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Thursday, June 24, 2004

Bush Backs Condom Use to Prevent Spread of AIDS

Well, I wasn’t expecting that.

Mr. Bush has mentioned condom use at least once before, last July, in Entebbe, Uganda. But mentioning it in a domestic context is quite different.

“I can’t believe the president actually used the C-word,” said Amy Coen, the president of Population Action International, which has long backed birth control and AIDS prevention in underdeveloped countries. “That’s not one that comes easily to him. But it’s one thing to use the word and another thing to actually fund it.”

One can hope.

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  1. He also says we should get married and remain faithful.

    Donated by boifromtroy
    6/24/04 @ 4:08 PM


  2. I saw that earlier today. Think he’s getting nervous yet?

    Donated by bob
    6/24/04 @ 7:30 PM


  3. I’m not very optimistic about this. Isn’t Karl Rove still lurking around? That man scares me!

    Donated by Christopher
    6/25/04 @ 9:25 AM


  4. Slight correction, boifromtroy…he doesn’t think SOME of us should get married.

    Donated by Huntington
    6/26/04 @ 6:17 AM