Abstinence-Only Education is a Huge Success!*

Save a seat for me on the bandwagon as I jump on late in the game. Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska - who not only flew from Alaska to Texas while nine months pregnant (generally, it is a big no-no to fly after the eighth month or so), then insisted on flying nine hours back to Alaska after her water broke (thus creating a ripe environment for infection) so that her kid would not be born in Texas - continues to fly her family values flag proudly, cheerfully reporting that her 17 year daughter's pregnancy is OK since she is going to marry the baby's father. Smiley-face happy ending aside, perhaps we can take a moment to acknowledge that Gov. Palin's support of abstinence-only education certainly has reduced the teen pregnancy rate in her own home by 0%.

*If success is re-defined as failure. The Bush administration likes re-defining things.