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Ann Romney started a Twitter account on Wednesday evening to respond to a comment from Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, who said that the wife of the presumed Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, was unqualified to speak about the kinds of economic issues facing women in America because she had never "worked a day in her life."
Rosen, appearing on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, called Mitt Romney "old fashioned when it comes to women." She said the former Massachusetts governor was learning about the economic plights of the fair sex through his wife, Ann, who has been meeting with women regularly on the trail.
"His wife has actually never worked a day in her life," Rosen said on CNN. "She's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids? How do we send them to school? And why we worry about their future."
A short time later, Ann Romney responded by opening a Twitter account, where her new profile reads, "Mom of five boys. Grandmother of 16. Out campaigning for @MittRomney. #Mitt2012." She sent just one tweet that said, "I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work."
Rather than backing down, Rosen herself then took to the social media site, responding directly to Ann Romney with a series of tweets:
Hilaryr: @AnnDRomney I am raising children too. But most young American women HAVE to BOTH earn a living AND raise children. You know that don't u?
Hilaryr: @AnnDRomney Please know, I admire you. But your husband shouldn't say you are his expert on women and the economy. #HeNeedsMore
Okay now I think it should be apparent to ANYBODY not trying to score political points here that Hillary Rosen is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT on this issue.
She never denigrated Mrs. Romney's role as a home maker, she simply pointed out that it does not give her credibility in this day and age to be used as a sounding board by her husband to understand women's issues in 2012. In today's world Ann Romeny's ability to choose to be a stay at home mom is the exception, NOT the rule.
And the thing is the Romney campaign KNOWS this! They are simply using this as an opportunity to distract the public from the fact hat Mitt Romney is a very robotic like individual who does not seem to understand ANYBODY not sitting beside him in a country club in a Caribbean Island somewhere.
Hell, Ann Romney signs up for Twitter JUST to address this "attack" on her lifestyle choice. Could anything be more transparent than that?
But hey, I don't blame the Romney campaign and the Republicans, what else do they have to work with?
But this is the part that pisses me off!
The impromptu Twitter battle provoked responses from both the Romney and Obama campaigns - all through twitter. Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom called Rosen an "Obama adviser" and said her "new kill Ann strategy" had insulted working moms. And although Rosen is only a supporter and not affiliated with the Obama campaign, two top Obama officials - senior strategist David Axelrod and campaign manager Jim Messina - both distanced the campaign from Rosen's remarks through tweets of their own, with Axelrod calling the comments "inappropriate and offensive" while Messina called on Rosen to apologize.
Later on even Michelle Obama tweeted support for Ann Romney.
"Every mother works hard, and every woman deserves to be respected," Obama, a former corporate lawyer and mother of two daughters, wrote in a Twitter message today.
This constant knee-jerk reaction by liberals to turn on each other the minute that a conservative claims they have been wronged by one of us is really fucking irritating! Rosen did nothing but point out the obvious, and she gets railroaded.
On the other hand when Herman Cain was under accusation for being a sexual predator, with plenty of proof to make that case, the "party of family values" rallied around him like he was the paragon of virtue surrounded by a drunken lynch mob.
Liberals need to get a thicker skin and develop the ability to stand their ground when the GOP starts to manufacture some bullshit outrage over nothing. I am tired of watching us apologize for telling the truth or pointing out uncomfortable facts.
I am sure Ann Romney is a very nice person. An expert on women's issues? Not so much.
Miss Ann has multiple sclerosis and 5 kids, she is a stay-home mom who has never worked outside the home.
ReplyDeleteShe has never had to deal with calling in sick from work, then worrying about losing her job over it.
She has half a billion dollars and servants to help raise her kids.
She has NO CLUE how most American mothers manage their families. She is as out of touch as her husband and needs to stop whining.
Q: How many Swiss bank accounts does it take Miss Ann to raise 5 kids? How many Cadillacs?
DeleteAnn Romney claims that horseback riding is great therapy for her MS. Unfortunately, most people with MS are lucky to have their medication barely covered-- with nothing left over for horse riding therapy. Ann's wealth affords her the best medical care, traditional and alternative medicine, not to mention horses that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, stables, appearing in dressage events. Ann says that horseback riding gives her a purpose in life. I'm glad that it makes her feel better and relieves stress. However, most people do not have the luxury of Ann's expensive therapy.
DeleteHow many SAHMs can afford to have their therapy on expensive Austrian dressage horses?
DeleteSo, dear Ann - you have FINALLY found your voice - and all it took was a personal insult to YOU! And your husband finally allowed you to speak!
DeleteHilary Rosen insulted you?? - yeah, I had to deal with idiot women like her when I was staying home and raising my son, too, while my husband was the bread-winner; SO WHAT?? WHERE is your outrage for the hungry children??? the homeless children??? the children who have lost mothers to breast cancer because there was no money for treatment??? You want people to have compassion for YOU becasue your feelings were hurt?? - sorry, Annie, we are too busy worrying about the poor, the homeless, the sick, the invisible population to worry about your hurt feelings!
Well, now that you have found your voice, and you have shared with us all that you are an M/S sufferer and a breast cancer survivor, as well as a stay home Mom, I must ask you something:
WILL YOU BE USING YOUR NEW FOUND VOICE to advocate for working mothers who would LOVE to spend more time with their children but can not because they must keep a roof over their heads and food on the table and clothes on their back???
WILL YOU BE USING YOUR NEW FOUND VOICE to advocate for women who do not have insurance but also have breast cancer, or are in need of a mammogram, and who will die because they do not have the money to pay for their care???
WILL YOU BE USING YOUR NEW FOUND VOICE to advocate for M/S sufferers who have no way to pay for the doctor visits and the meds they need so that they can have SOME quality of life with their own children???
WILL YOU BE USING YOUR NEW FOUND VOICE to advocate for the children of women with breast cancer, the ones whose mothers have DIED due to lack of healthcare available to them???
WILL YOU BE USING YOUR NEW FOUND VOICE to advocate for women's healthcare, in general, since you are so keenly aware of the needs women have when it comes to staying healthy for their children and their families??
WILL YOU BE USING YOUR NEW FOUND VOICE to advocate for for the hungry children, the sick children, the homeless children, the invisible children of America since you have come forward with a passionate defense of yourself, as a Mom??
You are outraged because someone insulted you?? - SO FRIKKIN WHAT??? - when you advocate for the children of parents who are experiencing what you live with, yet have no resources for help, only then will your outrage be WORTHY of consideration - til then, do us all a favor and go back to sitting in the backseat of your husband's campaign - where he has placed you from the beginnning. YOU are NOT an example to AMERICAN working mothers and families!!
