Alexander Russo is a journalist and former Senate education staffer.
This latest kerfluffle over Obama’s comments about kindergarten sex ed to Planned Parenthood seems to have come and gone, alas, but reveals how easy it is to get in trouble on education issues: Sex ed for kindergarteners ‘right thing to do’ says Obama ABC News (video here): “Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Planned Parenthood Tuesday that sex education for kindergarteners, as long as it is “age-appropriate,” is “the right thing to do.” Meanwhile, Obama Girl and Giuliani Girl are fighting it out on YouTube.
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