The Sex Ad

I don’t think there’s any way to look at this ad without it being disgusting.

For one thing, it’s just a flat lie in several respects. The bill in question wasn’t passed, so it can’t be considered anyone’s “legislative accomplishment.” Furthermore, Obama wasn’t a sponsor of the bill, so even if it were passed, it wouldn’t be *his* accomplishment. It was a bill that came out of a committee he was on, that he likely supported.

But that’s picking nits. The main claim of the ad—that the bill was designed to teach five-year-olds about sex—is misleading and false. The intent of that portion of the legislation was age-appropriate safety issues... basically the difference between a good touch and a bad touch. To protect kids, not endanger them, as the ad implies.

So what do I see on the covers of two on New York’s papers today? The specious claim that Obama called Sarah Palin a pig.

What kind of world is this? John McCain runs a creepy, sick ad implying Obama is a child molester*, and we’re talking about a hoary old analogy that McCain has used himself about one of Hillary Clinton’s projects?

John McCain, you know this ad is bullshit, and you approved the message anyway. You’ll do anything—absolutely anything, no matter how degrading to yourself and to this country—to win. You have no honor, you have no decency, and you have no vision. But you’ve got a hell of a lot of fucking nerve.

Rob
*Yes, it does. Look at that expression on his face when the words "learning about sex before learning to read" are up on the screen. This ad is vile in every way possible.