Beautifully said.
DeleteOh no another so-called "gaffe" that repubs will whine about. They have a serious problem with the truth and facts. Ann Romney IS lazy. FACT. Ann Romney has never had a job. FACT. She has never worked a day in her life. FACT. Remind you of someone?
ReplyDeleteMy mother always said being a housewife and mother was the "hardest job in the world." I believed her when I had kids and stayed at home with them. But then I went to work and realized that she was wrong, and had only said that because she'd never worked. Being a stay-at-home wife/mother all her adult life limits a woman's perspective. She really can't relate to most women today until she has to juggle the needs of a family along with the demands of a boss, deadlines, family, budget, etc.
ReplyDeleteAlso, one needs to consider that Romney probably employes housekeepers, so even Ann Romney's assertion that her work is "hard," is suspect. I'm sure she can't even relate to today's lower to middle class stay-at-home moms, let alone those of us who work.
Most of us women today work not just because we want to, but because we HAVE to. Our issues aren't a whole lot different from the issues guys face in terms of economic concerns. So why Romney needs his wife to interpret what women want just shows how ridiculous he is. It's not like he can't just ask a woman. But maybe he doesn't want to trouble our pretty little heads with all those questions.
I think as time goes on, average voters will realize that both the Romneys are pretty out of touch. They need to stop trying to pretend they understand, because they don't. They never have. And they never will.
Ann is a big liar when she says she knows what the world is like. I do as I lived that life as a child, eating hot dogs and mac and cheese because we could not afford anything else. Seeing my parents both work two or three jobs so we could eat. Knowing I'd have to take out loans to go to college since we ate the money my grandparents set aside. Stupid bitch knows NOTHING about struggle except to fit into her dressage clothes after having too much green jello with marshmallows.
DeleteOK - when is the mouth from Alaska going to weigh in with an Op-ed voicing her profound opinion?
ReplyDeleteI see what you're doing
ReplyDeleteYou always say the opposite of whatever is true
Projecting, much?
DeleteAwww. What's the matter? Wittle trollie can't handle the truth?
This is the comment I wrote on Huff-Po:
ReplyDelete“Ann fails to see there is still a HUGE difference between being a stay at home mother when your husband is a multi-millionaire,compared to the stay at home mother married to the average working class husband. She wasn't called out for being a full-time mom,she was called out for being a full-time mom that never had a paying job outside her mansion home. I think being a mom is the toughest job there is,and one that never fully receives the appreciation it deserves. As someone who was a full time stay at home mother when my children were young, who became the full-time working outside the home single mom after my divorce,I would have to say I agree with the assessment that Ann has never had to face what the average mom faces. Instead of blasting someone for calling her out,perhaps she should have had the grace to say "Yes,I was luckier then most mothers,in that my husband had the financial means that allowed me the choice to stay home with my children." That would be a more mature and honest answer,as opposed to playing the victim role that she is doing now.”
Yours is the best comment that I have seen. I think that Ms. Rosen's word choice was poor in that she was saying that stay at home moms don't work. She obviously was never a stay at home mom (raising kids is a boatload of work). Her later tweets clarified her meaning more, but I think that they will be ignored.
DeleteExactly!
Delete2:56 PM,
DeleteHillary Rosen WAS once a stay at home mom. But having to work to earn a living, and raise kids at the same time, is harder. Just my opinion.
@3:04 PM:
DeleteOh, shut the fuck up. The only stupidy that's burning around here, is yours. I'm sure you were cheering on Rush Limbaugh when he was smearing Sandra Fluke. You're a fucking hypocrite, like Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney never condemned Rush Limbaugh for his comments about Sandra Fluke. Hillary Rosen told the damn truth, get over it! Ann Romney has never had to work to earn a living in her life! Oh, and the Right always attacks Michelle Obama, and the democrats hardly ever say anything, and there is certainly never the same kind of faux outrage in the media, either. But of course, it's O.K. to attack the "uppity" black woman, but it's a sin to tell the truth about a rich, white woman! President Obama, and Michelle, always ignore the attacks, and move on. They don't ask for an apology, and they don't play the victim. At least President Obama doesn't have to use his wife to score cheap political points with women, unlike Mitt Romney. This non-troversy has no legs. Mitt Romney is a desperate dip-shit. So are you.
"All stupid people with no lives, vacate the blogospshere NOW."
You first, STUPID.
the hardest thing I have done in my life is be a mom while working full time. My daughter was a scholar athlete in high school. She decided for junior and senior year she only wanted home cooked food - NO processed food - and need high protein high carb meals. I worked 40 hours a week, cooked all day Sundays, spent Saturdays at track and cross country meets and did laundry every single night. Now that she is away at college I feel like I have some of my life back! I would have loved to have been able to stay home and take care of everything without spending 40 hours a week away from home. But both my husband and I work, we never could have afforded the education we provided our daughter if I had stayed home. Hillary is right. Ann Romney has no clue what it is like to live from paycheck to paycheck while raising a family.
DeleteYou, my dear, are a frickin' Rock Star!
DeleteGood job, Mom! ;)
And did your comment get some sort of heated response on HP from some rethug calling themselves Sick of OC blaming the Dems for the war on women and saying 'jealous' a lot? That troll was all over the HP story Postings about Ann Romney.
DeleteI'm waiting to see what Bill Maher says about this.
M from MD
When I need help juggling my many homes, I'll find someone like Ann Romney to advise me.
ReplyDeleteMitt "etch-a-sketch" Romney has so many political flaws, that Mary the mother of Jesus couldn't help him. Expecting so much of Ann is abusive.
If Mitt continues to say that his information on women's political needs comes primarily from his wife, then Mitt is just underlining his complete inability to govern this country.
No woman should be subjected to criticism for her choice of child care option. But Ann Romney is going to learn REAL soon that she is a liability to her husband's campaign. The ungodly riches she enjoys should not be flaunted. Ann Romney might be even more prone to "rich foot in mouth" disease than Mitt himself (a feat).
I look forward Ann Romney being shut down by the campaign and relegated to smiling/nodding role ala Cindy McCain. It will be a treat watching Ann, mute and smiling, doing "hard work" for the first time in her life.
Ann Romney raised five boys like Martha Stewart gardens, "Jimy, move that oleander here, and Juan, hand that mega basket of petunias there."
