What is" HARD", Ann Romney?

[HockeyMom]

Giving excuses to the bill collectors because your unemployment check can't pay for, or has run out, is had, Ann.

Falling asleep with excruciating pains in your stomach because you haven't eaten in 2 days so your children can eat, is hard, Ann.

Staying up all night with a child with an ear infection because she needs $150 Meds and you have no health insurance or money, is hard, Ann.

Trying to get through the day when you sinuses are killing you and mucus and blood is running down your nose because you can't pay for insurance, doctors, or meds, is hard, Ann.

Having no heat in your home when it is 15 degrees because you cannot pay for the oil for your burner, is hard, Ann.

Telling your kids that Santa is not coming this year, is hard, Ann.

Campaigning for your husband's Presidency, is hard, Ann?????? If you think so, you will NEVER understand what is HARD for Americans, and your husband, doesn't DESERVE to be President of the people who truly know what HARD really means, Ann.

Don't INSULT us with what YOU think is hard, Ann.

[Rambis]

1. What can you expect from someone who thought living off stock options was hard

[questionseverything]

44. typical born on third base and thinks she hit a triple

[dkf]

2. Well her plane just had an emergency landing and smoke is reported in the cabin.

That sounds rather stressful.

[kestrel91316]

9. Jumping to the defense of the RW all day, every day, with nary a good word for Dems EVER.

Pretty impressive. Be sure you sock some of that payola away in savings for a rainy day.

[laundry_queen]

21. That one is certainly predictable. nt

[beac]

15. That's what she gets for flying around with her pants on fire all the time.

Sorry, but I can't gin up a drop of sympathy for Queen Ann.

[HangOnKids]

18. DUzy!!!!

Well done!

[laundry_queen]

23. LOL nt

[WinkyDink]

34. Brilliant!

[calimary]

37. Double DUzy!

[barbtries]

38. that was good

and i'm sorry but i'm laughing too

[awoke_in_2003]

42. No mas pantalones. nt

[uponit7771]

59. +1!

[Tigress DEM]

58. OH DEAR!!

[Tigress DEM]

60. Someone should draw that up. It would be an awesome toon.

[Initech]

103. Win!!!!

[WinkyDink]

33. Yes, undoubtedly. But it HARDLY COMPARES TO THE OP'S EXAMPLES.

Queen Ann can SIMPLY STOP CAMPAIGNING. No more "stress"!

[Raine]

47. Momentary fear doesn't equal the stress of years of hard living

on the edge of disaster.

[Scuba]

61. A new low achieved! Congratulations!

[catbyte]

78. boo freaking hoo, dkf. Did I earn you your nickel by responding?

[dionysus]

86. transparent, much?

[Initech]

104. Iceberg!!!! Straight ahead!!!

[tabasco]

108. Honestly.

Don't you have anything better to do?

[montanacowboy]

3. What Queene Anne needs is a BIG SHIT PIE

BAKED BY THE 47% HELP

[Warpy]

6. What she needs are a few life lessons in poverty

Wealth has ruined the woman completely and turned her into a spoiled child who whines about everything that is not going her way.

The shit pie will be delivered as soon as the derivatives casino collapses. It's unsustainable, so it will collapse. I hope it doesn't do so until I'm worm food, but it's already getting shaky.

[HubertHeaver]

74. The worms won't have ya, Warpy.

You have to stick around.

[Heather MC]

84. I bet she would eat more than two pieces!!!

[left on green only]

4. "Do you know what else is hard Ann?"

Well, it sure isn't Mitt, after you spend all night stroking his big ego to become president.

Did I say just that? Well slap my face.

[Auntie Bush]

11. "his big ego" I like that!

That's what we should call it from now on.

[JHB]

5. Among the many things that are harder, Ann, is...

...running for president and losing!

We'll be happy to introduce you to it.

[kalli007]

62. Ann meet my good friend losing,

Losing, meet Ann. I feel that you two will become fast friends!

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. She has no idea. None at all.

[Whovian]

8. Very well stated

Recommended.

[Marr]

10. Horse ballet is hard!

[bluemarkers]

12. Can't imagine how difficult for Mrs Obama

all the nasty stuff about her, her husband, and her children just because of their skin color.... MO is the personification of grace under fire.

Ann makes me sick.

