President Obama is demonstrating that while he knows exactly where he wants to take the country, he is still incompetent in its implementation.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/11/groups-rail-against-contraceptive-coverage-mandate/?test=latestnews
In the Catholic insurance coverage mess, which he has created, it looks like Plan B, which he came up with in the twinkling of an eye, is another flop. Everybody figured out that the Catholic Church would still be complicit in providing birth control and abortion-related drugs to its employees. Thus, Obama, in the twinkling of an eye, now needs to come up with Plan C.
"How about we make the richest 1% pay for it?"
Same result.
This is why we have argued from Day 1 that the government has no business running private businesses like banks, insurance companies, and auto manufacturers. They don't know how. Aside from having appropriate laws in place to protect consumers against fraud, they should stay out of it.
What Obama is left with is a mandate to a religious body that goes against their core values. Whether you agree with abortion (I don't) or birth control (I do), the fact remains that the teaching of the Catholic Church is clear. They condemn both. The question also lingers what other mandates is the government going to levy upon all of the religions?
So now what are you going to do, Mr. President?
"We'll have Fousesquawk pay for it."
Seems to me that the O is given too much credit for being stupid. Well, sometimes (too often) he earns it, but now ... I don't know.
ReplyDeleteAlthough it is at some cost (voter-wise) this issue shifts the focus to social issues -- something the Dems couldn't want more.
At first I thought he was going to lose the Independents -- but bringing up the whole mess of social issues -- it's what they always want to do, isn't it? Keeps the talk away from the biggest and most harmful topic to him -- the economy.
Get the votes of that percentage of the public which fears the Republican will repeat Roe v Wade -- distract them with that. He must figure that he'll get back most of the practicing Catholic vote that he'd have had -- and the Catholic Republicans wouldn't vote for him anyway.
Hmmm. It's beginning to look to me that it was a plan -- at some cost -- but maybe worth it to him.
I have a solution... no more Mr. Nice Guy. From now on, the bishops can do what they're going to do, which won't amount to much, but the rule is what it is.
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