History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Ann Romney and raising children: [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)And I salute the folks you choose to congregate with for that. But outside of polite society, on message boards, it's really evident as an undercurrent. I doubt Cokie Roberts would have mentioned it on "This Week" if it were ancient history, she's usually got a good sense of what's going on in middle America.
Even after my siblings and I were grown, our Mom never went out to work, and she only did light volunteer work (with her church) after we were of school age. My sister's twins just turned 21 this year, and she still has not gone back to the work she did before she had them. There are a lot of folks out there in America who have had (and still have) the choices that afford them that sort of lifestyle, and we need them on our side in November. Ms. Rosen's comments about an out-of-touch candidate conveyed a sense that she herself was out-of-touch.
I just hope the news cycle on this is over, and we can get back to telling America why Mitt Romney should not be President, and not why Ann Romney should not be First Lady. If we let them shift the debate that way, we lose.