[iemitsu]

57. you are right about that, bluemarkers.

michelle obama is the picture of grace. she and her family, the president and their children, have more in common with their countrymen than any other first family in history (the trumans a close second). the obamas are beautiful together and in the whitehouse.
i have not liked every decision the president has made but he and his family have not disgraced the positions they hold. i do not fear that the whitehouse is crime central while they occupy the space.
michelle obama is everything that ann romney is not and never will be. all the money ann has can't buy her a character of which to be proud. she and her husband thrive off the work of others. they are leeches. bloodsuckers. dark creatures who prey on the unsuspecting and the weak.
the romney candidacy may ultimately prove to be detrimental to the public perception of the mormon church, the legitimacy of republican policy, and the mystic of the uber-class. mitt and ann have managed to expose all these groups and the ugliness they embody.
ann may discover how "hard" it is to be so haughty after she is dumped from the A list. poor thing. will it be hard to be shunned by her friends for making them look so vacuous and mean? will she like to be avoided by her husband's former business associates, who are being investigated for illegal tax avoidance strategies sold to them by bain? what will she do when she is the joke of her church, the wife-hag of the prophesied white-mule candidate, failed savior, disappointment to all the faithful?
the romney's public party has really been something. we can just hope they disappear into their many mansions and aren't heard of again.

ed: grammar and word choice

[maddiemom]

77. Wow! Pretty harsh.

Not to defend the Romneys in any way...bring it on! BUT, if you think Ann will lose status when Mitt loses, you don't know "those people" that they hang with. There will just be a lot of commiseration and fear for what's happening to "their" country.

[iemitsu]

83. my paternal grandmother was one of "those people"

and i think you are right about the initial commiseration. her gaggle of girlfriends will fawn over her unfair loss. it is their turn to occupy the whitehouse after all. they are entitled.
but that set won't be able to shake the reality that mitt was bested by a black man. bested, even though that black man had been discredited in the press, set up for failure by congress, outspent during the campaign, and labeled a commie-socialist-facist-radical. this dynamic will eat at the blue blood in their veins, then, as time passes, the invitations will dry up.
the uber-rich really don't like their privilege being exposed and they will turn on those who they think have betrayed their confidence. the romneys are not "old money". they will once again be under the microscope.
i'm reasonably sure that the romneys have already had to pass the uber-class, entrance exams. new money plus their subscription to the LDS church makes them peripheral in that set anyway.
those whose wealth is tied to the romneys will continue their relationships but others will distance themselves.
its not like the romneys host wild, must attend parties or even attend them. mitt's sophomoric hijinks will seem less funny. ann's whining will eventually grate on delicate, diamond studded ears that aren't programed to sympathize with failure.
unless the romneys can present themselves as somehow enhancing the wealth and position of the uber-class, they will be eventually cut off.
it happened to my dad for marrying a poor dairy farmer's daughter, choosing a life of public service, and voting democratic.

[maddiemom]

87. I really appreciate your thoughtful reply and have to agree.

Although my own background has been well educated middle to upper middle class, I do have some very wealthy relatives. The thing is, with one exception, they are all SCANDINAVIAN. Their attitudes and use of their wealth, is very different from the Mitts of this world.

[iemitsu]

96. yes, there is a different attitude toward wealth and social responsibility

in europe than one finds in the USA. the long history of living in close communities and a retained sense of noblesse-oblige on the part of many well-to-do citizens plus a general acceptance of progressive, community oriented legislation and behavior probably work to temper the arrogance of scandinavian rich.
successful americans, like romney and ryan, believe they are self-made. no one helped them and they don't want to help others. in fact, its immoral to them to help those in need (it enables).
who knows whether or not ann will suffer from the embarrassment that is her husband's campaign? rules change. my grandmother's world disappeared a long time ago.
i don't believe that her social set was ever as avaricious, as bloodthirsty, as dishonest, or as threatening as i see today's uber-rich.
i think they'll be harsh in their judgment of ann.

[Warpy]

95. Exactly, but what she will do is pressure Mitt

to follow his money offshore and land someplace where she can be Queen, at the economic pinnacle of whatever society they find themselves in.

I'd advise her to avoid Europe, though. There is a far older aristocracy there that, while threadbare, will always be vastly superior to the aristocracy conferred by new money.

[iemitsu]

97. someday, on mitt's planet

he'll be a god.
ann will just be one of his wives.

[Warpy]

101. I've always observed that the Mormon idea of heaven

is pretty close to women's idea of hell, spending eternity tied to a faithless husband and having to clean up after him on an entire planet.

I'll stick to being heathen, thanks.

