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Skanks Gotta Stick Together

Disgrasian | Posted 10.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dirty Campaign Tricks, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Palin Vp, Rubber Dresses, Latex Dresses, Palin Smears Obama, Dirty Politics, Latex, Smears, Sarah Palin, The Pussycat Dolls, Sarah Palin Vice President, Rubbers, Sex Education, Obama Smears, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

2008-10-13-pullpalin.jpg The Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger said this week that she'd welcome Sarah Palin into her group if the Republican ticket fails in November.

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Obama Vs McCain: OTB Policy Wonks Weigh In On Where The Candidates Stand On Key Issues

Off The Bus | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Auto Industry, Inner City Poverty Campaigns, Wall Street Bailout, John McCain, Crime, Terrorism, Pakistan, Joe Biden, Economic Crisis, Violence, Regulation, Criminal Justice, Media, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Automakers, Darfur, Fcc, Sudan, Iraq War, Genocide, Sarah Palin, Detroit, Financial Crisis, Election 2008, Church State, Home News
Off The Bus

As the Wall Street crisis and recent bombing in Pakistan have made all too clear, there are crucial global, financial and social issues that the next president will be focused to grapple with. This week OffTheBus writers have tossed aside the lipstick and plunged into some of the most pressing issues in the election by analyzing key policy differences between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain.

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How McCain Created a Referendum on McCain

Martin Nolan | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Martin Nolan

These campaign phenomena were not gaffes, not aberrations, but revelations, confirming what many voters suspected. They were epiphanies of character.

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It's Time For Palin To Explain It All

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Couric, Women, Vice President, Roe v Wade, Alaska, Debate, Obama Sex Education, Joe Biden Vice President, Joe Biden, Policy, Privacy, Gibson, Sarah Palin, Special Needs, Sex Education, Palin Policy, Child Care, Voters, Palin, Health Care, Family, Home News
Susan Kelley-Stamerra

Palin respects the family - if it's her family. If it is your family, no such protection is necessary. You will be urged to find home-based child care rather than using the care facility at your workplace, near your school, or with early childhood development professionals.

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Girls Kissing Girls: In Vogue Or Old News?

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 09.19.2008 | Style

Read More: Third Base Ain't What It Used to Be, Lesbian Kiss, Sex Education, Lesbian, Katy Perry, Sexual Orientation, Style News
Dr. Logan Levkoff

Before the segment was canceled, I was asked to appear on CNN Headline News last month for a segment about the latest wave of "Lesbian Chic." There ha...

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Obama Plays Offense Asserting Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values

Scott Swenson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Scott Swenson

Politically, Obama's embrace of the education and prevention agenda long encompassed in the phrase "pro-choice" represents a shift away from abortion politics as usual.

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Yes, Sex Education in Kindergarten!

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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Rev. Debra Haffner

Sex education in the early primary years sets a foundation for later, more in-depth education.

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Why I Believe (Specifically) That Sarah Palin Is A Really, Really Bad Idea

Brad Listi | Posted 09.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, White House, Women's Rights, John McCain, Stuart Shepard, Rush Limbaugh, Abortion Rights, Abstinence, Presidential Election, McCain-Palin 2008, Christian Right, Joe Biden, Sex Education, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Birth Control, Creationism, Christian Conservatives, James Dobson, Environment, Evolution, Obama-Biden 2008, Global Warming, Home News
Brad Listi

Palin gives me the creeps the way Bush and Cheney give me the creeps. Similar ideology. Similar whiffs of God-fueled certainty, incompetence, callous indifference, culture war. But I can do better than that...

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You Can't Handle the Truth

Buddy Winston | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Buddy Winston

That's right America; I'm talking to you. Deep inside you all knew that the band of Banana Republicans took advantage of the fall of the twin towers ...

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Obama-Sponsored Sex Education Legislation is Anti-Exploitation

George Spyros | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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George Spyros

Obama-Sponsored State Sex Education Legislation Designed to Protect Kids...

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Fooled Again

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

It's happening again. Regardless of the outcome of this thing, it's clear that half of America is falling for the same superficial trickery that gave us eight years of George W. Bush. You know the routine.

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This Crazy Sex Ad is Obama's Dukakis Moment

John Neffinger | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Education, John McCain, Campaign Ads, Michael Dukakis, Debates, Steve Schmidt, Attack Ads, Barack Obama, Sex Education, Home News
John Neffinger

Everyone who sees this ad can see how dirty it is. If Obama wants Americans to respect him, he should react with the kind of anger -- controlled, but still palpable -- anyone would feel if somebody did this to them.

