Topic: Decline of the West
OK, let’s review: (1) The Obama Administration promulgates a health insurance mandate that’s certain to be offensive to the Catholic Church. (2) A wholly predictable uproar ensues. (3) In an attempt to quell the rising tide of outrage, the President announces an “accommodation” that’s patently phony. (4) So now many Catholics, liberals and feminists are discontented and suspicious. (Conservatives on the other hand feel vindicated. Unlike for example the president of the University of Notre Dame they never believed that Obama was acting in good faith.)
What on earth caused an intelligent fellow like Barack Obama to commit such a lame-brained political blooper? The answer in two words is intellectual vanity. Once again, the President acted on the dubious assumption that he’s the smartest guy in the room. He simply waved away the objections of Vice President Joe Biden and others who warned that forcing a contraception mandate on the Catholic Church would be seen as an assault on religious liberty. Egged on by a cabal of Catholic-hating radical feminists inside and beyond the White House, he picked a fight that he was guaranteed to lose. And in an election year!
Will someone please explain to me why so many people still insist on singing hymns to Barack Obama’s dazzling political skills?
