It's a trap!

Admiral Ackbar was referring to the plot devised by the Emperor to destroy the rebellion once and for all in Return of the Jedi, but I'm going to use the line in reference to this nonsensical argument we have all been involved in for the last week.  That's right...Google's favorite Fluke these days.  No, not the fish.  I'm talking about Sandra Fluke and her vagina. 

It's a trap that was set by Nancy Pelosi, and Ms. Fluke.  They laid it out there with Fluke's fraudulent testimony at Pelosi's press conference.  All they needed was someone to take the bait, and Limbaugh went for it.  If he had just stuck with disassembling her testimony, show the lies, and focus on getting across the conservative side of the story, we would not be having this national screech fest.  But he is an entertainer and commentator, and he went for the jab.  I can't really blame him, but unfortunately that is now the story. 

Now we have to work at turning the story around, and getting it back to being about government intrusion and mandates that they have no business imposing.  In all actuality, that shouldn't even be the conversation since there are far more important issues pressing the nation other than locating condoms around the Georgetown Campus.  It's a hard story to turn around when every conversation has to start with excusing Rush's now famous use of the word "slut", or doing a comparison with progressive commentators using far worse slurs against far more honest women.  The left doesn't care what their side said, and they never will.  In their hypocritical minds what Rush said is far worse, simply because he isn't on their side.  That's all that matters to them.

So we have a decision to make.  Do we keep up with the back and forth?  Or do we wait it out until the story dies on it's own.  It will happen over time...the American people do tend to have a short attention span when it comes to news stories.  I say wait it out.  Side step the issue of Rush's comments, and Sandra Fluke's vagina, and instead focus on the base issue.  Don't focus on the flashy.  Go for the "boring" stuff like freedom of religion and speech.  Or use the logical case of if contraception is paid for, than why shouldn't insulin, asthma inhalers, or any other medical product be paid for. 

Conservatism has always been based in logic to me, while Liberalism relies on emotions.  I'm not saying we can't be emotional and passionate about our beliefs.  We are in a battle of ideas, and our ideas are based in logic, reason, and the Constitution.  When you can get to that root, you can actually change minds.