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Ann Romney Never Worked a Day In Her Life.

ThePlayDrive said:
I didn't say she was a sociopath without the ability to react emotionally to a comment about her personally. Also, you completely missed the intent and purpose of the comment if you think it had anything to do with belittling stay-at-home moms. It didn't. But I bet you Mrs. Romney didn't miss the intent of the comment. I bet she understood it perfectly and decided to ignore it in order to raise the ire of the people who would fall easily for her distortion of the point.

I also want to make it clear that I don't think "milking it" is "smart". It's obvious. Of course you're going to milk something. However, I do think it's disappointing to know that it's so easy to capitalize on faux outrage.
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"milking it" :lamo

You're trying to convince people that if this was a Repub/Con, who said - "Ms. Obama does nothing but sit in the WH" - the Demos/Libbys wouldn't have hopped this "faux" train?

Hell they, along with MSNBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, NBC, would dine on this "faux outrage" until the November election. What a hoot!
 
Such a stupid statement. Stay at home moms work as hard if not harder then anyone on the planet. The hours are longer the labors vary. There are a lot of love benefits though. But saying something like this is just beyond dumb.
 
Billy the Kid said:
"milking it" :lamo

You're trying to convince people that if this was a Repub/Con, who said - "Ms. Obama does nothing but sit in the WH" - the Demos/Libbys wouldn't have hopped this "faux" train?

Hell they, along with MSNBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, NBC, would dine on this "faux outrage" until the November election. What a hoot!
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Of course they would "milk it" and anybody who would believe that Mrs. Obama was anything more the faux outraged would be just as gullible as the morons who think Mrs. Romeny gives a damn about this.

I don't understand why so many think the "but MSNBC and the dems do the same thing" whine is an actual argument. It's not. You're just stating the obvious.
 
Billy the Kid said:
I'll bet you related to the Kerrys when you voted for them, yes?
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I guess you missed my earlier comments in the thread including my first one:

ThePlayDrive said:
Meh, the Obamas are a lot easier to relate to than the Romneys and the Kerrys.
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ThePlayDrive said:
John Kerry was out of touch and I'm pretty sure that was one of the main criticisms of him that came from the left in 2004.
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So no, I didn't relate to them. Are you done embarrassing yourself yet?
 
FOR THE RECORD:

Hilary Rosen works for CNN.

Not Obama.

Not DNC.

 
I think its telling that a DNC operative would go after Ann Romney so readily. I thought candidates' families were off limits?
Or is that only for Democratic families?
 
Enola said:
Which is why I wanted Hillary instead of the Obamas. But...alas...it didn't work out. Then I thought about Romney...but that didn't work out either. McCain was in the running. Ok. So I looked at him and thought..hmmm. I liked McCain. Until he got Palin. So I went with Obama.
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So let me get this straight. You like Ms Obama because you can relate to an Harvard law graduate?

But Ms Palin who, like most "smoos" didn't have Ms. Obama's advantages as TurtleDude listed, worked her way through college, raised is raising 5-6 kids, worked with her husband on a fishing boat, while raising her children, without a Granny or a Nanny to help, you can't relate to at all?

You must be rolling in money and advantages. Good on ya.
 
Billy the Kid said:
So let me get this straight. You like Ms Obama because you can relate to an Harvard law graduate?

But Ms Palin who, like most "smoos" didn't have Ms. Obama's advantages as TurtleDude listed, worked her way through college, raised is raising 5-6 kids, worked with her husband on a fishing boat, while raising her children, without a Granny or a Nanny to help, you can't relate to at all?

You must be rolling in money and advantages. Good on ya.
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Congratulations. You just figured out that there are more ways to relate to a person than their job!
 
hazlnut said:
FOR THE RECORD:

Hilary Rosen works for CNN.

Not Obama.

Not DNC.
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Bull****.

Hilary Rosen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hilary Beth Rosen (born 1958) is an American lobbyist, Democratic pundit and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LBGT) activist. She worked for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for 16 years where she was CEO from 1998 to 2003. She is the Managing Director of Public Affairs and Communications Practice at SKDKnickerbocker.
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Anita Dunn's firm. You remember Anita Dunn right?

Top Dems distance themselves from Hilary Rosen. DNC: she doesn't work for us | Naked Politics
Obama's campaign and advisers quickly distanced themselves from Rosen. President Obama's campaign manager said she should apologize. No way, says Rosen.

Now the Democratic National Committee is as well, saying that she doesn't work for them -- despite a Wall Street Journal report saying last month that she was a DNC advisor to Chairwoman and Broward Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

"She's not an adviser to the DNC - the DNC's contract for media services is exclusively with Anita Dunn," said spokesman Brad Woodhouse via email. Asked about the journal article, Woodhouse said "I don't have any idea what the wsj's source for that is - our contract is exclusively with Anita Dunn."

Read more here: Top Dems distance themselves from Hilary Rosen. DNC: she doesn't work for us | Naked Politics
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She did. Until she stuck her foot in her mouth. Now shes being tossed under the bus so fast its not funny.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
Of course they would "milk it" and anybody who would believe that Mrs. Obama was anything more the faux outraged would be just as gullible as the morons who think Mrs. Romeny gives a damn about this.

