10 September 2008

this is why i'm taking a break from campaign coverage.

as much as i like to be informed, this shit is really not improving my quality of life. this is mccain's newest attack ad on obama. make sure you're paying attention because i doubt you're going to want to watch it again.



OBAMA WILL GIVE YOUR 5-YEAR-OLD AIDS.

i mean, what? first, the ad has conveniently forgotten that obama voted for, rather than sponsored, the bill. the ad also fails to mention that the bill is not a mandate for comprehensive sex ed, but rather requires certain topics to be covered, namely STI prevention, when they are age-appropriate. which is not in kindergarten, as it would be both confusing and largely irrelevant.

but the part i'm fucking pissed about is that the program in question aims to teach kids about good vs. bad touch and let kids know that strangers shouldn't be groping at their privates. we're not talking a lesson in gross anatomy. we're not talking about throwing condoms at small children. the program, at this level, is about your kids not getting molested. which it seems like people could agree on, but i don't know; i'm a liberal and i eat my pie in the sky.

the only take-home point i can really take from a rational analysis of the facts here is "john mccain: enabling molesters since 1982". and honestly, that's about as factual a statement as any that were made in that fucking ad.

it's taken this to get me to donate to obama [as i don't exactly have a job], but i'm going to. and i'm also foregoing campaign coverage until the first debate [in all of two weeks; i am such a hardass]. anyone care to join?

1 comment:

Nora said...

This just settles it. McCain is pro-pedophilia! That explains why he wants to use a perfectly legitimate stance on sex ed as an attack on Obama.