ReplyDeleteAnn Romney "raising" five boys:
Meal planning: What shall we have for dinner,Cook? Do thaw that lobster."
Household chores: that's right Mitt, Jr. You must always be sure the help waxes the lawn mower before they drive it onto the storage shed elevator. And if you bathroom isn't clean, call the upstairs maid, not the downstairs.
Getting the kids to school: Chauffeur, drop me at the barn for my dress-ahge lesson then go to the prep school. And reverse that order this afternoon.
Schools: let's see which school should the boys go to - why the most expensive one, of course. and of course you can be on the polo team, it's only another ten thousand per year. Daddy will just not pay that bet he made.
Date night: nanny, put them to bed. And if Willard, JR calls from boarding school, forward it to my cell as a text, opera, you know.
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Then there's the REAL SAHM life:
Damn, guess it's Prego again because I have to work late. And stop at the grocery store on the way home. Maybe hubs can pick up Billy from baseball.
Household chores: Ok, son, you wipe this floor down really well, no, don't waste that many paper towels, they cost money, use a sponge and wash it out.
Careful with that lawn mower, here's how you sharpen the blades, we can't afford to send them in. And try to get done before we head to the garage sale for some new jeans for you.
Getting the kids to school: Ok,on the bus so I can get ready for work - are you sure you'll be OK if I leave first? Hey, hurry up in there five people in one bathroom- means 2 minute showers. Did Jr. get back from his paper route yet? Gotta remember to start the crockpot. Hope the old clunker starts today, it was making a funny noise last night, but at least it's paid for. Hope it doesn't break down - can't be late; the boss is an ogre, and would fire me no matter the excuse - then where would we be?
Schools: Well, you can go to the local, it's closest, I know the magnet is better, but that's ten miles away! Yeah, the local is a bit too big or too crime ridden - OK we'll manage to get you to the magnet somehow. You want to play soccer? but that another $75 bucks. OK, I'll work some OT.
Date night: Hey honey - can we drop them off at your sister's? Busy? How about your folks? not feeling well? Darn. Yeah, yeah, sorry I'm an only child and my folks are dead. NO, I didn't call the sitter because we can't afford a sitter and movie tickets.
Hilary Rosen was right - Anne Romney hasn't worked a day in her life not even as a stay at home mom.
I.love.you.
DeleteRight on the money with this comment.
DeletePerfect
DeleteExcellent ... and then there is the 'single parent' version with no 'honey' to pick up the Prego at the store or fix the garbage disposal, or go see what the vice principal is calling about this time. I salute all hard-working parents, married and single, who pour their daily lives into getting to and from work while managing homes and raising families. I have no more an idea of what Ann Romney's life is like than she has of mine. I do suspect that at the end of the show, she will have fewer wrinkles.
DeleteThe remote battery to my car elevator went dead, I had to :gasp: open the door, press the "garage number 4 button, chipping the nail "my Asians" just manicured :Sigh: close the door, get back in the car :::deep breath::: get out again and push the ::open doors:: button.
DeleteI was so tired out, I forgot to tell Rosa, the cook, what I wanted for dinner. Then I had to unzip Mitt, myself!
Yeah, I can relate Anne - in my dreams!
My hats off to middle to lower class and poor women with children, who manage to do it all without getting advice from Anne Romney on raising kids, child care, and working outside the home.
The Rich Are Different. and she wears magic underwear.
DeleteYou are brilliant!
DeleteAnn Romney had a stable of nannies to raise her children (the youngest is now over 30) and multiple staffs to maintain her multiple houses. Who wouldn't "choose" not to work as the responsibility-free wife of a very rich man (does she even have any skills any employer would want)?
ReplyDeleteThe majority of American women don't have the luxury of "choosing" to loll about while others look after all the details of life.
She can probably ride English style?
DeleteThat's kind of like Assistant work, right?
I used to ride with real horsemen. Roping, stunt riding, pato. They would have laughed so hard at Ann Romney. Their #1 insult to the groupie girls that would hang around, trying to cathc their eye and get to ride a horse was "that one, she can't saddle her own horse." Wanna bet Ann Romney can't? She has the groom do it.
DeleteI think the main reason for the quick response from the Obama campaign is that one of the biggest things the President has going for him is a giant gender gap. Polls this week showed him with a 19 point lead over Romney with women. Romney has been running around all week saying that 93% of jobs lost during the Obama Administration were held by women. The claim is ridiculous and nobody believed him.
ReplyDeleteWith one short sentence Hilary Rosen opened a door for Romney to attack back. Certainly, everything she said was true but can't you just see Mittens spending the next 7 months at meetings and rallies asking "How many of you ladies are stay at home Moms?" Hands raise around the room. "And how many of you don't consider that a job?" Laughter and boos ensue.
Rosen has no connection to the campaign so it shouldn't be a big deal. But you know the Republicans will exploit it because that's the kind of bastards they are.
As much as I agree with Hilary Rosen and as sick as I was that the Obama administration trashed what she said, I understand why they had to do it. They couldn't let it be used as ammunition against Obama.
DeletePolitics sucks.
Thank you, I agree.
DeleteThis is a non-story. Mitt Romney won't be able to drag this out until November. There will be some shiny new object that distracts the media, like always. This is non-story could be old news, by Monday. The Sandra Fluke controversy was worse, and even that has already run out of gas in the media. Most people want to talk about the issues. They don't only want to hear, "Barack Obama hates mothers!" for the next seven months.
DeleteOne of the reasons the Sandra Fluke controversy lasted longer, is because Rush Limbaugh, and the rest of the Right continued to attack her, and Rush Limbaugh refused to apologize. Hillary Rosen has already apologized, (even though she did nothing wrong) therefore, there is nothing left to talk about. Plus, Mitt Romney will likely say, or do something stupid, as usual.
This is just a distraction from the Romney campaign. It is Mitt Romney's anti-woman policies that matter in the end, not what some mostly unknown democratic pundit on CNN says. It will be interesting to see if Mitt Romney supports his "hero" Scott Walker in the recall election. If he does, the democrats will pounce on him, and attack him for supporting Scott Walker's anti-woman agenda.
This "poutrage" from the Romney campaign just reeks of desperation. Mitt Romney isn't smart enough to talk about the economy, and other issues that effect women, or tell women what he would do better, so he has to shout out to the world that, "President Obama hates mothers!"
Pathetic.
Oooh oooh!
DeleteDidya hear that Fart Newton called out FOX, saying they were"in the tank" for Romney,
And BOTH Callus and Fart believe that CNN is MUCH MORE FAIR.