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Sarah Palin: Resuscitating the Fourth Estate

Cindy Handler | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

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Cindy Handler

There's been a shocking amount of credulousness in the media's willingness to swallow what the administration feeds them, without investigating original sources first to see if it's true.

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How a Pro-Life VP Will Make You Feel Fat

Leslie Goldman | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living

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Leslie Goldman

Isn't there a strong parallel between other people dictating my right to reproduce and other people dictating what I should look like?

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Bristol-gate: A Lesson in How Not to Teach Teens About Sex

Tina Wells | Posted 09.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Teen Pregnancy, Bristol Palin, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Christian School, Living News
Tina Wells

If Sarah Palin doesn't believe in sex education in schools, she should at least recognize that it's the parents' job to educate their children on the subject.

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Gov. Palin's Success with Sex Education: Is It Really Any Different from Any of Ours?

Dr. Meg Meeker | Posted 09.02.2008 | Living

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Dr. Meg Meeker

We can no longer wait and wonder, look to teachers in our schools to bend our daughter's ears about whether to use birth control or abstain altogether.

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Women's Issue

Jane Smiley | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abstinence Only, Women's Health, Sarah Palin, Morning After Pill, Abstinence Education, Sex Education, Politics News
Jane Smiley

Bristol Palin's pregnancy is at the heart of what women and the right wing have been fighting over for thirty years, and it isn't abortion, it's privacy and the right to control your own reproductive choices.

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And She Homeschools? 10 Reasons Sarah Palin Terrifies (and Fascinates) Me

Dan Brown | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

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Dan Brown

I'm worried that I'm obsessing too much about Sarah Palin. She terrifies me! She fascinates me! She could be running our country! Here are ten reasons...

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Why I'm Not Writing That Check to Obama Today

Gloria Feldt | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Abortion, Marie Cocco, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Fisa, Abstinence Education, Sex Education, Evangelicals, Obama Flip Flop, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

Looking at his statements about abortion in the big picture, Obama's character begins to appear as someone who is quick to deflect, demur, defer to his challengers.

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Rev. Jim Wallis Needs a Reality Check on Abortion Reduction Plank

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Democratic Platform, Rev. Jim Wallis, Abstinence-Only, Contraception, GOP Platform, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Instead of picking a fight with the left, Wallis should be asking why it is the far-right gets away with opposing common sense education and prevention ideas.

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States Reject Abstinence-Only Funding From Federal Government

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Skeptical states are shoving aside millions of federal dollars for abstinence education, walking away from the program the Bush adm...

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Sisterhood of the Maternity Pants

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Teen Pregnancy, Parenting, Sex Education, Adolescent Pregnancy, Glouster, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Gloucester High Pregnancy Pact, Gloucester High School Pregnancy, Jamie Lynn Pregnant, Gloucester High School, Gloucester Mass, Jamie Lynn Birth, Politics News
Rev. Debra Haffner

The research on this is clear -- when parents talk explicitly about sexuality, teenagers either delay sexual activity altogether, or they use contraception when they do become sexually active.

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Sinking Swift Boats Aimed at Obama on Sex Ed

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Sex Ed, Abstinence Only, Barack Obama, Teen Sex Education, Conservatives, Christian Broadcasting Network, Obama Sex Ed, Abstinence Education, David Brody, Sex Education, Politics News
Scott Swenson

In trying to "Swift Boat" Obama on comprehensive, age-appropriate, sex ed, the abstinence-only crowd is, in reality, just trying to rally the narrow social conservative base for McCain.

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Department of Justice Imposes Litmus Tests When Helping Troubled Teens

Paul Peete | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Department of Justice, Politicization, J K Flores, Abstinence Programs, Sex Education, Troubled Teens, Juvenile Crime, Home News
Paul Peete

Hope for our troubled teens? Not if you are sexually active, Gay/Lesbian, and most of all, not assisted by Republicans

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Let's Give Our Kids All The Information They Need To Make Safe, Healthy Choices

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abstinence Only, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Teen, Teen Sex, Sex Education, Teenagers, Politics News
Rep. Lois Capps

Over the past decade we have spent over 1.3 billion in Federal dollars on abstinence-only education, event though these programs are ineffective and often contain false information.

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