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How Barack Obama Created an Election-Winning Issue (Vanity)
Free Republic | Feb 15, 2012 | By Lazamataz

Posted on 02/15/2012 12:52:03 PM PST by Lazamataz

On January 7th, at the Republican debate, George Stephanopoulos embarked on a sudden, unexpected, and bizarre series of questions about contraception and birth control. Most of the political pundits who watched this, were somewhat puzzled at the virtual harangue that Stephanopoulos went on, asking candidate after candidate to pin down their views -- even though birth control issues were decidedly not in the forefront.

Then, President Obama and his brain trust picked a fight with the Catholic Church, demanding that they fund birth control and abortion services. When the Church rose up in anger, they compromised -- they only needed to accept birth control and abortion services, the funding would come later.

Angered by the arrogance and the mandate to go against their conscience, soon a bill was proposed that would stop these unConstitutional mandates. Within hours, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) assembled on Capitol Hill to denounce 'Republicans who wanted to keep women barefoot and pregnant', who wanted 'to bring us back to the medical dark ages'.

This was the plan all along. Obama picked a fight, on purpose, to be able to have these sound bites uttered. The media, complicit in every effort to bring America farther to the left, knows the lie but will not explain: This has nothing to do with contraception. This has everything to do with mandating religious behaviors and belief. Contraception is the hill they are fighting on, but the war is over forcing the Church to do something they will not -- and they CANNOT.

The media will never explain the nuances of this, and Team Obama knows that. They wish to mobilize women by making them believe -- amazingly -- that somehow, Republicans intend to poke holes in condoms and substitute Tic-Tacs for Birth Control Pills.

The fact George Stephanopoulos asked this question, during the January 7th debate -- into a political vacuum as regards this issue -- tells even the casual observer that this plan of attack was well-premeditated, and directed from the White House. The immediacy of response from the most diligently liberal also implies preparation. We have, in front of us, what the Democrats wish to make the election about: Scaring women with outright lies. Apparently, scaring the elderly in the same way isn't working as well.


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To: Lazamataz

Well done!


21 posted on 02/15/2012 1:12:17 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: Lazamataz

Plog bimp!

I mean, Bog Plimp!

I mean...ah, hell with it!


22 posted on 02/15/2012 1:12:28 PM PST by Larry Lucido (My doctor told me to curtail my Walpoling activities.)
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To: Lazamataz; onyx; trisham; RedMDer; DJ MacWoW; JoeProBono; STARWISE; MEG33; afnamvet; Lady Jag; ...
Pinging my lists for awareness of one of the latest Demwit Dirty Doings.

Sorry if someone else has already pinged you.
23 posted on 02/15/2012 1:12:52 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Lazamataz

“Obama and his henchmen cannot ignore the Catholic Church. Their goal is simple-eliminate the Church’s opposition by neutralizing the Church. Once you see things in this light, it all becomes brilliantly clear. This is why Obama surrounded himself with Catholic traitors during the campaign; this is why he set up an internal campaign commission to garner Catholic votes; this is why the Archbishop of Denver was not invited to the democratic convention; this is why no Catholic cleric was invited to the inauguration; this is why Obama has peppered his cabinet and filled other administration posts with pro abortion Catholics; this is why he continues to try and foist pro- abortion Catholics on the Vatican as ambassadors; this is why he wants to pigeonhole Catholic hospitals by getting rid of the conscience clause for healthcare workers; this is why he gives speeches at Georgetown; this is why he plans to go to Notre Dame and appear on the most famous Catholic stage in America ; this is why he has cozied up to renegade left-wing Catholic groups like Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, and Catholics United, each financed by enemies of the Church like George Soros.”

from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVN2MMuiedI

(posted May 12, 2009!)


24 posted on 02/15/2012 1:13:25 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: TheOldLady

Pooky!!!! Thanks for the ping list.... :)


25 posted on 02/15/2012 1:13:41 PM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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26 posted on 02/15/2012 1:13:45 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Lazamataz

Very insightful, in any event.


