The whole contraception thing has been a setup from the beginning. The administration did not need to release these new rules now. They knew doing so would piss off some in the Catholic church. They likely had their “compromise” ready to go, and they knew the public likes the world “compromise” and would largely go along with it. Sorry, but the Catholic church won’t be a good ally here. They WANT to like Obama, and will find ways to excuse this contraception coverage thing.
The entire point was to create just this debate in the country - with the Republicans looking like mean, judgemental, out of touch fundies who want to go back to the 1950’s. Hussein’s people know they can bait Santorum into talking about his personal opposition to contraception. The administration’s campaign team knows that social conservatives will find Rick’s message appealing in a GOP primary - and they know his focus on these issues make him completely unelectable in a general election. In the mean time it serves their purposes of drawing out the primary, damaging who they perceive as the real likely candidate (Mitt) and preventing Newt from getting any oxygen to his campaign (Gingrich being the one candidate who could actually change the dynamic and challenge the very media/establishment worldview).
If we are talking about rubbers, birth control pills, porn, etc, we are going to lose and lose badly. It is just the argument the Democrats want - and they have the perfect tool in Santorum to keep that discussion going since Rick is undisciplined and basically can’t keep his mouth shut on these issues because, in his heart, he wants to talk about them. The Obama administration does not want us focusing on the economy, on debt, on failed stimulus. They know the public is very libertine on social issues (and perhaps getting even more so) and will never vote for someone they perceive “judges” them personally. If the Democrats can cast the entire Republican party that way, so much the better from their point of view.
So what?
The general election is not next Tuesday.
The primaries are next Tuesday.
This is being used to distract from gas prices. That’s the thing to focus on.
And yes, pushing back to every liberal talking point.
“Compassionate Conservativism” doesn’t work.
“Libertine” or not, there is ZERO rational argument for FORCING any insurance body to cover the “pill”. There is ZERO rational argument for FORCING any insurance body to cover ANY FORM OF CONTRACEPTION.
...and this is not even considering the FACT that contraception is against catholic religion. I’m not even catholic and not even against contraception yet I can STILL recognize this.
When the general public is no longer capable of rational thought, there can be no democracy and no freedom.
WE ARE DOOOMED.
we are doomed because we are outnumbered by useless, barely-human, voting, imbeciles.
The subject should be changed from contraception and Fluke to the impeachment of obama. The news could be changed if the people flooded congress’s phones and emails demanding the House impeach him because he broke his oath to defend the constitution by ordering a government act which would deny our right of freedom of religion.
If we want to win, then we got to stop playing checkers and start playing chess. This election cycle so far, our side has been playing checkers.