Useful Idiots

I just witnessed on television this morning multiple demonstrations in front of the Supreme Court by legions of mostly young yahoos who were chanting against Hobby Lobby and their contention that it should be forced, under Obamacare, to pay for certain types of contraceptives. These useful idiots with their banners and mantras were conveniently ignoring a number of distinctions in this case which would undermine their mindless inanity:

1)     Hobby Lobby indicated in its arguments in front of the SCOTUS that the “contraceptives” that it objected to being forced to pay for are those which are essentially drug-induced abortions.

2)     Hobby Lobby strongly believes that it is its social responsibility to provide regular health insurance for its employees … but not for abortions. (By the way there are existing laws on the books … again ignored by the Obama administration … that taxpayers should not be forced to pay for abortions.)

3)      Hobby Lobby is a privately-held company which gives it much more standing in such moral-based issues. It does not have public stockholders and is fully owned by a religious family who holds strongly to the notion that abortion is infanticide.

4)     Hobby Lobby’s employees, if any of them object to this company’s policy, can either buy their own inexpensive contraceptives (or visit the nearest Planned Parenthood clinic for freebies) or are able to seek employment elsewhere. Even that uber-liberal, Donny Deutsch, made this very point on Morning Joe this morning.

Fortunately, these Obamacare issues are not decided in the public square … and the Supreme Court found for Hobby Lobby today … see: ABC News Story . I fully expect President Obama very soon to follow with a fusillade of snide comments directed to the conservatives on the Court … all to the cheers and stomping of these very same useful idiots.

Afterward: I can't help but believe that the Democrats are secretly happy with this SCOTUS decision. It easily reinforces their demagogy that the Republicans are waging a war on women ... and that many of these demonstrating useful idiots will vote for anyone with a "D" after their name in November. Such is the politics of these pimple people ...