So it appears the transformation from CNN to FOX, JR. is complete.
Prepare to hire Palin in 3,2,1...kill me.
Oh goody, goody! I think I will go send some tweets to Annie Fannie.
ReplyDeleteIt was just revealed that on their tax returns, the Romney's listed 5 women as "Household Helpers" on their payroll!!! Aren't all their sons grown and married? Why 5 helpers? Talk about out of touch, these people live on another planet! WHY does he want to be president, since he has not held a job in years. What kind of PATRIOTIC American stashes their money overseas to avoid paying their fair share of taxes?
ReplyDeleteYeah, and that doesn't include the "helpers" who are off the books & from "out of state".
Delete*wink wink* *nudge nudge*
This is just like after McShame had brought his high class call girl on as his VP choice...and President Obama said "lipstick on a pig is still a pig"...and the McShame camp jumped on it and said Obama had insulted McShame's hooker...um...I mean running mate!
ReplyDeleteIt's ALL bullshit and meant only for the networks to have something to talk about.
What Ann Romney needs to explain to my satisfaction...whereTF was she when ole Seamus was riding the highway to hell?
When she can explain that...then MAYBE...I'll listen to what that dumb broad has to say about "women's issues"!
One more thing...old Baldy is going to be on Sean InSannity tonight...I wonder if he will ask her about BaldyPac's hinky expenditures? She's also going to be on some show tomorrow night on FAKE Business News with Eric BowlingPin talking about "Paying at the Pump"...here's the promo..
http://t.co/wOSRxpvB
One thing I noticed from this promo...they changed the picture that they had used of Baldy from earlier this week...this is the picture they had used to promote this crap...
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/580901_356411321071254_247837268595327_997364_1388038116_n.jpg
Of course, she has to weigh in... she can't miss any "controversy."
DeleteFormer Alaska governor and mother of 5 Sarah Palin reacts to Rosen-Romney controversy tonight on 'Hannity'
Just my $.02, but if the Obama campaign folks had not spoken up in defense of Ann Romney, they were leaving the door wide open for the GOP to attack Mrs. Obama for what they would perceive as her elitist lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteA false equivalence. And, the G.O.P. already attacks Michelle Obama, anyway. Plus, it's the policies that matter. Mitt Romney is unapologetic about wanting to give more handouts to rich people like him.
DeleteHuge difference in having the choice to stay at home, as Romney did, and having to work and raise kids to pay the bills. Republicans will use the least little thing they can find to play the victim. Guess that is because that is the ONLY thing they have going for them.
ReplyDeleteHilary Rosens choice of words was unfortunate, but the sentiment was exactly right, nd if the Romney campaign has any vision, they would not have jumped on this train so quickly. The Ann Romney backlash has already started. How can a woman who spends over $100,000 for a dressage horse (who has too many to count)to help her with her MS therapy even begin to relate to the average stay at home or working mother? Ann Romney got married and pregnant while still earning her MRS. degree and never had to deal with a shitty job she hated, calling out and missing a days pay because one of her kids was sick, getting fined by the daycare because she got stuck in traffic and was late to pick up her kids, or making a choice between food or gasing up the car until payday .
ReplyDeleteBitch, please. Cry me a river and get over yourself. If Ann is the best female surrogate the Romney campaign has, they better find someone else. No one gives a shit about someone claiming victimhood who goes home at night to her stable full of horses, five housekeepers and two Cadillacs .
You are correct, of course.
DeleteI believe it is the undecided voters up for grabs here,
The Presidents supporters know exactly what happened ~ nothing.
they are simply trying to keep the ugliness of the GOp at bay.
There is sooooo much more ugliness to come.
This has been driving me crazy all day. Everyone knows darn well what Ms. Rosen was trying to say, and the right has hijacked part of her remark as being an insult to stay-at-home moms. It's so ridiculous! I agree completely with Ms. Rosen's point. I guarantee Mrs. Romney hasn't laid awake at night wondering how to make the mortgage payment or worrying about paying for schooling for her children. I don't see how she can understand how the female members of the 99% deal with their personal economic issues.
ReplyDeleteThank God! The IMers get it. I've been so angry over this crazy battle and the cable news people are handling it like it really matters. As you've said, Hilary Rosen was speaking the truth, and you have to hear the next sentence to complete the thought. The Reps. are always screaming about being quoted "out of context." This is a perfect example of that.
ReplyDelete~physicsmom
She raised five boys who were rah rah rah for the war in Iraq but felt they better served this country by working on their Dads campaign. "CHICKENHAWKS"
ReplyDeleteWell I bet it IS a bit more FUN
DeleteBeing a part of your dads multi million dollar Presidential campaign,
(where it's FUN to fire people!)
Than, you know, being FIRED...AT!!
Everyone knows,
Only POOR people join the armed forces.
Otherwise, WHO will take care of the horses??
THINK OF THE HORSES!
Ugh.
Republicans are a bunch of hypocrites. They have said so many more really bad things about Michelle Obama. Ann Coulter wants to go after the Obama children.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're outraged. None of these people should be attacked. It's hypocritical for you to defend Michelle and attack republican women.
DeleteWow, the stupidity here today burns more than usual.
All stupid people with no lives, vacate the blogospshere NOW.
"All stupid people with no lives, vacate the blogospshere NOW."
DeleteAfter you, Sarah.
Take a chill pill, AnonymousApr 12, 2012 03:04 PM
DeleteNo one's attacking republican women, just the stupid ones with no lives who create a twitter account out of the blue to defend her unchallenged, privileged life.
Her only job ever was unzipping Mitt, poor thing!
Ann Romney...WEALTHY ENOUGH TO CHOOSE!
ReplyDeleteThat's EXACTLY what the Romney's don't get.
Ann could CHOOSE to stay home while the average mom, 5 kids or not has to go outside the home to work as well....AND 6 weeks after giving birth!
And come on Ann...you have always been wealthy, so you would have had diaper service, housekeepers, nanny's, cooks, live in help...whatever you wanted!
Ann your whole LIFE has been about being wealthy enough to "choose".
Ann you were born to wealth, went the best private schools and later Harvard, your husband WIllard has TWO degrees from Harvard.
And it's TRUE..you have never worked a single day in your life, not ONE paycheque..nor before OR after you were married and had children.!
Ann you would not have had to change a diaper, feed a child, spend one SINGLE SLEEPLESS NIGHT, wash a diaper of do ANY laundry for that matter, clean your home, grocery shop, cook, chauffer your children to their private schools, or extracurricular events, you wouldn't even have to help them with their homework...YOU could CHOOSE to hire a tutor!
