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Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:20 PM

Ann Romney Declines To Answer Questions On Gay Marriage, Contraception

Source: Huffington Post

"Here in Iowa, as you know, same-sex marriage is legal. Do you believe a lesbian mother should be allowed to marry her partner?" David Nelson, a KWQC anchor asked.

"You know, I'm not going to talk about the specific issues," Romney responded, adding that "hot-button issues" distract from the economy.

Nelson then asked whether employers should be required to provide health insurance that covers birth control. The Romney campaign has attacked the Obama administration for adopting a rule requiring most religiously affiliated employers to provide coverage for contraception in their health plans.

She declined to answer. "Again, you're asking me questions that are not about what this election is going to be about. This election is going to be about the economy and jobs."

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/07/ann-romney-gay-marriage-contraception_n_1865430.html



This was an interview Ann Romney did with Davenport IA station KWQC. It will be broadcast tonight, but the transcript is online:

http://m.kwqc.com/default.aspx?pid=2705&wnfeedurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.kwqc.com%2fstory%2f19484978%2fanne-romney-kwqc-tv6-interview-transcript%3fclienttype%3drssstory

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Reply Ann Romney Declines To Answer Questions On Gay Marriage, Contraception (Original post)
highplainsdem Sep 2012 OP
closeupready Sep 2012 #1
aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #36
goclark Sep 2012 #38
msongs Sep 2012 #2
riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #11
MNBrewer Sep 2012 #3
PatrynXX Sep 2012 #4
karynnj Sep 2012 #5
lexw Sep 2012 #6
JoePhilly Sep 2012 #8
olddad56 Sep 2012 #15
JoePhilly Sep 2012 #25
riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #10
WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #7
mojo2012 Sep 2012 #9
olddad56 Sep 2012 #12
smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #18
davidpdx Sep 2012 #28
smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #32
davidpdx Sep 2012 #29
olddad56 Sep 2012 #13
mainstreetonce Sep 2012 #14
SmittynMo Sep 2012 #34
DemKittyNC Sep 2012 #16
elbloggoZY27 Sep 2012 #17
aquart Sep 2012 #26
LibGranny Sep 2012 #19
JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #20
DeSwiss Sep 2012 #21
heaven05 Sep 2012 #22
closeupready Sep 2012 #37
spiderpig Sep 2012 #23
patrice Sep 2012 #24
onehandle Sep 2012 #27
muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #30
Hab Habit Sep 2012 #31
SmittynMo Sep 2012 #33
CrispyQ Sep 2012 #35
luv_mykatz Sep 2012 #39
luv_mykatz Sep 2012 #40
grantcart Sep 2012 #41

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:22 PM

1. Clearly, she and her husband disapprove of gay people having

intimate romantic relationships with other people.

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Response to closeupready (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 03:53 PM

36. Everything is a "hot button" issue to Spinderella and her Prince Smarming

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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #36)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 06:31 PM

38. Spinderella and her spinning Prince


Both of them are out to lunch!

They need to take a long vacation and come back in December

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:23 PM

2. "Do you think it's right that your horse has better health care than most Americans" - hmmm nt

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Response to msongs (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:02 PM

11. +1. Couldn't have said it better... nt

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:23 PM

3. Wow! I guess "gay-bashing-as-Republican's-bread-and-butter" is coming to an end.

There's no margin in anti-gay bias anymore. They milked that cow dry.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:28 PM

4. more like your not asking what I think you should be asking....

as in hello gay marriage and especially birth control is tied into the economy. bonk.

lovely Im born in Davenport when we still had a Farmall plant there.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:29 PM

5. What arrogance - people can vote on whatever issues they choose

I can't remember any spouse of candidate being like this.

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Response to karynnj (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:39 PM

6. Very true

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Response to karynnj (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:52 PM

8. Why do you hate Ann's America?

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Response to JoePhilly (Reply #8)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:14 PM

15. cause I can't afford a pony.

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Response to olddad56 (Reply #15)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:56 PM

25. Set up a shell corporation in the Caymans, then have that company buy the pony ...

then you "rent" the pony from your shell corporation.

Then, have the shell corporation write off the cost of maintaining the pony, minus the rather tiny amount of "pony rent" that you pay your shell company.

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Response to karynnj (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:01 PM

10. Agreed. Really bizarre and arrogant. I hope the teevee producer doesn't cut that nt

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:49 PM

7. They clearly have her muzzled...

 

except for a few talking points.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:57 PM

9. In other words

Don't talk to me unless it's about married pro-life women because I don't care about the others.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:11 PM

12. She really isn't qualified to speak on any issue. That being said,

this election is about a lot more that the economy. She wants to make it about the economy because her husband isn't the incumbent that has had to attempt to clean up the messes of the last republican president. Bush severely damaged the economy and attempted to destroy the middle class. If she doesn't want to talk about social issues and civil liberties, that speaks volumes about where she stands.

Why isn't anybody talking about the Bush era and the fact that he was deliberately trying to destroy the economy, at the expense of the people in the middle.

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Response to olddad56 (Reply #12)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:41 PM

18. I was just wondering the same thing today, after having a great Pro-Obama, Anti-Mitt conversation w/

a cab driver from Somalia. He is about to get his citizenship and can't wait to be able to vote, but he's very knowledgable on the issues - and very bright. He asked almost as soon as I got in the cab who I was voting for and I said "Obama of course, anybody who votes for Romney is a fool", unless they are obscenly wealthy or extremely stupid.

Anyway we had a great chat and after I got out of the cab, I was wondering, why has nobody ever hammered home the point on how many people have lost their jobs and more due to Romney's sickening pillaging of various corporations. Does anyone believe that he will really create jobs? I don't and I never will.

