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Ann Romney Never Worked a Day In Her Life.

I have two boys and let me tell you, I can't imagine raising 5 (I originally stated 7 but double checked and it is 5). Between the sports, school activities and friends, I am constantly running them around!

I was a SAHM for nine years and went back part-time now that they are in school. DH works lot's of hours so the amount of stress added to him and the family if I worked full-time would be too much for us. If DH made a ton of money I probably wouldn't work either. There are a ton of things one can do to be a useful and contributing member to society without getting paid.

I expect raising your two would have been a lot easier if you'd had Ann Romney's staff. Somehow Ann doesn't look like the changing diapers, making school lunches type. Of course she might have taken them to school in one of her two cadillacs. Or had her driver do it.
 
I was actually trying to focus on what this reflects of *his* views and *his* beliefs and how that might effect his decisions as president . . . not so much reflecting on her choices in life.

I just can't connect to her - women like her (like my mother in law - and my grandmother in law) I wouldn't choose her path (their path) in life: I would have felt like I failed as an individual if I spent my entire life caring for my kids and grandkids and became nothing more than my husband's sidekick and trophy wife. Honestly - until I started college I did feel like that about myself and it damn near drove me to suicide. So maybe I'm putting myself in her shoes and imagining myself wanting to claw my eyes out as I only became tethered to his hip my whole life - a mere dependent child that never grows up - and dies forever reliant on someone else's welfare to carry me through . . . not a feel-good thing to me at all.


There were 6 in my family and my Mom's shirttail never hit her butt she was so busy. I'll bet she had days, she would have liked for someone else to take care of us and she could have worked "outside" the home. It would have truly been easier on the grand lady.
 
I have one and she just about drives us both crazy. Love her with everything in me though. :)

I'm raising a 10 week old puppy and she's about killed me. :lol:
 
I'm raising a 10 week old puppy and she's about killed me. :lol:


I could have guessed a puppy would take you under. You just don't seem to have a strong constitution. :lamo
 
I don't know if the Romney family had nannies, but I do know some very rich mormons in Logan, Utah who don't have nannies...they do have housecleaners come in once a week, tho. We used to hire house cleaners, and we aren't rich.
The families I am thinking of have businesses, and often the wife will work there. In one case, the wife is the majority owner of the business and works full time at it.
And most of them did not start out wealthy....can't speak for all of them.
 
I expect raising your two would have been a lot easier if you'd had Ann Romney's staff. Somehow Ann doesn't look like the changing diapers, making school lunches type. Of course she might have taken them to school in one of her two cadillacs. Or had her driver do it.


I know you have a post to prove this point, yes? Now run check you Libby sites, surely someone has been snooping on the Romney's at home.
 
So a female liberal says a mother of five never worked a day in her life, and here is a thread full of excuse making for what she said, and all sorts of other diversions.

Had a man, or worse, a (R) made such a comment, these are the same kind of people that would be outraged.

Go figure. Another day, another wheelbarrow of hypocrisy.
 
This was a colosally stupid thing to say.

Axelrod and Messina are running for the hills. The ridiculous "War on Women" meme has been completely shattered in the last 48 hours.
 
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Neither can I, which is why the husband will be getting "fixed" after two. I think that'll be my max. :lamo

fixed? you mean broken.....he ain't broken now, but you plan on breaking him.....but better to be broken that broke, kids are expensive.

Been There Done That.....
 
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.

Dang Aunt Spiker. What's wrong with being a housewife if you so desire, and you can afford it? My Mom was a housewife for all the years of her 54-year marriage to my Dad, except for a brief time period when Daddy was 55 and got laid off his job, then she went and got a job to help get them through until Daddy could find gainful employment again.

Imo, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a housewife, if that's where your priorities lie.
 
This was a colosally stupid thing to say.

Axelrod and Messina are running for the hills. The ridiculous "War on Women" meme has been completely shattered in the last 48 hours.

In your dreams, Dreamer.
 
This was a colosally stupid thing to say.

Axelrod and Messina are running for the hills. The ridiculous "War on Women" meme has been completely shattered in the last 48 hours.


You got that right. This is a Axelrod and Messina "cover the President's butt" scramble. One little big mouthed Demo/Libby just shot the admin in the foot.
 
Irrelevant point and needless stereo typing. Good fall back plan when your argument has failed. :doh

Actually, a far more accurate point than the one you weretrying to make.

And I was making no argument, just an observation.
 