That is PRECISELY the difference between the 1%, the Romney's, and the 99% , the REST of us........wealthy enough to CHOOSE
BOTH Ann and WIllard Mitt were born to wealth, they were STEEPED in it.
Even HRH's Prince WIlliam, Prince Harry in fact the entire monarchy...any ONE of them have spent time in places, offered their persona; services to the poor and disenfranchised around the GLOBE.
Willard was a missionary in FRANCE, was educated while there and can speak French fluently..TO AVOID THE DRAFT FOR THE VIETNAM WAR!!
"Ann Romney became First Lady of Massachusetts, a position she held through January 2007. In that role, she generally kept a low public profile; in 2006, The Boston Globe characterized her as "largely invisible" within the state (although by then she was becoming more visible outside the state, due to national appearances in connection with her husband's possible presidential campaign).
In 2005, the governor appointed his wife as head of a new special office whose purpose was to help the state's faith-based groups gain more federal monies in association with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives."
Just HOW does any of this qualify Ann to know bupkiss about the economic issues of most Americans, ESPECIALLY women's economic realities and concerns?
NEITHER Romney has EVER extended themselves in a personal meaningful way, to the harsh realities of any poor, sick or unfortunate, in FACT Willard used his missionary status to AVOID the draft.
Sitting on boards for charities and throwing money at them does NOT count.
They have never so much as dished out a Christmas dinner, or any dinner at a shelter... such an easy thing to do.
NEITHER of the Romney's are able to appreciate just how the 99% have to live and they NEVER WILL........BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO!
Ann Romney.... WEALTHY ENOUGH TO CHOOSE!
Also, too,
DeleteEven Sarah states
She CHOSE to have Trig.
These women seem pretty PRO CHOICE to me!
Truly well said. Another facet of his whole thing not being discussed is the absolute FRENZY the Mormon Church is in to have one of its own elected president so that it will have a much desired validity in a population that largely views it (the church) as aberrant. Not that I am saying they are any more aberrant than religions considered mainstream, but ----perception is everything.
Delete"Even HRH's Prince WIlliam, Prince Harry in fact the entire monarchy...any ONE of them have spent time in places, offered their persona; services to the poor and disenfranchised around the GLOBE."
DeleteThat's because those are their official "royal duties." The royals, and the Romney's should go bowling together, or something.
@4:23 - lay ff the Royals, in addition to those royal duties also have JOBS - Harry is an Apache helicopter pilot who served in Afghanistan. William is currently serving as a Search and rescue chopper pilot in the Falklands.
DeleteAnd no, those aren't only official duties. Both princes work with their charities and produce films and do fundraisers for them.
Wow, just read her wiki bio - what a friggin' nonentity. She essentially turned off her life to chase after Mittens from the time they were in exclusive prep schools (middleschool).
ReplyDeleteAnd what a horrible First Lady she'd make - all her work - even as Massachusetts FL was related to the Mormon church.
And Mitt has said if her MS flares, politics are over - doesn't that make him unqualified to be POTUS?
he knows damned well it will never flare up. She is treated with the latest drugs and therapy and this means she is symptom free and leads a life that is relatively the same as someone without MS. He is only saying this to score political points.
DeleteThe Romney's are good people. This attack was typical of the other side. No one escapes it. Think about the outrage you express over attacks on MO. Same thing. They're all in the same boat.
ReplyDeleteGood people do not abuse animals. Good people do let their children see their parents and role models abuse animals. Good people do not BOAST of abusing animals.
DeleteThe Romney's are not good people. They haven't even tried to atone for what they did to the dog.
Ya think Barack Obama wouldn't suffer politically if he had strapped a dog to a car top ("air-tight"). The Romneys are being treated like royalty by the media compared with what happens to Barack Obama.
DeleteThe Romneys are so insulated and protected they whimper when someone so much as whispers the truth to them. When Mitt Romney loses in November the Romneys will retreat to their comfortable mansions, having learned absolutely zip about how ordinary people live in this country.
The Romneys may be fine but they are both (all) totally out of tune with the reality of American life. And they don't care and it's obvious. Some members of wealthy families dedicate their lives to helping those who are less fortunate but the Romneys . . . . i'm sure that all of their caring goes to fellow Mormons.
DeleteNo, typical of YOUR side. The right-wing attacks against Michelle Obama are downright cruel, and untrue. And, the Obamas handle the attacks against them with class, and would never use a harmless "attack" to stir-up phony outrage to score cheap political points, like the Romneys are trying to do. They ignore it, and move on. What Hillary Rosen said about Ann Romney is 100% TRUE. The Romneys are assholes.
DeletePoor Ann has two Cadillacs to keep up. Thank Heavens she has the other one to drive when the first one has a low tire. Darn that Mitt, he's never home to change the oil or put air in the tires. She had to call AAA the other day!
ReplyDeleteThe hot air is going elsewhere these days.
You are so.silly!
DeleteYes, Annie has two Cadillacs,
But she has a CAR for EVERY. DAY. OF. THE. WEEK.
Low tires...
Aren't you cute?
You know what happens if ANY of Queen Annes tires get low?
Mittens will Fire. People.
Shit,
He fires the gardener (legals, for Pete.s sake!)
If the trees
Aren't the right height.
;)
Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you are sure Anne Romney is a nice woman. But anyone who didn't make a peep while her hubby strapped their dog's carrier to the station wagon roof WITH THE DOG IN IT doesn't count as nice in my book.
She's a highly privileged, obscenely wealthy woman without a fucking clue how most of us live. She's trying to help her equally obscene hubby get elected President. I can't say how very much I despise them both.
Yeah, not sure why anyone is SURE she is a nice lady,
DeleteAnd it's more sickening to read the rogue writer tell ANNIE that she, the writer, ADMIRED ANN ROMNEY?
WTF?
Is incredibly jealous of her wealth the same as admiration? Cuz otherwise, I've got nothing.
Oh. I am the jealous one, not the writer.
Ya know, Ann, I personally would not choose the Mormon wife of a Mormon bishop to discuss my concerns about the political climate in regard to women's health and contraception.
ReplyDeleteAlso I'd probably pass on talking her to her about how I was robbed of my pension by people like her husband.
Ann Romney can trot around the country meeting women. But her fact finding ability is severely limited by her isolation and limited experience. And the Romney campaign ain't gonna fix that by November.
