AMERICAblog: McCain doesn't know if condoms help stop the spread of HIV

[tuvor]

There are so many reasons John McCain should not be President. But an interaction with a reporter today on his Not-So-Straight Talk bus pretty much confirmed it.

McCain was stumped by a very simple question -- a question that can be answered with a modicum of research. He was stumped by a question that can mean the difference between life and death. He was stumped by a question that every responsible adult in American should know the answer to. He doesn't know if condoms can help stop the spread of HIV. Seriously:

Q: “What about grants for sex education in the United States? Should they include instructions about using contraceptives? Or should it be Bush’s policy, which is just abstinence?”

Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “Ahhh. I think I support the president’s policy.”

Q: “So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?”

Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.”

McCain continues to dig:
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/mccain-doesnt-know-if-condoms-help-stop.html

[DFLer4edu]

1. There is already a thread on this topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3166706

[tuvor]

3. Groovy, I'm heading over to recommend it right now.

It's only a little gesture, but God forbid you guys end up with another moron in '08.

ON EDIT: Please post it in the GLBT forum as well, DFLer4edu.

[KamaAina]

2. Next contestant on "Celebrity 'Are You Smarter than a Fifth-Grader?'":

He's a former POW, Senator from Arizona and seemingly perpetual presdidential candidate. Everyone, please welcome John McCain!

[donheld]

4. What is McCain's problem

I never thought he was THAT stupid, boy was I wrong.

[Colobo]

5. He is trying to please so many people at once

That he's losing track...

[skipos]

7. Yep. Losing track on the Weathervane McCain Train. nt

[MadMaddie]

6. Honestly I think the torture he sufferred during his captivity in

Vietnam...is catching up with him in his advancing age which impacts his mind and his bodyt..

For a moment I feel sorry for him but then that goes away....when I realize that he sold out his family and his soul to court the Neocons who destroyed him during the elections.

We need a president that is aware of science and the impacts of disiese.

[jwirr]

8. John McCain is not that stupid - he is kissing rw ass.