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Ann Romney Never Worked a Day In Her Life.

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Not really - all of her kids are grown: why isn't she employed now? Is it considered a sin in their eyes to find employment when you're a woman?

I think it actually brings up some significant questions - our government is suppose to foster equality and freedom and further the belief that women have a right to work and should find employment as it suits their needs in their life. Does Romney believe that women have a right to work or are we going to see hints of male-favoritism as we did during the Great Depression if the government tries to step in to help with employment issues and exludes women in the process if he's in office?

I don't think it's wrong to be a stay at home mom: I am one.

But at some point you stop being a stay at home mom - their youngets child was born in 1981, making him one year younger than me. . . she is no longer a stay at home mom for her children - that is no longer her description in life and does not account for their actual beliefs at present.

What does she do - if anything - with all these years she's had? Where does he fall in his beliefs? If we bring the President's career choices and his wife's career choices into question (yes - I was here last election: I remmeber all of that quite clearly and it wasn't all a negative issue) then why can't we question this and what it reflects on them as people of this country.

I have a serious problem with a grown capable woman who does not find employment - ever. My husband's mother is one and she's lowly in my view: living freely and welloff on the hard work of others and has done nothing to earn anything for herself. It is a questionable existance: it's wealthy laziness.
 
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Honestly, I don't care if she works or not. Her not having a job means somebody who actually NEEDS the work has that job instead, yes?

My boyfriend's aunt is the wife of a former marine and current military contractor. He spends 6-8 months a year overseas on assignment. She doesn't work. So what does she do with her time? She maintains the house, she works out, she goes shopping. But you know what else she does? She heads the local chapter for a group that focuses on transitioning returning soliders into the private sector and on aiding the families of soldiers who are currently deployed. She spends probably 40-50 hours a week organizing events and fundraisers, helping with administrative tasks, meeting with those who are being helped by the program, etc.

And when she isn't working with the volunteer group she's here in Texas spending time with her grand children and grown daughter. And I really appreciate that, being somebody who personally never got much time with her grandparents.

And you know....who cares if she didn't volunteer. She and her husband are perfectly okay with their arrangement, and they're the only people that really matter. They aren't using entitlement programs or sapping off the system to survive, so I say let 'em do what they want to do.
 
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Cool. Dont care. It was good for the Obama campaign to distance themselves from these comments.
 
As it turns out, this Fox News talking point is a lie. She's not an advisory for Obama or the DNC.

Surprised?

Dude, is there any way you can downsize your sig? Maybe make it half-size or something?
 
Romeny's worst enemy continues to be his own mouth. Apparently, he recently referred to how many horses he owns and elevators in his houses... I'm not gonna go look up a link for those comments. I'm sure they are there, but I don't really care to even read them. He's a multi-millionnaire who is gonna have trouble relating to average people during the campaign. Go figure.
 
As it turns out, this Fox News talking point is a lie. She's not an advisory for Obama or the DNC.

Surprised?



She is a Democratic Strategist, right? She was on the Anderson Cooper show as a political analyst, yes? You know the old "if it walks like a duck". And that is what the general public will know, yes?
 
Romeny's worst enemy continues to be his own mouth. Apparently, he recently referred to how many horses he owns and elevators in his houses... I'm not gonna go look up a link for those comments. I'm sure they are there, but I don't really care to even read them. He's a multi-millionnaire who is gonna have trouble relating to average people during the campaign. Go figure.

The guy is slipping. Can someone explain to me why he doesn't have a horse elevator?
 
The guy is slipping. Can someone explain to me why he doesn't have a horse elevator?
Was John Kerry an "out of touch rich guy" back in 2004? I dont remember the complaints from the left about his extraordinary wealth back then.
 
Was John Kerry an "out of touch rich guy" back in 2004? I dont remember the complaints about his extraordinary wealth back then.

I think it's just distractionary nonsense. Ignore everything else the candidate says or does, focus on one aspect of their life that makes them a pariah and run with it. It's done on all sides by people at all levels.
 
Hilary Rosen was wrong to make a pointless attack on Romney's wife. As usual, Fox was also wrong in using this incident to levy a baseless smear against Obama.
 
The woman was a mom to FIVE kids, has MS and is a breast cancer survivor....give me a break!
 