The last thing he said was that this country is over if Romney won. I heartily agreed. Bright kid.

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Response to smirkymonkey (Reply #18)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 05:30 AM

28. It's good to hear an immigrant is so passionate about being invovled

in politics. I'm sure it will be a proud moment when he gets his citizenship and is able to vote.

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Response to davidpdx (Reply #28)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 09:38 AM

32. I suppose this is why R/R wan't to block immigrant voting

They get it. And they aren't voting Republican

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Response to olddad56 (Reply #12)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 05:36 AM

29. I disagree, I would bet she's a fairly smart woman

She probably feels muzzled to a certain degree given who her husband is and their religion. If you think about it, it is pretty sad. People whomever they are, if their gender is male/female, sexual orientation, race, religion, or who they are married to have the right to have their own opinion.

Granted she made the choice to suppress her own rights at some point and has to live with it.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:14 PM

14. Sounds like

the infamous Palin/Couric interview.

I'd love to see Tina Fey do Ann Romney.

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Response to mainstreetonce (Reply #14)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 11:40 AM

34. That would be sooooooo cool.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:18 PM

16. Ohh Noos!!!

How will we ever know where she stands on these issues...

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:21 PM

17. Just a No

 

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The women of the GOP are just back seat drivers. You would think that somebody in the GOP has about had enough of the RIGHT WINGERS and just admit they have been high jacked by some really awful folks. I can understand another view but not from PLUTO or beyond.

Mr Obama got it right last night when he said that he is the President of the United States.


Start growing up and join the program.

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Response to elbloggoZY27 (Reply #17)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:37 PM

26. Democrats have husbands, wives, spouses, partners, lovers.

Republicans have little women.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:47 PM

19. "this election is going to be about the economy and jobs." BECAUSE SHE SAID SO!

and the queen has spoken! She's gonna be cutting some people's heads off if they don't quit bugging her!

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:49 PM

20. Is she an economist?

If not, why is she limited to only questions about the economy? Since when are presidential candidates (and their wives) allowed to prescreen their interviewer's questions?

It seems Ms Romney only expects to go on TV to trash Obama. "This isn't about my husband". LOL

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:09 PM

21. ''We believe that we've told 'you people' all you need to know.''



- K&R

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Response to DeSwiss (Reply #21)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:19 PM

22. love

i love this one

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Response to DeSwiss (Reply #21)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 06:01 PM

37. C'affiche, c'est magnifique!

Touche!

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 08:07 PM

23. Ugh. n/t

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:24 PM

24. Yeah, Ann, whether people can marry or not, or whether they have more children or not

doesn't have anything to do with how well the economy works.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:17 PM

27. Just as artificial as her husband unit. nt

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 06:31 AM

30. She talks about the economy, and then claims "I'm here to really just talk about my husband ...

... and what kind of husband and father he is". No, you lying idiot, when the interviewer gave you the completely open "What is your message to voters?" question, you said nothing about what kind of husband and father Mitt is. You launched straight into the pre-programmed talking points of "a tough economy". You never try to say what kind of husband he is - nothing about how you divide up family decisions or work, nothing whatsoever about your children, nothing about how Mitt relates to you as husband to wife. You just swerve back into "for the economy, Obama is bad, Mitt is good" pap that tells people squat. You're damn lucky the interviewer didn't ask you how the economy would be better under a Romney regime, because you haven't a clue - because he hasn't a fucking clue either.

All you know is that your own taxes will plummet, and your venture capital friends will literally make out like bandits, but without the worry of being arrested, and screw what happens to The Help. That's the message Ann Romney gives - "Mitt will make me even richer, and that's all you peasants need to know. This election is about how to direct more money to the 1%".

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 08:48 AM

31. "We are not amused by these Questions!"

 

"Now go fetch my horse!"

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 11:39 AM

33. This is so typical.

You better get use to the ignorance if these two wing nuts get in there. On the other hand, do you think Michelle would have given the same answer? Hell no. She would have at least discussed it. Rmoney and his wife are in it for the prestige and the money, but mostly the prestige. Michelle is in it for the country. Michelle's speech told me so much more about herself, and Barack. Do we want someone in the white house to protect our ass, or bury our ass? It's quite simple, really.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 11:50 AM

35. Dear Ann,

While the economy is very important to me, the right to control my own body is more important.

Besides, your guy loses on the economy, too.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 03:16 PM

39. DThe economy and jobs....NOT!

rMoney and his wife ARE running their campaign on social issues. Come on, it is freakin' obvious, with their dog whistle statements what they are really trying to do.

Same-old, same-old, from the Repukes, as usual.

Their campaigns are NEVER about improving the economy or creating jobs for the middle and working class. The Repuke play book is about distracting people with false promises about keeping away teh Gays, and maintaining white upper-class power and wealth. The voters who are motivated by this kind of campaigning have been blinded by the corporate owned media, fundy whack job churches, and their own prejudices and fears. In the past, they have not seemed to notice that what the Repukes are REALLY about is MORE MONEY for the Robber Baron elite.

We could try focusing on these benighted voters, see the light bulb of reality lighting up in their heads, helping them to see the truth about how they are being manipulated. Let the mass outing of Repuke scandals increase, let the light of truth shine for all to see.

Let this smilie be what happens for the deluded masses:

And, for all of us who DO get it:

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 03:19 PM

40. Need to add:

The Repukes are about Oppression: of women, people of color, the poor and middle class, any religion other than fundy whack job, etc., ad nauseum.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 04:08 PM

41. When Romney came out against wind subsidies he gave Iowa the final shove to Obama.


Ann's just making sure it cannot come back.

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