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Abbot and Costello

The Democratic Party, both nationally and locally, has taken many positions that can best be described as silly. But none are sillier than President Obama’s recent pronunciations about an exception to the rules in his national health care program. As a rule, we Republicans tend to speak with facts, rather than emotions, but Obama’s position is so silly it does not deserve a measured response.

In addition to the exception Obama promulgated, we also see the main stream media’s rapture with all things Obama. The Democratic Party talks of the rule and its exception dealing with only contraception and never mentions abortion. Following the lead of their Democratic masters, the media says the majority of Catholics are not concerned with their church’s position on contraception. Which may be true on contraception, but abortion is a completely different issue, for both Catholics and Non-Catholics. Unfortunately, Obama and his media lackeys won’t mention abortion as being included in the rule which requires everyone to cover it.

So, the following take off on Abbott & Costello’s famous skit of “Who’s on First” deals with the Obama administration’s silliness with more silliness and does not give it the studied response it does not deserve. In addition, it’s important for Republicans to call out the Democratic Party and the main stream media and not let them limit the conversation to contraception. Not all Republicans agree on abortion, but most of us agree on that we cannot let an attack on the Constitution get by because our opponents use clever words and phrases.

Abbott: I see the Catholic Church will not have to offer abortion in their medical insurance plans.

Costello: Their employees will not have insurance coverage for abortions?

Abbott: No, their insurance company will have to cover it.

Costello: But you just said the church doesn’t have to cover it.

Abbott: They won’t, but their insurance carrier will cover it.

Costello: So, the church will have to offer it.

Abbott: No, just their insurance carrier. It will pay for it for employees

covered by the church’s policy. The church won’t have to pay for it.

Costello: So, who will pay for it?

Abbott: The insurance company.

Costello: Where will the insurance company get the money to pay for it?

Abbott: They will have to raise the church’s premiums.

Costello: So the church will have to pay for abortions that are not covered

by their insurance policy.

Abbott: No, that’s not what Obama says. The church won’t have to

pay for abortions through their insurance policy.

Costello: Wait a minute. You just said that the insurance company will raise

the church’s premium to pay for abortions.

Abbott: Right.

Costello: So, the church will pay higher premiums to pay for abortions.

Abbott: Right

Costello: But they won’t have to cover abortions in their insurance policy

because they are paying for abortions by their insurance company.

Abbott: Right

Costello: Didn’t Obama say that Obamacare would not cover abortions.

Abbott: That was just when he was trying to get it passed.

Costello: And didn’t he say premiums would go down

Abbott: Yep.

Costello: But you just said that the church’s premium would

Go up to pay for abortions it is not covering.

Abbott: Right.

Costello: Won’t that conflict with the principles of their faith?

Abbott: Obama has given them a year to work that out.

Costello: So at the end of a year, the church will have to find a loop hole

in their principles so they can pay for abortions.

Abbott: That’s basically it.

Costello: What if God objects?

Abbott: Obama has a rule that allows God to take an exception while

not having any impact on abortion coverage.

Costello: How will that work?

Abbott: They’ll require God to agree before he reads the agreement.

Costello: What if God figures it out?

Abbott: The Mayan calendar may turn out to be correct.