02-10-2012, 08:21 PM
This sums up my take on the political outcome pretty well. ymmv
Unicorn Sighting, a political compromise that makes both sides happy
"A genuine compromise. By arriving at a solution that satisfied all direct parties to the controversy, Obama finally gets one of his desperately desired compromises. And it's a compromise that gives up nothing—women will still be able to make their own decisions on birth control without having to run it past a bureaucrat, politician, or church official.
Obama scores with his base. The president has shown that sometimes, he actually can stand up for what's right in the face of a full-on conservative shit storm. We've seen enough retreats that for once, we can applaud enthusiastically at the resolution.
Conservative true anti-sex agenda revealed. The forced-birth industry has finally outed itself—their primary obsession isn't abortion, it's sex. They hate it. They want women to stop doing it. And if they do it, they want babies to result. (And yes, it's directed at women, because they have no problem with Viagra being covered by insurance.)
In other words, they don't want people to have sex for pleasure. And that's not going to be a winning position because, quite frankly, people like to have sex, and they like to have it without fear of making babies. Conservatives want to wage a battle about the morality of birth control, and they're going to get crushed doing so.
GOP's hypocrisy on religious freedom revealed. Republicans are such staunch defenders of religious freedoms that I'm sure they'll stop opposing the construction of new mosques! And I'm sure they'll jump on the rest of the Catholic social agenda, such as extension of unemployment benefits, passage of the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform, more aid for the poor and needy, and opposition to unnecessary wars like Iraq, right?
There's a lot of win to go around. The only downside is that Obama has further eroded his support amongst people who think he is the anti-Christ or can do no right. But yeah, who cares. Among people who matter, this was a genuine home run."
Unicorn Sighting, a political compromise that makes both sides happy
"A genuine compromise. By arriving at a solution that satisfied all direct parties to the controversy, Obama finally gets one of his desperately desired compromises. And it's a compromise that gives up nothing—women will still be able to make their own decisions on birth control without having to run it past a bureaucrat, politician, or church official.
Obama scores with his base. The president has shown that sometimes, he actually can stand up for what's right in the face of a full-on conservative shit storm. We've seen enough retreats that for once, we can applaud enthusiastically at the resolution.
Conservative true anti-sex agenda revealed. The forced-birth industry has finally outed itself—their primary obsession isn't abortion, it's sex. They hate it. They want women to stop doing it. And if they do it, they want babies to result. (And yes, it's directed at women, because they have no problem with Viagra being covered by insurance.)
In other words, they don't want people to have sex for pleasure. And that's not going to be a winning position because, quite frankly, people like to have sex, and they like to have it without fear of making babies. Conservatives want to wage a battle about the morality of birth control, and they're going to get crushed doing so.
GOP's hypocrisy on religious freedom revealed. Republicans are such staunch defenders of religious freedoms that I'm sure they'll stop opposing the construction of new mosques! And I'm sure they'll jump on the rest of the Catholic social agenda, such as extension of unemployment benefits, passage of the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform, more aid for the poor and needy, and opposition to unnecessary wars like Iraq, right?
There's a lot of win to go around. The only downside is that Obama has further eroded his support amongst people who think he is the anti-Christ or can do no right. But yeah, who cares. Among people who matter, this was a genuine home run."