I expect that Ann Romney will be given a set of talking points and equipped with an electronic device to zap her when veers in her tough life as a rich housewife.
I am sorry to hear about your pension. That must have been very difficult.
DeleteI wish you the best.
Poor Ann has to manage two Cadillacs. With 5 boys, thank Heavens she has one Cadillac on stand-by when the other one breaks down.
ReplyDeleteThat Mitt is always gone; never home to check the tires. So much hot air, but none for the cars.
Like Mittens would know how to check the air in the tires!
DeleteYou are so.silly!
I'm a stay-at-home, and we are indeed a dying breed. I thank my stars that I don't have to deal with both a job, and raising kids.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't even have a bazillion dollars, just a lot less stress than the average woman.
Me too, easier than working to be honest and a helluva lot easier than doing both home and work. I would not trade my relative ease for anything. Ann is a liar.
Deletewell, of course there is a double standard.
ReplyDeleteand i am sure romneys wife had all the help she needed and more around her 5 or 6 mansions while raising her kids.
but it was a dumb remark because you cant claim republicans are attacking women while you are attacking a woman.
and this rosen woman does not have a very good history if you check her out.
we are into campaign mode already and obamas team does not want big mouths shooting off at the lip.
rosen was totally out of line here and thats why you saw the reaction from the obama camp.
rosen could have complimented and attacked in a deft way drawing distinctions with romneys wife and working moms.
she failed big time and deserves the boot!
I kind of said the same on another thread.
DeleteThing is, the Obama camp said she is NOT part of the campaign, so it's even thinner than that!
However, you saw, and heard, how those FOX morons started blaming President Obama because of BILL MAHER??? WTF?!?!
This was ripe for the GOP picking...
Hillary Rosen didn't "attack" her. It wasn't a stupid comment, she told the truth. Hillary Rosen's comments had nothing to do with stay at home moms. Sometimes, the truth hurts. Ann Romney can't relate to working-class women, who are struggling financially, because she has had the good fortune of being very wealty, and never having to go out, and earn a living. Most people don't have the same luxury.
Delete4:40~
DeleteTotally agree.
The woman was speaking and COULD have changed the ENTIRE thing with three words:
OUTSIDE THE HOME
But she was on teevee and didn't speak perfectly.
Like Sean Hannity says: You NEED a teleprompter bc THEY are looking for you to make a mistake.
Kill me; I Agree with Hannity. (of course, this was the video from the mole at Fox, never meant to be seen by mere mortals...)
GFY, Jade. She was attacked for being rich, parasitic and clueless, not for being a woman.
DeleteAnon@5:54--I totally agree with you. She needed to add 'outside the home'. Saying it the way she did is saying that raising kids is not work. She disrespects stay at home parents. I agree with everyone who say that the moms who work outside the home have it harder (usually), but that doesn't mean that being a stay at home parent is a stroll in the park.
DeleteIn comparison to Sarah Palin: Ann Romney's 5 kids GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, and Ann's Husband did not run a PROSTITUTION RING and DATE MALE ESCORTS. Ann's GRANDKIDS came from MARRIAGES,
ReplyDeleteNOT UNWED TEENS.
Excellent point.
DeleteGeez,
DeleteThose are some PRETTY HEADY accomplishments, there.
NOT having your husband visit hookers?
NOT having THREE illegitimate grandchildren before even ONE CHILD is married?
NOTp ushing each of my children to live outside the home?
Phew!
Like I said, Braggy McBraggy Romney can say what ever ELITIST thing she wants!
It's Sarah that represents Rill Merica!
I'm a working mom with a college degree. My husband has a master's degree.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to stay home but couldn't afford it. I wanted to have more kids, but couldn't afford it.
I have to make choices EVERYDAY about what to buy or not to buy.
Guess what Ann Romney--I have ONE DOLLAR of available cash until payday (tomorrow). I put all my available cash (still have plenty in savings, but I don't dip into that except for those unplanned events) into buying enough gas for my Toyota Corolla until I get paid tomorrow.
Has she ever been that broke? I have a good job. My husband has a good job. My husband hasn't gotten a raise in several years.
She can't even begin to tell me about finacial issues hitting women these days.
My kids daycare is more expensive than the mortgage!! Our cars are paid for. We have no credit card debt or student loan debt.
Yeah. I buy clothes at consignment shops.
Stupid, selfish, rish bi-otch.
Well good for you. You are doing something no different than any other educated person
Delete@3:22 PM:
DeleteExcept for people like Ann Romney, who have the luxury of never having to earn a paycheck.
Ignore Krusty please!
DeleteShe had to work double shifts over the fryer,
She is cutting her medication in half bc she is so poor, and, you know, OBAMACARE!!
Her latest job applications at:
SARAHPAC, SHEPAC, Brisdulls blog...and the Piggly Wiggly
Have NOT been answered,
AND,
She just found out how much the Palins pay the trolls they actually like.
Cheer up, krusty! The hideous facial problems will get better once you get promoted off the fryer! ;)
The point being, she CAN'T relate to the average woman because she ISN'T the average woman.
DeleteAverage woman work. Average women have to make real economic choices.
Average women don't have multiple homes and 5 full-time house-hold helpers.
I'm pretty sure the Dems reacting to this tweet were more sensitive to the issue of treating stay-at-home moms as not being 'workers' than they were to the facts of Rosen's statement.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if she'd worded her claim more like 'Mrs. Romney has never worked outside the home or had to depend on a weekly paycheck to feed her kids...' her remarks would not have been deemed an 'attack'.
And yes, I agree. We're too quick to defend the other guy over our own.
-OzMud
To your last sentence,
DeleteI believe they were trying to stop the avalanche before it suffocated them, and their message.
They had to immediately take the wind out of ANY gop talking point that President Obama not only didn't DEFEND Ann Romney, but also believes that SAHMs don't work.
It would go to Obamas mom, Michelle...
Just a poorly worded statement that unwittingly gave fuel to the GOP lie fire.
And Team Obama came out with a BIG OL BUCKET OF WATER!
They are so.precise.in.exactly.what.they.say, when.they.say.it,
And, WHY.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear the writer was invited to an event in the future where she will get to meet President and Mrs.Obama.
I agree with you OzMud.
DeleteFake outrage, yes. But a clear warning to political spokespeople everywhere to stay away from FAMILY. Even if it's true. Hell, especially if it's true !!!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, but isn't this a curious case?
DeleteBecause Mittens actually USED Ann AS his answer;
Mittens introduced Annie into the political conversation!
