an “opt out” provision for parents, also envisioned teaching kindergarteners about “inappropriate touching,” according to Obama’s presidential campaign. Despite Obama’s support, the legislation was not enacted.

6. Ian S. September 10th, 2008 at 1:13 pm 6

   He shouldn’t call it “sex education” if it’s not then.

7. zeitgeist September 10th, 2008 at 1:14 pm 7

   That’s probably a fair cop, but anti-pedo education is often bundled into the sex-ed header by states and municipalities.

8. Ian S. September 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pm 8

   True. And if he’d explicitly called it anti-pedo (complete with a snazzy acronym that spells “RICHARD SIMMONS” or something) it would’ve passed in a landslide.

9. zeitgeist September 10th, 2008 at 1:19 pm 9

   LOL!!!!!!! That acronym is our new assignment In other gaffe news, I’m not sure Meghan McCain should be saying things like “No one knows what war is like other than my family. Period.”

10. Ian S. September 10th, 2008 at 1:22 pm 10

    She’s 24. Everyone’s dumb at that age I’ll be happy if I never hear about Vietnam again from anyone though.

11. zeitgeist September 10th, 2008 at 1:26 pm 11

    LOL. I’m okay with hearing about Vietnam from Tony Bourdain, but that’s about it. Speaking of things Asian, do you think Beloved Leader w/Vanilla Ice’s Hair-do is dead or stroked out or?

12. Ian S. September 10th, 2008 at 1:29 pm 12

    I think he’s definitely incapacitated in some manner. It’s just unclear if they’re playing Weekend at Bernie’s or not. If I were them I’d just surrender to South Korea so I could get my hands on cool Samsung gear, but

13. Mari September 10th, 2008 at 3:47 pm 13

    Bourdain is a tiresome, overly earnest, narcissistic hack, and I don’t ever want to hear him mention Viet Nam again either.

14. zeitgeist September 10th, 2008 at 4:11 pm 14

    What? He only mentions Vietnam when talking about food.

15. zeitgeist September 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pm 15

    I – don’t forget the sweet HTC gear like the Touch HD!