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In reply to the discussion: Foster Friess Apologizes For Suggesting Bayer Aspirin As Contraception Method [View all]Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)46. So What Were The Teen Pregnancy Rates Back In Your Boyhood, Mr. Friess?
So what were the teen pregnancy rates back in your boyhood, Mr. Friess? I'd bet dollars to donuts that the teen pregnancy rates were HIGHER than they are today.
Looks like that aspirin didn't work so well as you thought, did it? And if you or your pet politician can't face inconvenient facts, there's no good reason for sending him to Washington again to foul up another time.
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Botany
Feb 2012
OP
Maybe but people need to get over the idea that "joke" is any kind of excuse for offensive language.
yellowcanine
Feb 2012
#40
no, frosty, it wasn't a joke. you demonstrated that you are a clueless cretin, but nice try.
niyad
Feb 2012
#3
In fairness to that buffoon, Santorum's stance on birth control has been pretty confusing
RufusTFirefly
Feb 2012
#52
It's not the joke...it's the policies behind the joke that people are outraged about.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#19
And that ladies and gentlemen is why we don't want rich old people running our country.
FarLeftFist
Feb 2012
#20
I am of that age, heard it back then and was insulted that all I had to do to keep from being
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#44
He said that anyone under 50 did not GET the joke. I am 70 and it was no joke then and it is not now
jwirr
Feb 2012
#39