Rachel Maddow: Republican Hypocrisy on Contraception Issue

Rachel Maddow: Hypocrisy be damned, Republicans milk contraception issue:

Maddow is right, there's hypocrisy in the air on this. However, she does miscommunicate some of the sound bytes, surveys. For instance, she mentions a survey made about the pre-change and current bill for contraceptives and who supported it and by how much. That survey was only conducted in NYC, one of the more liberal cities out there. I think that's important to note. I support the availability of contraceptives, but not for grade school children. One area that was heinously bent by Ms. Maddow was Santorum's comment in his web interview in 2006. He said, and I paraphrase, that contraceptives lead to doing what ever one wants sexually. Yes his overall context does lead one to see that he is only about natural prevention (i.e. abstaining, early pull-out, etc). But he's not wrong either, regarding the reduction of inhibition in sexual activity when one is using contraceptives. Ugh, bottom line, I think it should be left up to the employer, company, etc if they cover contraceptives in their insurance policy. They would have to be very upfront with the people about what they will or won't cover. But this will not cause insurance coverage to begin denying every vaccine or any service at whim. Simply put, government should back out of it. It should be a non-issue and not discussed among presidential candidates.

SOTU 2012 - An Patriot's Analysis

Per Article II, Section 3, of the Constitution of the United States, the President,

“...shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...„

From Thomas Jefferson until Woodrow Wilson these addresses were written; but during and after Wilson the President has addressed Congress in person each January after they have convened for a joint session.

If you've not had a chance to watch or read Mr. Obama's 2012 State of the Union (SOTU) address, I urge you to do so prior to reading further.