And then, when questioned about her qualifications for such a position,
They hide behind: Hey, leave my wifey alone! Off limits!
Then do NOT bring her into the conversation if YOU do not want her to be spoken to or about!
(I've been all over on this issue, but shouldn't the bottom line be that if a spouse is used as evidence for or against an issue, it is up for questioning??
I'm sure Ann raised 5 boys all by herself. I'm sure she did all the shopping, all the cleaning, all the cooking, all the laundry...really? Puhleeze.
ReplyDeleteAnd your point about Dems running for cover when they are RIGHT pisses me off as well. They need to get $arah's steel spine. ;-)
She keeps it in the bottom drawer
DeleteWith her Belmont boobs
And wiglets.
It is a scary drawer...
How DARE YOU?
DeleteI believe that Queen Anne washed her King.s undergarments against the rocks,
Of the mote,
That surrounds their (one of seven) castles...
She is Just.Like.Me.
It's uncanny!
Sorry, I disagree. There is no way to win on this issue unless you take the high road. Way too many women, both liberal and conservative, make the choice to stay home to raise kids. Many (most) others don't get that option. Better to focus on THAT fact, and the lack of being involved with women's issues rather than trying to sell the meme that staying home raising kids is not work.
ReplyDeleteI stayed home with my 2 kids..I breastfed because I couldnt afford to do otherwise, I mowed lawns so we could afford a cheap vacation to Branson, and I babysat one child so that I could afford to put my kids in preschool (lived in the country and wanted them to get socialized a bit)..
ReplyDeleteAfter paying our bills, we had a 100 bucks a month to blow, on things like clothes, entertainment, etc... a lot of stay at home moms struggle financially with the choice, Ann Romney isnt one of them..
I think this was the wrong target for the Dems to attack. A better attach would have been for HR to say that is AR knows so much, why doesn't her husband (on the issue).
ReplyDeleteIt was badly played hence the walking back by senior dems.
Luckily, it was done in April and not October.
The Obama campaign has to make MITT ROMNEY, and only MITT ROMNEY the issue.
This has nothing to do with Dems growing a thick skin, it's about smart politics.
I've never had nor never will have one ounce of respect for Ann Romney. She'll play her 'OBEY me' card and 'do what I say' again next.
ReplyDeleteThe 1% Bitch has cherry picked the definition of what Hilary said.
The Whitehouse is trying to get in front of it but in my opinion, I wish to hell they had gone about it the way of speaking the other definition that Romney has never worked a middle class job and has never known what it's like as the massive majority of middle class and poor have never had the opportunity to stay at home -- like Michelle understands having worked in a law firm, etc.
I agree Gryphen - Dems too easily turn on their own and I have to say -- Michelle pissed me off with her tweet. It's one time I wish to say -- STFU Michelle. Siding with Romney -- just showed her weakness and I'm not impressed. Just took her down some points in my books.
The Whitehouse - Obamas - Dems - Need to row a friggen backbone. It's about time they learned some lessons from the Rethugs of defending - not throwing under the bus. This is when I cringe being a Dem as I'd love to have a megaphone to speak louder than them to drown them out and re-enforce the truth in what Hilary said in different wording .
What really pissed me off about Michelle Obama's tweet, and other democrats, is that they played into the right-wing framing of this non-story, as an "attack," or "war" against stay at home moms. This was badly taken out of context. Hillary Rosen never attacked stay at home moms. The democrats were wimps for throwing her under the bus.
DeleteThey asked Michelle to tweet that response.
DeleteIt is politics.
Michelle is responding (via her peeps) to the implication.
If the Obama camp immediately takes the perceived high road, they are smoothing any ruffled feathers of the undecideds who don't totally know what just happened.
Team Obama expects to have his real peeps at his back, no matter what (because he knows we are too intelligent to get bogged down in this faux crap. Fox, however, NEEDS this shit for their Snewz Cycle. Non issue.)
I bet Michelle 'muttered' under her breath whilst she was being made to tweet that 'garbage'.
DeleteShe is a better person than i...
Gryph -- Not sure if read ABL (aka Angry Black Lady aka Imani Gandy) but she is spot on with a lot of the current issues of the day, including the subject of your post:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/12/rosen-vs-romney-and-the-reverse-triple-salchow-war-on-women/
At the end of the day, this is one big smoke screen. Does this bullshit change the plight of the disenfranchised, or resolve the inequities between the have not(s), and the have mores. Get a grip folks, don't fall for the Oki Dok.
ReplyDeleteI'm a progressive...but JEEZ! Democrats are the WORST at getting their point across. The absolute WORST.
ReplyDeleteHi, this is how it should have gone:
Romney says, My wife is my economic model for women.
Democrats: "that's nice...but I hope he knows that 90 percent of working women in this country don't HAVE THE CHOICE to be stay-at-home moms. Most working women in this country HAVE TO WORK and it's because of economic robber barons like Mitt Romney who have spent decades fiddling with the stock market and shipping jobs overseas."
And then if you're a Democrat who's a MOM you add -- "I'd like to spend my days raising my kids and playing DRESSAGE with horses....but, unfortunately, I can't because COLLEGE IS SO EXPENSIVE...because DAY CARE IS SO EXPENSIVE...because HEALTHCARE IS SO EXPENSIVE...ETC..."
See -- was that so hard???? It's not 100 percent accurate but it gets the point across -- MITT ROMNEY IS A RICH SOB AND SO IS HIS WIFE. I'm a Democrat who can talk like a Republican (i.e., LIE).
Excellent post!
DeleteAnn Romney went on Fox to declare that she made the choice to stay home, while other women make other choices. Then, Ann should also respect women who make the choice to use contraception even if Ann doesn't believe in it. She should respect any and all of women's reproductive choices, whether it is to have in vitro fertilization (even though the Catholic church disapproves of it). There are other choices regarding women's reproductive health, and Ann Romney should support all women have the right to make the choices in their lives.
ReplyDeleteChoice ~ For us, Not you!
DeleteMittens/Lucifer 2012
Ann went to Fox News?
DeleteColor me surprised!
Mitt Romney needs lots of kerfluffles like this dust up about Ann's "work" to cover for the fact that he is laughably inconsistent. For example, here's what happened in 2008,
ReplyDeleteMr. Romney faced students at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire who grilled him on gay marriage.
“I’ve never been an advocate of gay marriage; I’ve opposed gay marriage and civil unions,” Mr. Romney said during a long soliloquy. “Now, at the same time,” he continued, “I’m against discrimination.”
