Sarah Palin And Greta Van Susteren Pretend Americans Oppose New Contraception Mandate

Sarah Palin visited On The Record last night to discuss what FoxNews.com called “Obama’s contraception controversy.” While it’s true top church leaders continue to oppose President Obama’s mandate that Catholic-affiliated institutions offer contraception as part of health insurance coverage, most Americans and most Catholic Americans support it. However, Palin claimed otherwise and Van Susteren did not correct the record. In fact, she did her own part in promoting the misapprehension that the measure is unpopular.

“Trouble growing tonight for President Obama’s contraception rule,” Van Susteren announced at the beginning of the segment, as she relayed how the top American Bishop, Timothy Dolan, soon to be a Cardinal, plans to fight the mandate.

Van Susteren began by giving Palin the opening to attack President Obama as anti-religious. “That’s (the mandate) going over like a lead balloon with the Catholic Church,” Van Susteren said. “Why?”

After Palin made her predictable attack, Van Susteren ignored the fact that the mandate is popular with Americans and Catholics. She called the bishop’s opposition “interesting” and said, “I’m sort of stunned by how poorly this was thought out by the Obama administration.”

“Very poor politics that they would choose such a battle,” Palin said in her screechy, lecturing voice. “One, to pick a fight with faith-filled Americans. You know, we will fight… to the death for our freedom of religion… This is an un-American act of our President… Barack Obama needs to rethink what he has just done to the people of America because we’re rising up on this one. We’re not going to back off and we’re not gonna say, ‘OK, it is alright that such a violation of conscience… we’re just gonna sit back and let it happen to us.’ Not this time.”

Right, as if Palin is about to join Morris on the protest line any time soon.

Instead of pointing out how public opinion is against Palin, Van Susteren said it would be “interesting” to see whether the heavy Catholic vote in such swing states as Wisconsin and Florida are influenced by the church’s position. In fact, a poll released yesterday shows that Catholics are standing by Obama.

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Brandt Hardin commented 2012-02-16 16:19:07 -0500 · Flag

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Paul Gould commented 2012-02-16 14:23:17 -0500 · Flag

Oh, and Keith, as there are more forms of socialism than the Marxist model, I’m one of those “dumbocrats” that would be quite happy with that… It’d work, and, if you’ve bothered to look around, for the past at least 30 years it’s been a de facto police state… and most of those years under the misrule of Republicans, so, yeah, I think it’s time to find some sort of alternative that doesn’t involve government small enough to fit in a bedroom, a uterus or a living room.

Paul Gould commented 2012-02-16 11:52:57 -0500 · Flag

Was that at me? Oh, gee… am I bleeding? /s

Keith Diggs commented 2012-02-16 11:48:37 -0500 · Flag

I’m disapointed in you. With your education I was expecting a lot more!

Paul Gould commented 2012-02-16 11:40:07 -0500 · Flag

Maybe I shouldn’t hold back quite so much… not good for the digestion.. chuckle

Paul Gould commented 2012-02-16 11:38:04 -0500 · Flag

The uneducated, batshit crazy, willfully ignorant, spoiled, sanctimonious, judgmental, hypocritical, venal, mercenary and ultimately irrelevant waste of skin says what? And on the show of one who’s only one step up as she’s marginally more articulate?

Says what?

Keith Diggs commented 2012-02-16 10:50:22 -0500 · Flag

Do you dumocrats really want to live in a Marxist Socialist police state???

Pete Luzzi commented 2012-02-15 23:55:46 -0500 · Flag

only on faux noise would they put someone as stupid as that thing on air

Visitor 55 commented 2012-02-15 23:55:31 -0500 · Flag

It isn’t Americans who oppose the new contraceptive mandate. It’s only the few loud mouth shit spewing teabaggers who oppose it. ignorant teabagger goddess palin is one stupid pathetic shitstain.

truman commented 2012-02-15 23:47:00 -0500 · Flag

On Fux Noise in general and with Van Suckup in particular, Snow Snooki is entitled to her own facts and reality.

Pete Luzzi commented 2012-02-15 23:41:10 -0500 · Flag

god, she’s stupid!!!!!

Count Istvan commented 2012-02-15 22:23:09 -0500 · Flag

I’m sure Sarah lives in the same world that several Foxites live in where not only are the people against contraception and in favor of herself and the Tea Party but Rick Santorum is going to be the next President of the United States.

Kent Brockman commented 2012-02-15 21:40:08 -0500 · Flag

Palin Sez

We gotta teach Women Who Serve and deservedly get raped while serving that there are consequences to rape that they obviously take too lightly!

NewsHounds posted about Sarah Palin And Greta Van Susteren Pretend Americans Oppose New Contraception Mandate on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2012-02-15 21:24:21 -0500

Palin laughably claims, "We're rising up on this one," even though the mandate has broad support from Americans.

newzhound commented 2012-02-15 21:11:41 -0500 · Flag

Did Greta get around to mentioning her husband’s financial connection with Duh Gov’Nuh?

No? I thought the answer was “Nope.”