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Who joked, "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father!"

Just about the coolest thing you'll see all day.

DeLay On Obama: 'Unless He Proves Me Wrong, He Is A Marxist'

Grief, this man will pander harder than anyone, won't he?

I would have to say yes, that the Constitution establish America as a Christian nation. ... I think the number one issue that people should make a selection on the President of the United States is will this person carry on in the Judeo-Christian principles tradition that has made this nation the greatest experiment in the history of mankind.

The Obama Strategy

Obama will try to do to McCain what he did to Clinton in Pennsylvania: Even as he lost the state, he ruined her by forcing her to keep up with his massive spending. Personally, I think this is a cynical take: why can't we say that Obama is going to try and win all fifty states, that the country is tired of GW Bush politics, that the alternative reality of the Republicans isn't serving us well, and he's just going to go all-out anyway?

Obama's "Jewish" problem.

Money quote:

One gets the feeling that Sen. Obama does not easily identify with Israel -- that he is a stranger to the warm feelings of support and solidarity for the Jewish state evinced by, say, a George W. Bush or a John Hagee.

Wait, you mean Obama's less friendly toward Israel than two guys who can't wait for Israel to be destroyed, because that's their sign that their Christian savior is coming?

Decline in Teen Sexual Activity Levels Off

And the reason for this decline should not be surprising:

Since we've started pushing abstinence, we have seen no change in the numbers on sexual activity. Abstinence education spends a good amount of time bashing condoms. So it's not surprising, if that's the message young people are getting, that we're seeing condom use start to decrease.

(via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)