this is late, but i wanted to mention it - on sunday, my father picked me up in d.c. so i could go over to my family's house in vienna to trim the tree, bake cookies, and basically have a norman rockwell christmas sunday, etc etc. we were listening to c-span radio or something as we headed home, and we caught an exchange between george stephanopoulos and bill frist, a man who is a senator and a doctor, and, apparently, an ignorant idiot. CJR campaign desk reminded me today of what was said, in regards to the recent study that revealed the bush adminstration-approved sex-ed programs tell you stuff like touching a girl's boobies will make her pregnant, condoms contain poison that will unleash itself on your penis if you think impure thoughts, etc:

Gerorge: You're a doctor. Do you think tears and sweat can transmit HIV"
Frist: I don't know...I can tell you..
George: You don't know?
Frist; I can tell you things like,like..condoms..
George: You believe that tears and sweat might be able to transmit aids?

at the end, frist admitted that it was incredibly rare for tears and sweat to transmit aids, but he basically had to have it beaten out of him. ridiculous.