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Republicans Don't Get Sex: Meghan McCain

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(Newser) – Bristol Palin's campaign to preach birth control with a baby at home again proves what Meghan McCain has always known: Republicans don't "get" sex. "God forbid anyone talk realistically about life experiences and natural, sexual instincts. Nope, the answer is always abstinence," she writes in her Daily Beast column. She's "never understood" the party's resistance to discussing better access to birth control.

"As a Republican, I am pro-life. But using birth control and having an abortion are not the same," she writes. "If we can’t discuss birth control in addition to abstinence, kids will continue to make bad choices." The GOP, she writes, "continues to struggle with open communication about serious issues most people deal with rationally," which threatens to speed the party's "descent into irrelevance."

Meghan McCain arrives at Perez Hilton's 31st Birthday Party in West Hollywood, Calif., earlier this year.
Meghan McCain arrives at Perez Hilton's 31st Birthday Party in West Hollywood, Calif., earlier this year.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Meghan McCain arrives with her dad at a rally during last year's presidential race.
Meghan McCain arrives with her dad at a rally during last year's presidential race.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Meghan McCain is stumped by GOP resistance to better access to birth control
Meghan McCain is stumped by GOP resistance to better access to birth control   (Getty Images)
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The worst sexual double standard in politics right now is that too many subconsciously believe Republican women are void of sexual desire altogether. - Meghan McCain

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Shannonals
May 8, 09 3:27 PM CDT
You really can't argue about her statements, if parents cannot talk to their children about sex that is a problem. As a parent you can't sit back at home and hope the school system teaches your children morals Reply
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kansas1946
May 8, 09 4:52 PM CDT
"As a Republican, I am pro-life. ****************************************** There are plenty of Republicans who are pro-choice and until the Republican party quits acting like this issue should exclude anyone from the party if they do not agree with trying to overturn Roe, they will always be struggling for members. This issue is repsonsible for the destruction of the Republican party and it will not recover without accepting pro-choice Repubicans. Reply
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anchower
May 9, 09 2:34 AM CDT
Finally, a Republican who halfway gets it. Reply
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Jill
Jul 14, 09 8:53 AM CDT
The only place I found on the internet for cheap birth control is: http://www.MyCycleDirect.com. The MyCycle company is the #1 online Birth Control Pharmacy Reply
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