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I find it incredibly stupid to say that a woman who raised 5 children hasn't worked a day in her life. I guess we all have different definitions of "work". As for her choice not to find paid work after she was done raising all those boys, that doesn't mean she does nothing all day. In my experience, these women often volunteer for charitable work and with 16 grandkids, I'm sure she's not done taking care of family. :shrug:
 
How?

And why would I want to do that, now that we're in campaign mode?

I shrunk it down for you, still perfectly legible. And as to the "why"? Because in its large form it makes it very hard to read around it in a thread. It takes up a LOT of space and makes it difficult to get through the thread for the "meat and potatoes". It would just be a courtesy to the other posters, is all.

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I think it's just distractionary nonsense. Ignore everything else the candidate says or does, focus on one aspect of their life that makes them a pariah and run with it. It's done on all sides by people at all levels.

It just goes hand and hand now with the attack on the rich. Just good marketing.
 
She is a Democratic Strategist, right? She was on the Anderson Cooper show as a political analyst, yes? You know the old "if it walks like a duck". And that is what the general public will know, yes?


so does this mean nobody labeled a Republican strategist can ever criticize Michelle Obama? Gee, if they make that retroactive they've got a lot of apologizing to do. Or should we conclude that anybody labeled a Republican on any talk show is now a Romney advisor?

the hypocrisy of you guys on the right continues to astound.
 
The woman was a mom to SEVEN kids, has MS and is a breast cancer survivor....give me a break!

Does she really have MS? I wasn't aware of that. If that's true I seriously hope it didn't flare up until her children were older. Battling MS while raising children is hellacious from what I've observed.
 
Not really - all of her kids are grown: why isn't she employed now? Is it considered a sin in their eyes to find employment when you're a woman?

I think it actually brings up some significant questions - our government is suppose to foster equality and freedom and further the belief that women have a right to work and should find employment as it suits their needs in their life. Does Romney believe that women have a right to work or are we going to see hints of male-favoritism as we did during the Great Depression if the government tries to step in to help with employment issues and exludes women in the process if he's in office?

I don't think it's wrong to be a stay at home mom: I am one.

But at some point you stop being a stay at home mom - their youngets child was born in 1981, making him one year younger than me. . . she is no longer a stay at home mom for her children - that is no longer her description in life and does not account for their actual beliefs at present.

What does she do - if anything - with all these years she's had? Where does he fall in his beliefs? If we bring the President's career choices and his wife's career choices into question (yes - I was here last election: I remmeber all of that quite clearly and it wasn't all a negative issue) then why can't we question this and what it reflects on them as people of this country.

I have a serious problem with a grown capable woman who does not find employment - ever. My husband's mother is one and she's lowly in my view: living freely and welloff on the hard work of others and has done nothing to earn anything for herself. It is a questionable existance: it's wealthy laziness.

Really? So since she has not seeked employment it is a threat to women's right to work as they see fit. You are really falling off the deep end on this one. Grown capable women are required to work even if they don't need to work? This sounds like stereotypical animosity for a women who doesn't at least pay token homage to the feminist creed. It also smacks of class envy. What power do you really think she has to effect any women's issue? I know this campaign is kind of boring but there is nothing to make out of this.
 
so does this mean nobody labeled a Republican strategist can ever criticize Michelle Obama? Gee, if they make that retroactive they've got a lot of apologizing to do. Or should we conclude that anybody labeled a Republican on any talk show is now a Romney advisor?

the hypocrisy of you guys on the right continues to astound.


"There you go again".

Now you are honestly going to tell me, if this was a Repub strategist/analyst, who'd made these comments about Ms. Obama, you wouldn't have jumped feet first on posting it? :lamo
 
Hilary Rosen was wrong to make a pointless attack on Romney's wife. As usual, Fox was also wrong in using this incident to levy a baseless smear against Obama.

Fox in a baseless smear against Obama? Next we'll find out the sun rises in the East. Baseless smears against Obama is Fox News' Raison d'Etre (you regular viewers of Fox News can look that up if you are so inclined. I know you don't much cotton to that foreign stuff).
 
"There you go again".

Now you are honestly going to tell me, if this was a Repub strategist/analyst, who'd made these comments about Ms. Obama, you wouldn't have jumped feet first on posting it? :lamo

You didn't answer my question. How surprising.
 
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