The audience burst into laughter at the seemingly irreconcilable positions, which prompted another circuitous explanation from Mr. Romney.
What's the big deal?
DeleteSarah Palin was pregnant and NOT PREGNANT at the same time!
Let's see Mittens try that!
Sarah vs. Sarah
While Mitt Romney was in France promoting Mormonism, he was working for a church that restricted blacks from rituals that would lead to "higher salvation".
ReplyDeleteSo what?
Well, swap a few things and you get: Barack Obama was in a church that restricted whites from...
See how easy life is for Mitt Romney because the media coddles him. Issues that are simply dismissed for Romney would be explosive for Obama. And that fact is exactly why Ann Romney is getting "apologies" and "support". It's because Mitt Romney will always be given the gentle handling by the media.
Barack Obama is too smart to derail on Romney's idiot distractions. Barack Obama will fight for, and win the presidency because he will keep the focus on ISSUES. Romney can only muddle along trying to not get caught in the flip-flop.
This is what the Democrats should say: "It is wonderful that Ann Romney has been able to afford to stay home, own two of her own Cadillacs, and ride horses. If the rich Republican business owners, you know the guys that create jobs by using their obscenely low tax rates and who covet even lower tax raters, were to pay each of their employees a living wage so that one spouse has to work one job to support a family of 7, then halleluia!
ReplyDeleteFrom the washington post 3/23/2012
ReplyDeleteAnn Romney already has one champ in her household: Rafalca, one of her many dressage horses. The U.S. Equestrian Federation confirmed this week that the 15-year-old mare and rider Jan Ebeling (Romney’s riding partner and trainer) have been selected as one of two pairs to represent the U.S. in next month’s World Cup finals.
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Off-hand I would guess that this horse of Ann Romney's is not an inexpensive horse. A World Cup class dressage horse costs a lot more than a car elevator for the garage. Oh, and I notice Ann is said to have "many" horses. It must be quite a "struggle" keeping them all in oats.
The Romney campaign is hoping Ann Romney will be the humanizing smoke screen for robot Mitt. Well, good luck with that.
Pfft,
DeleteI named my stray cat, Radalfa.
They even have personalized food dishes at Petco (rolls eyes).
Sorry,
DeleteRAFALCA.
We're, like, super tight; like Mitt and Seamus...
Does Rafalca get an airtight kennel on the Romney Station Wagon?
DeleteRAFALCA
Deletewouldn't be caught
dead
on a station wagon!
I didn't appreciate Ann Romney's use of the words "I chose" at all. It's just another way of saying the old Republican talking point disparaging women for not "choosing" to stay home with their kids. No matter how horrible their policies are for the economy, it's always the struggling American citizen that's to blame, not the Republicans. They take no accountability, and I can see Mrs. Ann Romney is cut from that exact cloth, too.
ReplyDeleteBy the way...WHY DIDN'T ANN ROMNEY STEP IN AND RESCUE SEAMUS FROM THE ROOF OF THEIR FAMILY CAR!!!!
Oh man, I can't wait until someone asks her that to her face.
This is so ridiculous by the repubs. Where was their "outrage" over fat ass Limbaughs remarks? And Palin calls dems hypocritical? The Obama campaign immediately denounced Rosen's remarks, even though they ring true in the context she meant them.
ReplyDeleteI think I like mocking Ann Romney as much as I love mocking sarah palin!
ReplyDeleteYeah!
(going back to worrying about no life insurance for hubby. Y.e.a.h. I.win. :(
Quick question about that "Mother of five" cred you're using, Ann... Who cleaned the bathrooms?
ReplyDeleteHere's an excellent answer to Anne (faux worker) Rmoney:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/ann-romney-hilary-rosen_n_1420976.html?ref=politics&ref=politics
I loved the call to Romney Campaign about if they support the Lilly Ledbetter Act - "ummm we'll get back to ya on that!
ReplyDeleteThis whole thing is bullshit, and everyone knows it. Hilary Rosen made an apology on CNN, crickets chirping from Mrs Romney. So we know it'll stay a non issue on Romney's part. Ann would have been nuts to choose to work outside the home.
I've worked before I got married and since then. We have bills to pay, a mortgage, etc etc just like everyone else. I planned my family according to the quality of life my husband and I want for our kids. We could have bought a larger/better home, but chose to live in our modest home for a reason. We know our neighbors, our kids go to a decent public schools, it's easy to maintain, we can save for our kids education, and our mortgage is reasonable.
My parents lived in a time where families could make a life on one paycheck, yet my Mom chose to work outside the home. She did it because she liked the challenge, she contributed to the family, and people used to bash her for working, making fun of my dad, as if there was something wrong with him. Damned if you do Damned if you don't
The difference with Ann is she's the one percent, and has no clue on real women's issues, or doesn't seem to care.
I have to applaud single parents out there, it's the hardest job in the world, and they seem to make it look easy.
Well, well - from CofP
ReplyDelete"Romney tried to prop up his wife in order to get "The Women's Vote" by telling his supporters that he gets his "economic advice" from his wife. Hilary call out Romney on why he would get his economic advice from someone who never had a job. That is fair point."
And 7 people liked this.
It reminds of the one time I found myself agreeing with something said by Jesse Helms. It's both surprising and just a bit creepy. :(
Yes, stay-at-home Mom and working Mom are different, and both are hard, and both deserve our respect. Both have major (if different) issues.
ReplyDeleteWAAAAAAAAAAY bigger than the difference between those two categories in this: The Mom who has financial security and the Mom who does not. The world of financially stable folks is just light years from those who are near the edge. ESP when you have children. This is true emotionally, in practical terms, in terms of fighting hopelessness and exhaustion and panic. Even though Mitt bragged about getting a pink slip in his career, neither he nor Ann had to feel that gut-wrenching terror re no income and possible homelessness ahead.
Yes.
DeleteIf she is supposed to speak up for the women of America, can she tell me when the last time she went shopping at a grocery store or a Target/Wal-Mart/Costco?
ReplyDeleteWhen was the last time she personally choice which brand of toilet cleaner to buy (looking at the shelves in the store)?
Did she even ever buy her own tampons? I mean, come ON
Yeah, she is a stay-at-home mom just like Mitt is out-of-work.
ReplyDeleteWhat a joke. Say anything, and respond to anything just to get elected. Puppets of the Karl Rove machine. All they want is power, not governance. Watch out America, they are gearing up to STEAL another election. Our democracy is under siege by these right wing Storm Troopers.
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