I don't understand why so many think the "but MSNBC and the dems do the same thing" whine is an actual argument. It's not. You're just stating the obvious.
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Right. Every Demo/Libby operative who could draw a breath would be screaming at the top of their lungs about the "mean spirited Repubs picking on Ms Obama", until they passed out. And they'd dine on this until the elections.

And I'm sure they wouldn't see it as a "faux outrage" either.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
Congratulations. You just figured out that there are more ways to relate to a person than their job!
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Nah . . . . you Libbys are the one's complaining about Ms. Romney never working outside the home. Remember?

I was kinda amazed that the poster found he/she couldn't vote for a average working woman, nor a stay at home woman. Nothing seems to satisfy her. Maybe he/she just doesn't like women.
 
hazlnut said:
Um... nothing you posted proves my statement false. You must work for Fox News as you spread their lies well.

I await your apology.

Thanks.
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She was listed as a DNC stratagist and analysit on CNN.

She is listed as visiting the WH 30 times. What was she there for tea?
 
Billy the Kid said:
She was listed as a DNC stratagist and analysit on CNN.
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So, she works for the DNC for free. Because they're not paying her.

And she gets paid to be a pundit on CNN.

Hmmm?

Let's figure out what that means.... She... works... for... CNN. Period.


She is listed as visiting the WH 30 times. What was she there for tea?
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Since you have all the info, you tell us what she did there on each visit.

Who was paying her salary on her most recent visit???

She works for CNN.

Period.

Stop clinging to the Fox News lie.

It's getting embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for you.
 
You have to admit the irony, though - republicans put an immense amout of power and prestige into 'working' and 'being employed'
"our founding fathers worked hard to build this country . . . ingenuity and hard work!"
But they're willing to give exception to someone's wife because he's rich. . . it's ok - then - not be gainfully employed on your own if your husband's well off (don't just apply that to Ann - I'm sure it applies ot all wives or husbands of well-off spouses who are given a 'get out of this standard we expect everyone ot live up to and judge everyone who's poor when they don't' card)

Oddly though - I thought surely since I read about Ann and found she's been *quite* busy with a large variety of organizations and volunteer *full time* positions (one was volunteer for otherwise paid-for work because the organization's budget was too tight, which is quite generous of her) - but when my husband watched Fox News this morning i listened in and didn't hear ANYONE actually stand pu for her and argue that she's done *work* - she just hasn't been given a paycheck for it.

:shrug:

Where was the defense? Everyone was cackling about how she has MS and cancer - which she developed in 1998 - no one discussed what she's actually DONE with herself - so what I thought was suppose to be a defense still threw her under the bus.

LOL - what the hell? Even Greta Susterin had nothing positive to say. so much for having support form fellow Republican women, eh? All they did was say 'oh, but she's been sick' as if that's ALL she's done in her whole life - which I felt was actually a bit offensive and they might have well as called her a recluse and a cripple. Stupid women :roll:
 
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TurtleDude said:
Grant said:
Its typical of some-the article cited the times. He cannot refute the facts.
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You claimed the quote was from the LA Times, which it wasn't. And as you probably know (still lying), a generic reference to "the Times" generally means the NYT, not the LA Times.
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Billy the Kid said:
Nah . . . . you Libbys are the one's complaining about Ms. Romney never working outside the home. Remember?

I was kinda amazed that the poster found he/she couldn't vote for a average working woman, nor a stay at home woman. Nothing seems to satisfy her. Maybe he/she just doesn't like women.
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You mean like the endless attacks on Michelle in the '08 campaign? Wingnuts calling her a racist? Attacking her over her college papers? Making crude remarks about her appearance? As usual, there is no bottom to the right wing hypocrisy pit.
 
How many personal assistants does the average stay-at-home mom have?

Why aren't people pointing out how people worth $250 Million don't worry about:

paying bills
time management
cleaning the house.
making dinner
doing the laundry
picking up the kids


They don't answer their own phone. They have an assistant do that for them.
 
hazlnut said:
How many personal assistants does the average stay-at-home mom have?

Why aren't people pointing out how people worth $250 Million don't worry about:

paying bills
time management
cleaning the house.
making dinner
doing the laundry
picking up the kids


They don't answer their own phone. They have an assistant do that for them.
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So what? ....
 
Josie said:
So what? ....
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What do you mean so what?

That's what makes mothering and being a stay at home mom so stressful - if you have all that covered: what's to fuss over? :shrug:

A lot of my time was spent clipping coupons and planning meals to figure out how to make 7 meals happen when only spending money on the ingredient for 5. . . time and money management just doesn't become a factor in your life if you don't have a reason to manage it.

I experienced a lot of guilt - money was very tight but we made it work and usually at the sacrifice of something the kids needed or wanted or I needed or wanted. Things would have been completely different if money just grew on trees - instead, I felt horrible for my husband who was the only one supporting all of us: it was exhausting to him and that strained our marriage for a while.
 
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