[iemitsu]

105. doesn't sound like this man's notion of heaven either.

i plan on getting as much heaven as i can in this lifetime and on this earth.
so far so good.
no waiting for an afterlife or another planet.
no interest in unequal relationships (why does anyone think that is desirable anyway? too much like being a parent, or teacher, or hanging with a pet). no expectations that others will do the work i need to do. no illusion that one can always feel great, that feeling great can only be reckoned by sometimes feeling lousy. and no real desire to have things i can't get or afford.
i'm healthy, so is my wife, i have a job that pays the bills, i eat well and have wonderful friends and family. those things seem like heaven to me.

[ReasonableToo]

66. Agreed n/t

[99Forever]

13. Well said.

A broken woman married to sociopath. May both get exactly what they deserve.

[dembotoz]

14. running for office is hard work--worked enough campains upclose to know that

i really dislike

rmoney and his frau

but she is right

it is very hard

periord

[blueamy66]

80. So go to a spa and get a massage, a $300 meal, a manicure and a pedicure

and have someone else do your laundry, clean your house, drive your limo, cook your gourmet dinners, buy your clothes and then dress you and sleep on $1000 sheets at night

My heart bleeds for her. Not.

[AlbertCat]

94. it is very hard periord

What's makes it even HARDER for Rmoney is, if you tell the truth, no one will vote for you.

[treestar]

16. Good!

Ann deserved that.

[PD Turk]

17. Exactly right

Very well stated

If I might add:

Waking up in the middle of the night with your eyes burning and feeling like they're full of sand because you welded for 12 hours and had a little light leakage in your welding helmet is hard ,Ann .

Going back in at 6am after not sleeping with your eyes still burning to work another 12 hours because your family needs the money is hard, Ann.

Falling 30 feet off a scaffolding at work and getting busted up is hard, Ann .

Leaving a full time job at 530 to go hang drywall until 2am for extra money is hard, Ann.

I could go on, but I doubt she'd ever get it. She's obviously neve known hardship

[samsingh]

19. assholes like the romneys, bushes, cheneys all play victim when they have to do any work at all

they are sooooo disgusting.

[Iliyah]

20. Worrying about how you are going to feed your children

because if you make .50 cents too much you do not qualify for food stamps.

[lillypaddle]

22. Well said!

K&R

[spanone]

24. a m e n

[Stinky The Clown]

25. Amen!

[YOHABLO]

26. She's so pathetic it's sad .. the loyal wife I suppose

[Delmette]

27. Does anyone remember a TV show called 30 days?

This guy would go live a different life for 30 days. The only episode I saw was when he and his girlfriend lived on minium wage for a month. They went into a different city, no car, just the clothes on their backs. They both got jobs, labor intensive jobs, found a small apartment and used public transportation. They almost made it to the end of the month with money in their pocket. One got hurt and one got sick, the medical bills put them in the hole.

I sure would like to see Mitt and Ann do something like that!

[calimary]

45. I vaguely remember that show. Welcome to DU, btw, Delmette!

Good point here. Her ladyship ayn of dressage has NO CLUE about how "hard" it is. Yes, I understand about campaigning being hard. I covered a few campaign events when I was still working as a reporter, and I do have at least a limited sense of it. But with that much money in her family's accounts and a husband who's that rich and influential, I'm sorry, but she doesn't get to complain about how hard she has it. Anyone with a fortune that obscenely huge forfeits the right to complain about how hard things are for them.

Yes, campaigning is hard. But is she worried whether she and mittski have a place to stay in the next stops on their campaign tour? Does she worry that their staff and other campaign entourage members have a place to stay - that they'll all get fed and paid and have all the stuff they need to work with? All the computers and laptops and web accounts and media handouts and stuff? Is she worried that there'll be enough in the campaign credit card to pay for enough diesel in the tour bus to get them to the next venue?

Does she worry about whether her sons and their families will be able to scrape by after she and hubby are gone? Does she worry that her grandchildren won't have a decent start in life? Or that they too often go to school with empty stomachs?

