The interesting thing about ol' Chuck is that he's NBC News' Political Director and a flaming liberal who's been absolutely nothing more than a cheerleader for Barack Obama from day one. So the Left can still maintain that NBC is non-partisan? Sheesh! So anyone Right of Center who takes any admonition from Chuck (in the tank for Obama) Todd to heart might as well just go to the source and do whatever Obama tells them to do.
The ruling does indeed give closely held for profit companies the right to not provide any contraception in it's health care plan, it also gives them the right to not fund viagra or cialis for it's male employees. But I doubt that will happen.
You know, someday a SC will reverse Roe v Wade, just like they reversed Plessy v Ferguson. Case law as durable as Madison v. Marbury is very, very rare.
the HL ruling plays very well to the GOP base. there is no doubt of that. at issue will be how it plays to those folks outside the base, and that will depend, in large part, on how the two parties chose to use and characterize the ruling. Methinks that the ruling will NOT play well outside of the GOP base, and, based upon demographic trends, that base, as a percentage of the voting public, keeps getting smaller and smaller. SO.... either the GOP needs to rally every single member in their base AND find a way to broaden their outreach, or they will suffer the same fate in national elections as they did the last two. Clearly, given the terrible economy, one would have thought that Obama was destined to be a one term president. Mitt Romney was THAT bad of a candidate, but he was THE BEST that the GOP primary process could produce. As terrible as the GOP had tried to paint Obama, as terrible as the economy was, with the GOP having the opportunity to field a crop of "best and brightest" candidates, and Mitt "magic underwear" Romney was the best they could come up with. And now they want to blame anyone but themselves for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Cowardice, thy name is republican. - - - Updated - - - when men get their viagra paid for, yeah... relatively speaking.
First demonstrate that the Hobby Lobby employer insurance plan pays for Viagra... Then explain that overused and moot talking point. Viagra is not Birth Control.. Perhaps someone in Mexico can explain the birds and bees to you.
I have no desire to research the healthcare plan of a Christian company that sells scrapbooking stuff. get real. And I understand that Viagra is not BC... but what we are talking about is how this will play to women. Let guys get hardons... no problem... let women stop unwanted pregnancies caused by those hardons.... not so much. Perhaps some other wiser mass hole can explain gender politics to YOU, my friend.
So the facts do not matter its just how much you can spin something.. Thank you for your honesty... Its refreshing to see some honesty from a Rules for Radicals drone.
My wife is a retired health care professional and she is well aware that most health care plans routinely cover ED medication. Most women are aware of that. When the SCOTUS ruling in the HL case is spun well, it will whip those ladies to a veritable lather! Just like it will whip the GOP red meat base to the same lather. The problem for Y'ALL is that there are more women than there are religious pro life white guys. Tough to deny that.
oh dearie me. I was unaware that you were so righteous that your feces did not emit a foul odor. How do you EVER survive in this world full of charlatans?
the liberals are really showing how misinformed they really are..what does it take for them to understand what the ruling means..reading the ruling would help i guess..but there are so many words and so little time i guess...
* RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
wow... is that from Alinsky? I have never read a single word of anything he ever wrote. Obviously you have. You are going to tell me that the GOP NEVER engages in spinning issues in order to move blocs of the electorate? really? Now THAT really IS ridiculous!
Care to discuss the topic and not what the other guy is doing? It a sure fire sign you are defeated.. Cant let the admission by you that is is all a spin job stand... hell no its time to fling (*)(*)(*)(*) at each other.. No thanks. I am here to debate. With logic and facts not emotion and flamebait. Find someone else to troll.
you live in Massachusetts... the veritable HOME of the suffrage movement. WomenPower was INVENTED in your state. It is what will elect Hillary in 2016, and it is what will become mobilized against the GOP over the HL ruling. "Ladies: Five white male Catholic republicans have decreed that it is perfectly OK for an employer to give your husbands and boyfriends viagra so that they can get hard ons with which to fornicate with you... but NOT give you the birth control that YOU need to prevent getting pregnant by him. Aren't you sick and tired of having white male republicans make decisions about your vaginas and your uteruses? In November, you can do something about that. Don't miss the opportunity!
and... just as an aside... I wonder how SCOTUS would have reacted if the closely held family firm that owned HL was a Muslim family and they wanted to avoid certain parts of Obamacare because it violated Sharia Law which they used to govern all their personal and business decisions. Would the GOP be as pumped up about such a ruling in that case? - - - Updated - - - what hole is that? the one where I will watch the first woman get inaugurated in just a little over two years?
Admitting the war on women is based on political motive and not factual. Hilary hasnt even announced she is running yet.. Dont count your chickens......
when men get free viagra and women have to pay for birth control, it IS factual, pal. When five white republican catholics do THAT to every woman in America, the GOP had BETTER start figuring out how to spin that. Oh wait... I forgot... you don't engage in spin. You feces doesn't emit odors. Please forgive.
Please document all these men getting "Free Viagra" and then what does that have to do with Birth Control... I can go out and get a free Flu shot as well right now OMG OUTRAGE!!!