Barack Obama

Anti-Choicers Are Furious Because Obama Cares About His Daughters

by Cara April 7, 2008

You’ve probably already read about Barack Obama’s statements regarding teen pregnancy and the outrage it has inspired in forced-birth proponents. Amanda has already wonderfully skewered the reaction. This is what Obama said: “When it comes specifically to HIV/AIDS, the most important prevention is education, which should include — which should include abstinence education and teaching [...]

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Obama is charismatic, but this is a bit much

by Cara March 31, 2008

I don’t think there are many people, with any candidate preference, who would argue that Obama is not incredibly engaging and likable. Whether you want to vote for the guy or not, let’s face it; he has charisma. But watch the NY Times turn “Obama is charming” into “Obama makes women giggle and swoon and [...]

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Offensive Remark of the Week: White People Just Don’t Get Enough Credit for Stopping the Whole Lynching Thing Edition

by Cara March 23, 2008

Clearly, it should go without saying that Pat Buchanan is a fucking nut. Really, I try to ignore these types more than anything. I just don’t have the time to follow the disgraceful career of every racist, misogynist, homophobic, nationalist, religious fanatic puppet of the Republican party. But this time . . . oh, this [...]

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Obama does NOT want to teach your five-year-old how to fuck

by Cara July 23, 2007

So it seems that today is officially Obama Day at The Curvature– which is only fair, since I think that I’ve given ample airtime to Edwards and discussed Clinton’s campaign at length. Last week, you might have seen right wing pundits going crazy over his highly-sensible remarks about sex education at the Planned Parenthood conference. [...]

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