And yes, I also understand that she has some serious ailments. She's still fairly young. Does she worry that she won't have enough money for treatment as her health declines over the rest of her life? Or that she will have just enough, but it'll leave the rest of her family bankrupt? Certainly, it'll be hard for her, personally, in the years ahead, what with MS and all (AND having to live with him!) but her difficulties and pain and physical deterioration will be softened and VERY well-cushioned by that fabulous fortune her husband has amassed. AND THERE'LL STILL BE TONS OF MONEY LEFT OVER!!! NO MATTER WHAT HER LIFETIME TREATMENT MIGHT COST THEM!!!!!! She really CAN afford the finest medical care that money can buy. Hell, he set her up with DRESSAGE forcryingoutloud when she needed physical therapy! The rest of us have to make do with the gym or the "Y" or regular walks around the neighborhood.

Money can't buy happiness, that's certainly true. But it sure can buy a lot of comfort to get you through the times when you're unhappy. She should shut up, get off her high horse, and thank her God that SHE'S lucky enough to be in the exalted, rarified-air position she's in. And she should try a little humility for a change. Might do her some good.

[handmade34]

28. I suspect she

meant 'difficult'... there is difficulty in most endeavors people seriously undertake... seriously Mrs. Romney; you have chosen this path and it is extremely petty to have made the comment

the Romneys can quit, the Romneys can buy their way out of their difficulties, the Romneys are small minded, ignorant money rich people...

[madrchsod]

29. speaking nicely to people who are below her class......

[Cha]

30. Righteous Rant, HockeyMom! What's hard for Ann is

being a sociopathic liar like her husband and people not bowing down in delirious appreciation.

Tweet I read online..

scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy

I'd feel sympathy for Ann Romney if her hubby wasn't a venal, arrogant jerk & she didn't treat us like the hired help. #lastword

[Aldo Leopold]

31. We all know what's NOT hard for Ann, though!

[calimary]

55. Welcome to DU! And already a DUzy nominee!

As in, this very moment! DUzy!!!

Glad you're here - we need you.




Now get to work.

[George II]

32. What is" HARD", Ann Romney?

Figuring out which button makes the car elevator go up.

[WinkyDink]

35. Laundering is hard! We have to keep moving our money around!

[DrewFlorida]

36. Well said! Ann Romney you are a dirtbag just like your husband!

[madinmaryland]

39. According to Ann, Mittens is NOT hard.

[mwooldri]

40. For her, yes this *is* hard.

Relative to her, it is.

Psychologically - in her world - she is fully 100% correct. To her it is real.

We are having issues connecting with her, that is true. And vice-versa. If I were a clinical social worker I'd be fully agreeing with her and then asking her what she wants to do about it.

Sad news... I'm not a clinical social worker. That is hard luck for her. And hard for other people to connect with her and understand what is "hard".

[Spitfire of ATJ]

41. When I heard that I figured she was used to spending days lounging around in a bathrobe.

It's the "idle rich" after all.

[spiderpig]

43. Queen Ann and I are about the same age

I've worked for 40 years - 16 of which were for a large, famous corporation in which I bought stock which is now worth ZILCH. NADA. NOTHING!

Ann has MS. That is no laughing matter, and I sympathize. But I'm suffering progressive blindness and am totally dependent on my spouse's health insurance. He's eligible for retirement now but can't even think of it, because we've been told I require continuous care to maintain any "quality of life" - and we need his company health insurance.

Try interviewing for a job when you can't focus on the printed application form, Ann. Try paying taxes for 40-plus years when your only deductions are taken away while you and your ilk stash your goodies offshore and pay nothing.

I'm a proud member of the 47%. She ought to be ashamed. But she's above all that, isn't she?

Sign me Disgusted.

[fascisthunter]

46. her elitist type is so frail....

... if she had to endure just a tidbit of what the poor have to, she'd... well, maybe being so vapid would prevent her from learning anything at all. Or is it just bad character, or both?

[LibDemAlways]

48. For her, the Presidential campaign may well be hard.

Glad-handing, banquet food, small talk - all probably grate. Nevertheless, this is something they chose to do. No one forced it upon them.

In two months it will all come to an end and they can go back to whatever it is they do to keep themselves amused. They will certainly have the time and money.

[NEWYORKDEM]

49. Excellent post

Thank you.

[Raine]

50. Too "hard" for you Ann? So quit, unlike the majority Americans

you can quit with anything that's too hard or too difficult for you and go back to your easy cushy life.

[hue]

51. Thanks for posting!!!

[Shae]

52. If your list was about yourself, I hope things are better now.

[sandyshoes17]

53. It's got to be hard for them

They have to ride on a Bus. And if that isn't bad enough they have to go to diners and talk to "those people", they had no idea it would be this hard. Please give them a break they are doing the best they can in this situation. They just thought it was their turn, and would be easier than this.

