Obviously, kindergarteners don't have a particular need to know about birth control or where babies come from, but even at that age kids ought to know their basic anatomy and have an understanding of the concept of "private parts," if for no other reason than to be able to recognize and report sexual abuse.

Obama's problem in my opinion is that he looks and sounds presidential abroad but needs some William Jefferson in him for his smaller venues.  He needs to relax, he is obviously struggling from the excitement and awe over Palin and it shows.  

We don't have to convince each other that it's OK to have sex ed in kindergarten.  Most of us allready recognize that.  If we want win, we need to be proactive and think like Rove's target audience.  Because the "age approprate sex education" lingo doesn't work.

The kindergarten/sex ed issue isn't new.  Last year Gov Mitt Romney argued against Obama on this same issue, saying, "Let's let our 5-year olds be 5-year olds. When students are old enough for sex education they should be taught <blah, blah, blah>."  We should have caught this up front and started calling the Kindergarten through grade 3 or 4 something besides sex education.  It's not like we're teaching about sex at that age.  It's Health and Safety or something.  Changing the name would have altered the discourse because Repubs wouldn't be able to lie about the curriculum.  Moms concerned about their kids aren't going to go research their school's curriculum, they'll just be left with a bad impression from the ad.  They've got us on this because we didn't take charge of the conversation.  How are we going to explain to undecideds that the liberals are just trying to protect kids?  We can sure try, because once again, we're in the right.  But good luck reaching them all, and when you do, can you come up with a sound bite as succinct as "Learning about sex before learning to read?"  

Maybe it's too late on this one.  Hitting back on McCain's lack of honor is helpful, but realistically, the campaign's response won't reach the audience that the original ad will.  Once it's viral (emails, youtube, downloadable to your cell phone so you can share it with your neighbors), it's hard to counter.  It's a brilliantly misleading ad, and very Rovian.  

Whatever, it doesn't even matter anymore. Obama is done. He's not coming back in the polls, The election was over when he gave a flat, partisan speech at his own convention. It's been all downhill since then.

He has links to an article and a video showing Obama doing this.

Then Obama/Biden could release a completely unrelated [lol] ad about Democrats: Keeping Your Kids Safe, talking about funding police and education programs that work for families.