I don't know if the Romney family had nannies, but I do know some very rich mormons in Logan, Utah who don't have nannies...they do have housecleaners come in once a week, tho. We used to hire house cleaners, and we aren't rich.
The families I am thinking of have businesses, and often the wife will work there. In one case, the wife is the majority owner of the business and works full time at it.
And most of them did not start out wealthy....can't speak for all of them.

We had a "house keeper" for awhile, and we're lower-middle class grunts right now! We paid my boyfriend's sister $20 a week to come clean the kitchen, living room, and bathroom at our old apartment.
 
fixed? you mean broken.....he ain't broken now, but you plan on breaking him.....but better to be broken that broke, kids are expensive.

Been There Done That.....

He's not keen on the idea, but the procedure is a lot less invasive and a lot less expensive for him than it would be for me. Also, it's harder for a woman to get "spayed" than it is for a man to get "neutered". Most doctors won't touch a woman's baby-makin' system until well into her late 30s, early 40s.
 
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.

MS itself is a nightmare, whether you are raising kids or not. I used to play benefits to raise money for MS, and was a chili cookoff judge. Yes, I was certified to be a chili cookoff judge too. I donated a lot of time to this cause.

Here's the deal. People need to lay off both Obama's wife and Romney's wife, and deal with the issues at hand. I know that this is difficult because both Romney and Obama have injected their wives into their campaigns, and some will say that makes them legitimate targets. But neither wife is a candidate for President of the United States either. That is where all the ****ing dishonesty comes in, and make no mistake about it - Talking heads for both sides are doing this crap. If the American people want to fall for this game, then they have no right at all to complain that their government is not working for them. After all, it was THEY who decided to go after family instead of giving a damn about the issues at hand.

Just my 2 cents on the matter.
 
I know you have a post to prove this point, yes? Now run check you Libby sites, surely someone has been snooping on the Romney's at home.

Well, we know two things for certain. Her husband is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and she has two cadillacs. I'm willing to gamble that she also had plenty of help taking care of her kids.
 
So a female liberal says a mother of five never worked a day in her life, and here is a thread full of excuse making for what she said, and all sorts of other diversions.

Had a man, or worse, a (R) made such a comment, these are the same kind of people that would be outraged.

Go figure. Another day, another wheelbarrow of hypocrisy.

I'm sorry...what's the outrage again? Has Mitt Romney's wife ever worked? Is it an insult to state that fact? I've only seen partial quotes but does Mitt Romneys wife know much about what most Americans deal with much less working women?
 
MS itself is a nightmare, whether you are raising kids or not. I used to play benefits to raise money for MS, and was a chili cookoff judge. Yes, I was certified to be a chili cookoff judge too. I donated a lot of time to this cause.

Here's the deal. People need to lay off both Obama's wife and Romney's wife, and deal with the issues at hand. I know that this is difficult because both Romney and Obama have injected their wives into their campaigns, and some will say that makes them legitimate targets. But neither wife is a candidate for President of the United States either. That is where all the ****ing dishonesty comes in, and make no mistake about it - Talking heads for both sides are doing this crap. If the American people want to fall for this game, then they have no right at all to complain that their government is not working for them. After all, it was THEY who decided to go after family instead of giving a damn about the issues at hand.

Just my 2 cents on the matter.

I completely agree and I think the tendancy to attack the family of candidates is the reason why we lose a lot of decent candidates before the battles even begin. The character, past, and decisions made by the candidate are all fair game, but the wives, children, grandchildren, grandparents, parents, and other relatives of the candidate should be left out of it. I put myself in their shoes to realize how painful it must be. Who would benefit from the media and my opposition throwing my drug addict mother under the bus? From referencing my brother and sister, both put up for adoption by my mother? From calling my dad out because he's been arrested twice (charges dropped in both cases)? None of those issues are relevant to whether or not my ideals and past actions qualify me for leadership. All it would do is hurt my family....and no leadership position is worth hurting my family.

I'd love to throw it back at these media pundits. Dig out every skeleton chillin' on their family tree and run them through the mud so they can relate.
 
I could have guessed a puppy would take you under. You just don't seem to have a strong constitution. :lamo

You don't know my puppy.

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You got that right. This is a Axelrod and Messina "cover the President's butt" scramble. One little big mouthed Demo/Libby just shot the admin in the foot.

Again, what is there to cover? Is Obama responsible for everything that any Democrat says? :lol:
 
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