https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/31/the-five-worst-things-that-obama-did-in-2012-besides-winning-the-election/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 12:19:06 -0400<![CDATA[3. He took a bold stand against freedom of conscience. Obamacare should have just been about expanding access to healthcare. But Obama also used it as an opportunity to compel religious employers to provide contraception coverage to their employees. This is a big philosophical departure for US liberalism, which hitherto tended to disagree with but respect Catholic moral theology. By contrast, the President made challenging the Vatican’s position on free love a big part of his re-election drive. This included an alliance with a female student, Sandra Fluke, who wanted her Catholic college to provide contraception coverage worth $1,000 a year – a figure that works out to 6 acts of contra-celibacy per day. Time Magazine considered making her a person of the year, too&#8230;]]>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:10:28 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/31/the-five-worst-things-that-obama-did-in-2012-besides-winning-the-election-n280697