| − | '''"War on Women"''' is a campaign narrative crafted and promoted by the [[Democratic Party]] for the 2012 election cycle. | + | '''"War on Women"''' is a campaign narrative crafted and promoted by the [[Democratic Party]] for the 2012 election cycle. Logical responses might be to complain about the Democrats' "War on Marriage," "War on Working People," "War on Jobs," etc. |
| | This angle is the first reaction by any [[Planned Parenthood]] spokeswoman when confronted by scaling back public tax dollars. <ref>[http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/16/6068123-a-war-on-women-planned-parenthoods-cecile-richards-on-gops-assault-on-reproductive-rights 'A War on Women' - Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards on GOP's Assault on Reproductive Rights, Newsvine, Feb 16, 2011]</ref> Recently, [[contraception]] was made an issue by liberals during the televised presidential debates. Liberal debate hosts would pepper the candidates with meaningless contraception questions when there wasn't any public outcry. <ref>[http://www.mrc.org/node/38885 ABC's Stephanopoulos Defends Contraception Line of Questioning from Debate, MRC, January 12, 2012]</ref> Soon thereafter, [[Obamacare]] mandates that [[Catholic]] organizations provide contraception and the issue became national, with most of the public in opposition. <ref>[http://townhall.com/news/religion/2012/03/13/poll_most_back_exemption_to_hhs_mandate Poll: Most back exemption to HHS mandate, Townhall, March 13, 2012]</ref> The bottom line is that Democrats are pushing a narrative, that is -- they claim to fight for women against the "anti-women" GOP. | | This angle is the first reaction by any [[Planned Parenthood]] spokeswoman when confronted by scaling back public tax dollars. <ref>[http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/16/6068123-a-war-on-women-planned-parenthoods-cecile-richards-on-gops-assault-on-reproductive-rights 'A War on Women' - Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards on GOP's Assault on Reproductive Rights, Newsvine, Feb 16, 2011]</ref> Recently, [[contraception]] was made an issue by liberals during the televised presidential debates. Liberal debate hosts would pepper the candidates with meaningless contraception questions when there wasn't any public outcry. <ref>[http://www.mrc.org/node/38885 ABC's Stephanopoulos Defends Contraception Line of Questioning from Debate, MRC, January 12, 2012]</ref> Soon thereafter, [[Obamacare]] mandates that [[Catholic]] organizations provide contraception and the issue became national, with most of the public in opposition. <ref>[http://townhall.com/news/religion/2012/03/13/poll_most_back_exemption_to_hhs_mandate Poll: Most back exemption to HHS mandate, Townhall, March 13, 2012]</ref> The bottom line is that Democrats are pushing a narrative, that is -- they claim to fight for women against the "anti-women" GOP. |