Romney ad: Obama waging ‘war on religion’ (updated)
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I think this kind of trash gives us leave to discuss Mitt's religion, no?
President Obama has touted newly expanded contraception coverage in ads aimed at women. Now Romney is using the expanded coverage to say the president declared a “war on religion.”
The presumptive Republican nominee’s ad features both former Polish president Lech Walesa and Pope John Paul II — a clear play for the Catholic (and Polish) vote.
Video at link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/romney-obama-waging-war-on-religion/2012/08/09/192c4e02-e213-11e1-a25e-15067bb31849_blog.html
Updated to add this: Think Progress asks a very smart question
As governor, Romney greatly expanded access publicly-financed contraception through his 2006 health care reform law. The state’s Commonwealth Care, established under Romneycare, offers subsidized, low or no-cost insurance to low-income residents and provides primary and preventive care that includes “family planning services” and prescription contraceptives. In 2005, Romney also “signed a bill that could expand the number of people who get family-planning services, including the morning-after pill” and asked the Department of Health and Human Services to require Catholic hospitals to issue the morning after pill to rape victims.
In fact, the Obamacare rule Romney is now characterizing as an affront to religious liberties is very similar to a 2002 state law he tacitly supported. Like more than two dozen states across the country, Massachusetts required insurers that provide outpatient benefits to cover hormone replacement therapy and all FDA-approved contraceptive methods — well before Obamacare became law. The Massachusetts rule exempts “an employer that is a church or qualified church-controlled organization” from the mandate, but prohibits institutions such as hospitals, universities, and nursing homes from deny their employees birth control coverage.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/08/09/663091/was-romneycare-a-war-on-religion/
The Obama camp needs to use this.
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He can stay on the right for as long as he wants though. 
everyone knows Ronald Reagan did that!
It shows you how stupid these people think their own voters are. We constantly see the "bring this wall down" clip of Reagan. It's probably the most cherished myth in the history of the Republican party. Even bigger that "bush kept us safe from terrorism". Now they can put out a totally conflicting message to convince people Robme gives a shit about their religious freedom. And you know what? That will not even phase most of them. They will believe both somehow.
are running for POTUS.
What do they have to do with this election? Does Mitt see himself as an equal of either man?
"War on religion" seems to have succeeded the much ballyhooed "War on Christmas". When is Mitt saying that the FBI/ATF last raided a church and/or thrown people in jail for practicing their religion? I'm sorry but telling businesses/organizations (with some exemptions) to start covering contraception for their female employees as part of preventative care is NOT conducting a "War on Religion" by any means. 
