Key word being "required".

They both possess the entitlement mentality, they always have. God save us from this pair.

He must think he is in Chicago again, when a hospital gave his wife a non-existant $300,000.00 a year job after he was elected to the senate. Kinda like the mafia no show jobs contractors had to give to get a contract....

IMO, that's why he made the statement. He's vulnerable to probes in the area of Michelle's spending, but-do we probe? Nah...we're too nice. :rolleyes:

MSM should get it over with this election cycle - remove all pretense - and officially declare itself the propaganda component of the Democratic party. ;)

IMO people need to get past such contextually obfuscatory sound bytes which I don't think have much of an effect on the voting public's opinion today - other than aiding the POTUS' efforts to avoid the real issues - and pay attention to the greater message found in the second half of that speech he gave in Denver which I think may resonate quite passionately with a much greater audience.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...vent-denver-co

People had better not write him off - unfortunately, he's not done and it is patently apparent he's not going to go passively into this general election.

Richard :munchin

"The fact is nearly 99 percent of women have relied on contraception at some point -- and more than half of all women between the ages of 18 and 34 have struggled to afford it."

Here's an example one "contextually obfuscatory sound byte" from that link I'd love to see documented.

Generally, I'd agree that staying focused on the big picture is the way to go IRT the upcoming general election.

However, IMO, the president's comments towards/about women and women's issues have a discernible undercurrent of paternalism. Since, as the feminist saying goes "the personal is political," I do think there's something to be gained from paying particularly close attention to what the president says about women and how he says it. I also think there are opportunities to focus on his record of achievement when it comes to issues centering around women, families, children, and health issues such as cancer. (There is some overlap among these categories.)

But most of all, I have a well deserved reputation for being even tempered to maintain. Getting bent out of shape from time to time by the president's vapid ad libs is one way I manage to stay mad all the time.:p

The president may have been drawing from pages 18 and 28 of the attached PDF.

In which case, he's conflating all types of contraception.

Contextual obfuscation is all Obama's got
 

IMO, contextual obfuscation is a great descriptor in this election cycle.

Contextual obfuscation in full splendor = ...felon, did not pay taxes, must have done something wrong 'cause he hasn't released more tax returns, wife never worked a day in her life, misstated tenure at Bain, "killed" steelworkers wife, cruel to animals, cold war mentality, etc., etc., etc., there will undoubtably be more.

Contextual obfuscation is the best Obama's got.