George Will's Conservative Take on McCain Ad Baffles ABC's Claire Shipman |
| Published: September 15, 2008, 4:05 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, sexuality, claire shipman, george will, abc, this week, campaign watch |
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During the panel discussion on the September 14 edition of ABC's "This Week," an interesting exchange occurred between conservative columnist George Will and ABC senior national correspondent Claire Shipman. On the topic of Senator John McCain's recent ad about a sex education bill Senator Barack Obama voted for while in the Illinois state legislature, Shipman could not seem to understand Will's point of view. Host George Stephanopoulos described the ad as "looking at a vote that Barack Obama had in a committee when he was a state senator that advocated comprehensive sex education from grades K through 12.... The debate is whether -- what comprehensive sex education means and whether it means that kindergartners should be taught how to ward off a sexual predator or something more extensive than that." In response, Will argued: It is very common across the centuries for parents, not schools, parents to tell their children to be aware of strangers. What's new here [ Full article ] |
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