27 posted on 02/15/2012 1:14:14 PM PST by Larry Lucido (My doctor told me to curtail my Walpoling activities.)
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To: Lazamataz
Meanwhile, a dangerous new precedent has been formed: Notice how Obama "fixed" this by forcing insurance to provide a set of procedures "for free" (IE, no co-pay)?

Where else in Medicine do you pay ZERO? Kid has snotty nose, co-pay at the Dr's office, and co-pay if you need to take a trip to the pharmacy. Co-pay to see the GI Dr. every couple years for the scope. Co-pay to have a mammogram ordered and read.

Here we have a brand new gummint mandate not only for coverage of a procedure, but what the co-pay will be. I've never seen this before, even with Mediscare.

28 posted on 02/15/2012 1:14:24 PM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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To: combat_boots
I even read a story today that OWS types are protesting Catholic food banks. Can you imagine protesting a FOOD BANK?

Hadn't heard about OWS, but Planned Parenthood is.

29 posted on 02/15/2012 1:15:16 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: humblegunner; Lazamataz
Well done!

I asked for medium rare.

30 posted on 02/15/2012 1:15:38 PM PST by Larry Lucido (My doctor told me to curtail my Walpoling activities.)
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To: The Shrew

The MSM is setting the stage for a civil war.
I don’t think they realize it, they just think they’re advancing “the common good”,

but in making a peaceful, political redress of our grievances impossible,
they make another response inevitable.


31 posted on 02/15/2012 1:16:40 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Larry Lucido; holdonnow
Thanks, friend. Post it around, who knows, maybe someone in the GOP will see it -- assuming, of course, they want to win at all in 2012.

Maybe Rush or one of the other talkers might see it. I'll go ahead and ping Levin, but I think he's on vacay.

32 posted on 02/15/2012 1:17:35 PM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Lazamataz

You may be right.

I just feel like we’re being overrun and we’re just spraying lead everywhere inside the wire.

What we need is a FAST response, and consolidated. I don’t think the generals have a clue right now.


33 posted on 02/15/2012 1:19:00 PM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: sam_paine

If our side doesn’t put together a Carville-style War Room, we are sunk already.


34 posted on 02/15/2012 1:20:35 PM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Larry Lucido; Lazamataz
I asked for medium rare.

That dang Laz can't hardly get anything right.

35 posted on 02/15/2012 1:22:02 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: Lazamataz; Abbeville Conservative; abigailsmybaby; afnamvet; alley cat; antceecee; APatientMan; ...
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36 posted on 02/15/2012 1:26:29 PM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: Lazamataz

I’ve seen several FReepers argue that Obama is throwing down a huge smoke-screen amongst conservatives with this Catholic Contraception brou-haha.

That Bammie is diverting attention away from the real economic issues and is laughing up his sleeves as FiCons and SoCons are arguing between ourselves on this issue.

Naturally the FiCons are going; “SEE! This is why we must focus mainly on fiscal issues.”

SoCons argue back that; “We can (and must) focus on the social issues as well as the economic ones.”

In any event, we must recognize these political games our enemies are playing.


37 posted on 02/15/2012 1:26:40 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This mean Liberals and/or Libertarians (Same Thing) NO LIBS.))
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To: Lazamataz

re: Carville style War Room

Indeed. Except the only organization with that much muscle and money is the GOP-e. And the Tea Party is ready to lob a grenade into any smokey backrooms and ask questions later.

What a disaster. Sorry for all the rambo metaphors!


38 posted on 02/15/2012 1:28:08 PM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Lazamataz

Someone should go on every show they can and tell the host what a POS Stephanopoulos is.


39 posted on 02/15/2012 1:30:17 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: Lazamataz
If the leadership of the GOP happens to see this, perhaps they will do something to counter the plan.

There is no leadership in the GOP. This party has no message in part because the moderates refuse to get behind anything remotely viewed as conservative. They will not do anything about this because they can't even agree on where to eat lunch.

40 posted on 02/15/2012 1:30:56 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (The Chicago Way isn't the American Way.)
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