McCain attack ad "Education" against Obama

Republican John McCain's presidential campaign released a new television ad Tuesday that says Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for families because he supports sex education for kindergarteners. Obama's campaign called the ad a "shameful" distortion.

The ad says Obama has a weak record on education and that his only accomplishment was legislation to teach sex education to kindergarteners.

"Learning about sex before learning to read?" the ad says. "Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family."

But the legislation was not Obama's, it never became law and it would have required age-appropriate information in schools. Obama has said that means warning young children about sexual predators and explaining concepts like "good touch and bad touch."

"It is shameful and downright perverse for the McCain campaign to use a bill that was written to protect young children from sexual predators as a recycled and discredited political attack against a father of two young girls," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement.

Burton noted that in a recent interview with Time magazine, McCain refused to define 'honor.' "Now we know why," Burton said.

In response, McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers said: "The Obama campaign has not disputed any of the facts in our ad, but if they want to question John McCain's honor and record of service to this country, then that's a debate we welcome."

The McCain campaign released the ad hours after Obama gave a speech on education and offered proposals normally more popular with Republicans. Obama promised to double funding for charter schools, pay teachers based on performance and replace those who aren't up to the job.

As a state senator in Illinois, Obama voted for the sex education bill in committee in 2003, but he was not a sponsor.

The measure said schools offering sex education must include medically accurate information appropriate to the age of the students. The lessons were to cover the consequences of unprotected sex, the effects of various forms of contraception and the option of abstinence.

It also would have allowed parents to pull their children from sex education classes if they wished.

The full state Senate never voted on the bill.

The following year when Obama ran for the U.S. Senate, Republican Alan Keyes tried to make an issue of the sex-education vote, but it never gained traction with Illinois voters. Obama defended the idea of giving kindergarten pupils some basic information — that babies aren't brought by a stork, for instance — but said those decisions should be left to local school officials and parents.

McCain's ad is to air in parts of Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri and Wisconsin, as well as on the Discovery channel.

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[gdanpinder]

You have got to be kidding me.

Sometimes I am so embarrassed to be a part of the same country that has such simple, fearful, and hateful people like Bush, McCain, and some of the fearful Republicans posting here.

[strife7k]

wow i would never believe that ad even if i didnt know what bill they were talkin about.. seriously its about teaching children about sexual predators and how to avoid them... lol youd have to be a FUCKING moron to have voted for McCain he embodies the old white christian conservative that has run this country into ruin already. then lets lie about everything and claim outrageous things to try to convince ignorant americans to vote for him!

[WhiteyMcWhiteJr]

Obama's own father was a sexual predator. Ann Dunham was only 17 in 1960 when she was impregnated by 24 year old Barack Hussein Obama Sr. He impregnated another high school girl from Kenya in the US when he was 29. Obama Sr. should have gone to jail for statutory rape. Like most black men he made little effort to support his spawn, moving on to Harvard and more naive White girls. Harvard wanted this afro-predator out and contacted immigration to have the extension on his visa denied.

[AssumesModz]

@strife7k I voted for McCain, yet I never saw this commercial until afterwards. And, they twisted Obama's words around. Its not SEX, its how to avoid sex offenders. And, we are american, its a shame we even have to teach children about sex predators and such.

I now have respect for obama, and lost McCain's respect!

[AssumesModz]

@gdanpinder THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I voted for McCain. I still think that this commercial is FUCK UP! We all are americans. When we go around making fun of another american. That makes us look retarded. Do you think Osama likes it when an "American rapist rapes another american, when an american murder kills an american". I'm sure he loves it.

I didn't see this commercial until AFTER I voted for McCain. If I saw this before I voted for him. I would have voted for Obama!

[idunnospeakaengrish]

i like pie!!

[brandonlove01]

better america..... omfg a better america is not a president that takes away are freedoms screws up our ARMY AND KILLS BABYS

[BonzoIsAwesome]

Why do we live in this type of America? When everybody believes sex is "bad". It's a good part in life. It'd be different if no one was using protection, but...seriously? Sex isn't bad. Children should learn about this also, just so they know if a parent/family member touches them, like in the video. By the way, I'm not Republican OR Democratic.

[gustavoel10]

In the end the commercial McCain should say "I'm Jhon McCain and I accept I'm racist" instead of "I'm Jhon McCain and I aprove this message"

OBAMA IS BLACK AND HE IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! hahaha!

Just accept it racists...and...Shut the fuck up!

[TlongProductions]

Hahahahaha wat an idiot. Sex ed to kindergarteners. NOBAMA!!! Keep the change.