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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ann Romney: ‘I Love The Fact That There Are Women Out There Who Don’t Have A Choice’ And... [View all]
Ann Romney: I Love The Fact That There Are Women Out There Who Dont Have A Choice And Must Go To Work
By Alex Seitz-Wald
In an emotional speech about the difficulty of motherhood and life on the campaign trail, Ann Romney used an odd choice of words to discuss mothers who are forced to work while raising their children.
Ann Romney was at the center of a national discussion recently after a Democratic consultant charged that the would-be future first lady couldnt possibly understand the plight of working mothers because she had the luxury to stay home and devote herself full time to raising her kids. The Romney campaign fired back, accusing Democrats of lacking respect for stay at home moms.
The issue was largely dismissed after a few days as a ginned-up silly season controversy, but Ann Romneys comments last night at the Connecticut Republican Partys Prescott Bush Awards Dinner could potentially reignite the issue. After discussing how she understands the challenges mothers face, Romney said, according to BuzzFeed:
It seems Romney was trying to express empathy for women who dont have the option to stay at home, as she did. But the comment that she love(s) that some women dont have a choice and must work is unusual, to say the least, and could lead to a new round of charges that the Romneys dont understand average Americans, given their enormous wealth.
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By Alex Seitz-Wald
In an emotional speech about the difficulty of motherhood and life on the campaign trail, Ann Romney used an odd choice of words to discuss mothers who are forced to work while raising their children.
Ann Romney was at the center of a national discussion recently after a Democratic consultant charged that the would-be future first lady couldnt possibly understand the plight of working mothers because she had the luxury to stay home and devote herself full time to raising her kids. The Romney campaign fired back, accusing Democrats of lacking respect for stay at home moms.
The issue was largely dismissed after a few days as a ginned-up silly season controversy, but Ann Romneys comments last night at the Connecticut Republican Partys Prescott Bush Awards Dinner could potentially reignite the issue. After discussing how she understands the challenges mothers face, Romney said, according to BuzzFeed:
Romney alluded to the fact that not all women can stay at home saying, I love the fact that there are women out there who dont have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too. And sometimes life isnt easy for any of us.
It seems Romney was trying to express empathy for women who dont have the option to stay at home, as she did. But the comment that she love(s) that some women dont have a choice and must work is unusual, to say the least, and could lead to a new round of charges that the Romneys dont understand average Americans, given their enormous wealth.
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http://thinkprogress.org/special/2012/04/24/469896/ann-romney-women-work/
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Ann Romney: ‘I Love The Fact That There Are Women Out There Who Don’t Have A Choice’ And... [View all]
ProSense
Apr 2012
OP
That's one hell of whoopsie there... How many GOP voters know anything about him? Their bosses do.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#27
Wow. She manages to be clueless and condescending at the same time. She and her husband are
NC_Nurse
Apr 2012
#13
"there are women out there who don’t have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to
zbdent
Apr 2012
#15
Honestly, you'd think the only time the woman opens her mouth is to trade feet.
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2012
#21
Is there anyone out there who still believes we should lay off Mitt Romney's spouse?
riderinthestorm
Apr 2012
#34
Aside from the comments. Wouldn't a sane country look at the Prescott Bush awards
TheKentuckian
Apr 2012
#41
Indeed, but when you such a horse's ass, making a horse's ass of herself (again) that stuff gets
truebrit71
Apr 2012
#45
The Romneys don't understand the average American? They don't even understand the English language.
bluesbassman
Apr 2012
#42
You should respect my choice. But I love the fact that other women don't have it.
fishwax
Apr 2012
#50
Comming from her, this is an odd comment too "sometimes life isn’t easy for any of us.”
notadmblnd
Apr 2012
#57