Doesn't help that we have one candidate who does think as President he should speak out against contraception and tell us all that it is "not okay". Here is Santorum saying exactly that this past October:
"One of the things I will talk about that no president has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea. Many in the Christian faith have said, 'Well, that’s okay. Contraception’s okay.' It’s not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be."
Santorum believes contraception is "not okay". He is on record saying that. He is on record saying as President he thinks he should talk about. So long as we have a candidate in the race at/near front runner status who says these kinds of things, this focus on contraception and the like will not go away. Sure, it is an MSM/Democrat trap, but Santorum's own words will make it an issue - and he is not disciplined enough to shut up about it.
With Santorum, if it isn't this dopey issue, it will just be something else. He will end up talking about why women should stay home and have more babies, or why we have to crack down on internet porn, or some other non-economic issue that ends up hurting us rather than helping defeat Obama.
It is as simple as this. The MSM will say anything to make Santorum look bad. They will tell any lie to make him unpopular. If it wasn't this it would be something else. The MSM is not attacking Santorum because of what he has said. That makes no difference. They are attacking him because they want to destroy him. They will tell any lie to do so.
The lie that this author is using is that Santorum is emphasizing contraception etc. In the future it will be different lies.
You can take speeches of any public figure and if you spend enough time find things that can be distorted to make them look bad. That is the ONLY thing the MSM is trying to do. The MSM is trying to make conservatives look bad.