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EarlG

(21,885 posts)
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 11:35 AM Apr 2012

Pic Of The Moment: What A Difference Three Months Make



[div style="width: 520px; padding: 20px; background-color: #e6e6e6;"]Mitt Romney made his first public remarks Friday on the controversy over a top Democratic strategist criticizing his wife for her past as a stay-at-home mother.

While speaking at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in St. Louis, the likely GOP presidential candidate introduced Ann Romney as "a hero of mine."

"I happen to believe that all moms are working moms, and if you have five sons, your work is never over," Romney said, as his wife joined him on stage.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/13/romney-responds-to-stay-at-home-mom-comment-against-wife
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NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)
1. "if you have five sons, your work is never over". I guess they got
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 11:52 AM
Apr 2012

their money's worth out of their nanny and housekeepers then.

corkhead

(6,119 posts)
2. The Obama camp has plenty to pummel Rmoney all summer long using his own flip floppy words
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 12:02 PM
Apr 2012

Let's see if they do.

EarlG

(21,885 posts)
3. More...
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 12:32 PM
Apr 2012

Think Progress reports:

For most women, Romney maintains that a choice to work or to stay at home with the kids should be regarded as equally valid, his campaign made clear last week. But for poor women who receive government assistance, staying home is not an option -- they should work. ...

A passage from Romney's book, No Apology: The Case For American Greatness, elaborates on this. In it, he argues that children of "nonworking parents" will be conditioned to have "an indolent and unproductive life:"

In some quarters, however, the American work ethic is waning. Some people devote themselves to find ways not to work. Some seem to take a perverse kind of pride in being slipshod or lackadaisical. In many cases, where our work culture has deteriorated, shortsighted government policies share a good part of the blame.

Welfare without work erodes the spirit and the sense of self-worth of the recipient. And it conditions the children of nonworking parents to an indolent and unproductive life. Hardworking parents raise hardworking kids; we should recognize that the opposite is also true. The influence of the work habits of our parents and other adults around us as we grow up has lasting impact.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002569758

TahitiNut

(71,611 posts)
6. There isn't an iota of difference between that attitude ....
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 12:39 PM
Apr 2012

... and the attitudes of slave-owners in Antebellum America. THAT's what 'Original Consitutional Intent' is all about!!!

siligut

(12,272 posts)
4. Mitt believes the welfare queen meme
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 12:34 PM
Apr 2012

He can't help himself, he has no real world experience so he has to listen to what the assholes tell him. He doesn't really even know what the unemployment rate is either. His simple solutions may sound good to some people but are impossible when dealing with reality.

TahitiNut

(71,611 posts)
5. What "difference"? The Mitt-wit regards 'work' on the Rmoney Plantation as necessary
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 12:36 PM
Apr 2012

... for others to maintain him in the lifestyle to which he was born. He's Miss Scarlett ... and his mission is to return us all to the antebellum times when all was right with the world. Far right. He's no racist, though. So stop saying that. He just doesn't give a shit what color his slaves are.



Mammy does the 'work' and Mom just holds the whip.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
7. Perhaps he should look into the cost of daycare and going rates for remedial jobs.
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 12:44 PM
Apr 2012

Working out of the house only to cover the cost for daycare is counterproductive at best.

guyfromla

(49 posts)
9. MORON ROMNEY
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 01:46 PM
Apr 2012

A guy who will say anything and do anything to get elected!! He says he will create job as he has BUSINESS EXPERIENCE!! Please remind me where was his BUSINESS SKILLS when he was the Governor of Massachusetts - his state was 48th in JOB CREATION...

SDjack

(1,448 posts)
11. The Mittens particle may have been found.
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 03:53 PM
Apr 2012

I saw the double image, and at 120 degrees, I saw this:

"Mysterious Particle Found After Decades of Searching
3:03 PM - An elusive particle that is its own antiparticle may have been found, ..."

CanOfWhoopAss

(841 posts)
12. Mil Máscaras should have so many faces.
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 01:51 AM
Apr 2012

Mitt Máscaras may be more fitting for Romney. He has a face for every issue. Harvey "Two Face" Dent feels normal around Mitt.

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