[maddiemom]

54. Come on, be fair.

It Is hard to deal with a presidential campaign when you are the wife dragged along with your total A...hole husband. I know Ann has M.S., but like my Mom, who also had it in a far less affluent situation, she is managing with no obvious effects, and may for some time. Standing by your man is only natural. I'd think far less of her if she didn't. The problem with Ann...and Mitt,is their total cluelessness about normal people.

[ywcachieve]

68. Whiny, thin-skinned, not first family material.

If the Romney's can't take the heat, politics is certainly not for them.
Who does this woman think she is anyway? Does she think she and her husband are supposed to get special treatment?

[sarge43]

70. She probably does. Welcome to DU. n/t

[ywcachieve]

109. Thank you for welcoming me.

[rosesaylavee]

56. K&R

[madokie]

63. The privileged has no idea as to what is hard

[polichick]

64. Good post! imo campaigning is hard for Ann because...

...she's used to people sucking up to her and Mitt, not calling them out for their ignorant bullshit.

[dddem]

67. There's a bigger picture here

Truth be told, I have always tried not to form my opinion of the Presidential candidate based on his wife (ever since a co-worker told me she couldn't vote for John Kerry because Theresa was too opinionated). It's not easy, I'll grant you, but in the end, a candidate's spouse (except for Hilary) is just that, a candidate's spouse. What my husband is or does has no bearing on my job, and vice-versa.
I know I'll get in trouble, but here goes - as much as I don't care for, or can't relate to Ann Romney, I have to say, I do feel bad for her. She doesn't want this, and has said as much. On top of the fact that she is suffering from MS, she really doesn't have what it takes to be in politics. It's evident that she's out of her comfort zone. She has a hard time with criticism, she doesn't interview well, and she has a hard time relating with 'average' Americans. Now here's the part where we should be paying more attention - MITT ROMNEY DOESN'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT HIS WIFE; her health, her opinion, or her feelings. Do people think he's going to give a shit about them? This is about Mitt getting what he wants, regardless of what anyone else thinks. That's what scares me. That's what we should be focusing on. We should all be feeling bad for Ann Romney, and asking her husband why he doesn't.

[sarge43]

69. Agree that Romney probably doesn't give a rat's ass about her feelings, but

she's a functioning adult which means she has a right and obligation to make her own decisions. Marriage is not a polite form of indenture servitude. If her decision is to stand by her man no matter the cost, then she accepts the consequences. Many presidential candidate's wives kept a low profile; she could do the same.

[mgardener]

71. I don't feel bad

I don't feel sorry for her. Based on what she has said and her attitude, you are right, I don't know if she doesn't want this or doesn't want to mix with all the 'little' people not normally found in her world.
She has the perfect excuse to stay at home with her MS and do a very limited amount of campaigning. Michelle Obama stayed home for much of the campaign, looking after her children.

But here she is making condescending remarks and showing, like her husband that she doesn't much like anybody that is not her type of people.
I don't know who the Romney campaign thinks she is appealing to, but she appears to me to be a unhappy, nasty condescending women who wants to and should go back to her country club!

[sarge43]

72. Dialing down for the MS wouldn't be an excuse.

It would be a reason and a smart one. Stress can raise hell with MS, making a bad situation worse. Unless she's putting on act to gain sympathy, she's hurting herself.

Welcome to DU.

[mikki35]

73. Agreed...completely

I think you are dead on the money - I most sincerely doubt that Ann wanted any part of this. I think she is exactly what she appears to be - a massively spoiled, entitled (in her mind, anyway), stinking rich socialite who has never had to worry about anyone's opinion of HER. It has always been the other way around. That's what she keeps stumbling over - she's got her nose so high she can't see the candy wrapper she's about to fall over...again. Based on a whole lotta years' worth of experience, she's not gonna change. Mitt HAD to have known this - HAD to have known she's about the worst candidate for first lady imaginable - but simply cannot get past his POTUS obsession. I don't think he cares about anyone on earth except Mitt Romney. If the person you claim to love beyond all others is diagnosed with a serious, potentially fatal illness that is exacerbated by stress, would you even consider running for PRESIDENT?????

[GObamaGO]

79. She has made a choice to stay in that marriage

And consequently have to be the dutiful wife while he runs for president against her wishes. I do not feel sorry for her. I empathize with her with regard to the MS. That is difficult. However her life with MS is FAR less difficult because of wealth and access to top medical care than those of us who are not independently wealthy. She never has to worry about her insurance company dropping her, she never has to worry about choosing between expensive medications and feeding her family. Nope. Don't feel sorry for her.

