Just thought I would tell you.

No, they would not have, or rather, I highly doubt that they would have. Had they said something of that nature, they would have alienated many more female voters than they currently are. The GOP is acutely aware that they aren’t winning a substantial amount of female voters with their party’s stance on matters of birth control, not to mention pay equity (opposition to the Lily Ledbetter Act, anyone?). They need to evade the issue rather than addressing it head on, since abortion rights are still constitutional (although it seems like a lot of state-level law makers don’t care about this).

Also, the media is notorious for spinning things – sensational headlines sell. Obama “declaring war on marriage” is a much more shocking headline than him simply “flip-flopping”. If I didn’t know anything about Obama, I would immediately assume Obama to be declaring war on heterosexual marriage – and that’s exactly what Fox is going for.

I think that the problem with the media today is that they care less about the truth than they care about money. Look at the Guardian and The New York Times – they LOVED Jullian Assage while he was giving him information, but once he fell out of favour, they tossed him aside and started badmouthing him.

Anyway, I thought your article on the whole was spot on. Excellent job