Are we missing an opportunity with Akin?

[Live and Learn]

Shouldn't one of the issues with Akin be sex ed?

I mean how in the heck can someone be 65 and not know how babies are created? Are we missing an opportunity to stress the necessity for sex ed in schools?

[dkf]

1. That is the sex Ed his poor homeschooled kids were getting.

[Live and Learn]

2. That is a scary thought.

I wonder what other misconceptions he lives his life by and taught them.

[dballance]

3. I think we're missing the opportunity for EDUCATION in education right now.

With core curriculum, pay for performance, NCLB, Race to the Top, Teach for America and charter schools we have "screwed the pooch" as we used to say back in TN. Our schools are no longer places of education where our kids learn.

If they are not just a business about numbers and statistics yet they soon will be.

I've seen some of those religious charter school textbook lessons on the origin of the moon and they are frightening.

[Live and Learn]

4. Yes.

And science in general.

[Skittles]

5. he knows

he is simply trying to justify why he cares more for the rights of rapists than the rights of women

[Sherman A1]

6. I was wondering in all this

if perhaps the Esteemed Mr. Akin had discovered some previously unknown form of birth control? Something that everyone else on the planet had completely missed. If so then perhaps he would then be in hot water with the folks attempting to limit access to birth control as well as abortion. But, then he stated he misspoke so now I just don't know what to believe from the candidate. I am soooooo confused