[iemitsu]

90. hum? it was my impression that ann was the one who really wants to move into the whitehouse.

she talks about their candidacy, "we're in this race...", etc. suggesting that she is on-board with the program.
she is the one who said, "its our turn" for the position. she coaches mitt and clarifies his awkward oafishness.
i could be wrong but i think that she is the push behind mitt's avaricious success.

as for ann romney's MS, it is a condition i would not wish on anyone, my mother has MS too.
my mother grew up in an unplumbed and pre-electrified four room farmhouse with seven younger siblings, she worked, saved and earned scholarships so she could provide better than she had for her children, she married and followed my dad to alaska and helped him build the house i was born in, she spent part of my youth with her right side paralyzed and managed to raise six children, she taught science in public schools, she organized and never missed family hikes (even though she had to wear leg braces) where she made us collect and identify plants and insects, and she never once complained about her lot in life or how hard some task was. in her 80s she still does not complain.
i don't expect others to be so stoic. i'm not myself, but i'll admit to having some difficulty mustering sympathy for a woman, who has everything, asking others for pity when the effort she complains about is directed at making our lives harder. she wants to write party invitations on whitehouse stationary while her husband is transferring our money into his foreign bank accounts.
maybe her life would seem less burdensome if she were to give effort to helping others who are in need rather than working so hard to accumulate money and things?

[sarge43]

92. Honey, at your age whining, sulking and pouting puts lines on your face.

Unbecoming.

[iemitsu]

98. very unbecoming.

especially when spackled.

[sarge43]

106. Snork

The Romneys do seem to have a problem with makeup.

[pasto76]

75. the har part is that she WANTS something, and she is not going to get it

boo fucking hoo

[alfredo]

76. What is hard? The pool boy's dick?

[blueamy66]

81. there goes my coffee

[TBF]

82. K&R - that woman does not have a fucking clue. nt

[hfojvt]

85. How much of that have you done?

I've been unemployed, but I had plenty of money at the time. I did just fine on unemployment checks for five months.

I have no kids, and I am not a big fan of "meds." At age 50, I have not taken many for any reason, either sickness or pain. Even for allergies, I prefer honey and OTC to prescription medicine.

I have not run for President, but I have run for Congress, and I can tell you, from personal experience, that that is far more work than the average full time job. Of course, part of THAT was because I still had to work my regular job AND run a small campaign. But I ran myself ragged, it was almost a relief to get defeated.

Mitt Romney doesn't really NEED the aggravation involved in a campaign. He has enough money to do whatever he wants, many things which are probably far more fun and less work and aggravation than running for President. Yet, Mitt has decided to do the work and put up with the aggravation, because he thinks it is important. He cannot just sit back and let the working people prosper and enjoy life. For him, it is worth some effort to oppress them, and try to ruin our lives, and to also enrich the lives of the upper crust even more. If he did not step up and make these sacrifices, somebody might decide to raise the top income tax rate to 55%.

Shocking, I know, but it has been proposed on discussion boards that no one reads. (just search my journal, and you may find it).

Plus, Mitt probably wants to be included in future history books, along side other such notables as Alf Landon, Barry Goldwater, George McGovern and Walter Mondale.

I can see the appeal of that.

But I don't think what he is doing is easy.

[Liberal_in_LA]

88. good post

[foghat rules]

89. A lot of people on DU are wealthy, also.

Buzz off.

[Major Nikon]

99. You first

[BlueToTheBone]

91. A big du rec for you!

There is a difference in what is hard for sure.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

93. You think this is hard, try being First Lady

This woman should get out of the ring

[Major Nikon]

100. In her defense...

It is very hard trying to convince those with more than a few synapses actively firing that trickled on is a great idea.

[Kath1]

102. Thank you!

Thank you for putting what a lot us feel into words. I, too, consider her comments an insult. It must be terrible to be that out of touch and clueless. If I have any sympathy for her, it is because she's married to an arrogant right wing jerk. But there is a cure for that - divorce. Been there, done that and am much better for it. Come on, Ann, announce that you are divorcing Rmoney and voting for Obama. Tell us that you believe in women's rights. Give up your life of privilege and join the 47%. Get a real job. Then I'll have some sympathy. Until then - NO!

[Care Acutely]

107. K & R