If the leadership of the GOP happens to see this, perhaps they will do something to counter the plan.
That is a very good point. This not just about abortion or a war on Catholics. This is a direct attack against religion and the American People realize that. The "Statist Left" were not expecting the uproar.
Great post
Way to hit it Laz!!
I’ve shared on my FB wall.... ;)
Not only does this move make (some/most) women feel protected, it is after all a freebie —— it also throws red meat into the middle of the Republican primaries to distract from economic and national defense issues - - - and garner great soundbites for the general election.
At least one Republican candidate has taken the bait.
Implication: ALL WOMEN EVERYWHERE. Not those who have moral objections, in institutions that have moral objections. ALL WOMEN is the implication.
The White House is telegraphing the media, who will happily cooperate, how to lie.
First, it is nonsense to pretend that the HHS mandate had something to do with birth control accessibility. Contraceptives are already at the point of total market saturation. You can ”access” them for free at the County Health Department, the University Student Wellness Center, and Gay Men’s Park ‘n’ Spark, and for about the cost of a Hershey bar at every Wal-Mart, every Food City, every truck-stop and every Bubba’s Beer and Bait. They couldn’t be more accessible if they bagged them up with the M&M’s.
Second, it’s certainly not an issue of “choice.” All users are choosers, and they don’t need my tax money or my online banking password in order to do it.
Third, we’ve got these truly existential issues of the flogged and prostrate global economy, the shredded Constitution, the disastrous foreign and military policy decisions of the past 4 years, the Obamunist tyranny, and now they're coaching the "women voters" to shake their booties to the Democrat tom-toms and start chanting, “The Pope's a Republican and is gonna grab my NuvaRing”?
Please. This is misdirection. And it’s so obvious it makes the "My First Crayola Pack" look subtle.
I fully agree with that except that the Church and many on the right are accepting and responding to the premise created by the left that this only affects religious institutions. What about the 1st Amendment rights of the unaffiliated individual citizen?
The Dems have created the false perception that they have made an exception for religious institutions. However they haven't even offered that phoney baloney concession for the rest of us. They have mandated that all insurance policies cover abortions and abortion-inducing "contraceptives" so no one can escape participating in the murder of unborn humans other than to go uninsured and be in violation of the law.
That is a violation of everyone's freedom of religious exercise.
Nice job! Saved it and emailed it to everyone.
I didn't really look carefully at the source or author, and when I scrolled back up, as I liked the piece, it was you!
Bravo!
You know Stephanoupolis too well. You smelled a rat and it is he!
One thing I don’t think they figured into the equation....even catholics who use birth control do not want to see their church put in this position.
The catholic vote in Pa? Ohio?.....buh bye!
As usual the regime has thought this out so it accomplishes a myriad of goals instead of just another lie created and than repeated by the DBM.
The contraception, the budget that was never meant to fly, the 80% cut in nukes which will never take place,all are of the same genre.
The ideas here are to divert the attention of many of us from the constant destruction of the economy. Currently, obamacare itself is at stake with the right to force Americans to buy anything now being litigated. Without this provision much of obamcare will sink of its own weight.
It's all smoke and mirrors with the smoke coming on fast and furious.
And he’s got Moochelle in the church starting new healthy food programs inter-connected with faith. VID here. (Notice the applause.) http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/02/11/first-lady-michelle-obama-speaks-second-anniversary-lets-move While there, she also mentions NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (NCC) helping her push. NCC=Largest coalition of leftist religious denominations in the United States. http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6916
BTTT and sending this to friends.
Well written.
@theoldlady Thanks for the ping!
+1
Well done, Laz! Accurate analysis, and really fine writing.
Hey Laz- You’re viral! This article was posted on FB by someone I don’t know to a FB friend of mine. Way to go!
Laz, you are right on. When Steffie asked that question, I was like, where is this on the radar screen—this topic is nowhere in sight.
But you are correct, it was the first pitch of a co-ordinated attack, with planned short range and long range benefits for the radical leftists that now control the Democcrat party.
The cat was out of the bag with Steffie when he helped Zero recover from the “ my religion is Muslim” remark.
Steffie is such a good foot soldier.
I’ve been thinking this for a while, and kudo’s for articulating this. Stephie is a O-bomb-us insider butt boy that’s for sure. Like we didn’t know that already.
Dick Morris expounded this theory last nite on O’Reilly. O’Reilly poo-pooed it, but Morris worked with Stepanopolous during the Clinton years.
I think it was an almost ‘brilliant’ calculation in kicking the issue out there like that.
What people forget, its really not about contraception, its about the first amendment.