Ann Romney and Working Moms
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Ann Romney and Working Moms
| Thu, 04-12-2012 - 11:26am |
Hilary Rosen has started a Twitter firestorm by stating that Ann Romney isn't capable of giving advice on women and the economy since she's never worked a day in her life:
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Can she, as a SAHM, represent me, as a WOHM?
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"If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing."-- Kingsley Amis, British novelist, 1971 t .
I was watching AC360 last night when Hilary Rosen made those comments.
First of all, I think it's really insulting and reductionist to say that Ann Romney or any other woman is an expert on "women's issue" by virtue of that person being born with female plumbing.
It was easy enough to google her and find that no she has not worked a paying job anywhere.
“Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
I do not get the shock to HIlary's statement that AR never worked.
“Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
Here is Ann Romney's response:
Mrs. Romney, whose resume may not boast the corporate positions that pepper her husband’s work history, countered Rosen’s charge with a simple statement, “I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work,” she tweeted, leaving more drawn out rebuttals to other Twitter users who were happy to come to her defense. Despite being the wife of an oft-criticized millionaire presidential candidate who can’t seem to refrain from mentioning how many friends he has in high places, Ann Romney has enjoyed a mostly positive reception from the American public thus far.
Aside from being a homemaker and mother of five, Ann is a multiple sclerosis sufferer and former first lady of Massachusetts who has worked extensively, both as a liaison for the governor’s office while her husband was in office and with several children’s charities. While those positions were unpaid, she’s certainly “worked a day in her life.” As America watches yet another budget fiasco unfold in Washington however, I have to wonder if the prospective first lady’s economic wherewithal will really matter.
http://www.ivillage.com/ann-romney-stay-home-mom-hilary-rosen/8-a-443882
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/hilary-rosen-ann-romney_n_1420990.html?ref=elections-2012
When you say how it came out on camera--was this something she said in an interview?
“Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
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