Posted on 04/12/2012 11:00:21 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA
Amid a massive backlash from the American public and a stampeding retreat from her supporters, Democratic National Committee advisor Hilary Rosen backtracked from her words about Ann Romney last night on CNN, stating a few moments ago, “As a pundit, I know my words on CNN last night were poorly chosen … I apologize to Ann Romney.” The report of that statement comes from Jim Acosta at CNN.
The question is whether the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee will apologize to Romney, and whether they will fire Rosen over this incident. Rosen has long been associated with the Obama team and the DNC, and her apology means virtually nothing given the fact that she has defended her comments at length over the past 24 hours. Only pressure from inside the Obama campaign and DNC forced this apology. Even then, she apologized to Romney for her wording, not for the point she was making.
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That Ann Romney 'never worked a day in her life'.
As a disclaimer, I don't watch the lame stream media either, but I do read transcripts. Particularly after some idiot dem has launched what they think is a political bomb....and it blows up right in their faces!
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Don’t know why liberals criticise one of their own. I find it interesting that so-called conservative women and men are coming to Ann Romney’s defense. Her husband is filthy rich, has always been filty rich and she’s never had to work a day in her life. Plus she’s every bit the liberal as Rosen and Hillary Clinton. She has donated to the baby killing mill Planned Parenthood and her and her liberal husband believe it’s perfectly fine for homosexuals to have “civil unions”, which is exactly like marriage, only not called marriage. She has also stood right beside her liberal husband when be caters to homosexuals groups by proclaiming “gay pride” week in the state of Mass.
So the big question for me is why would liberals criticise one of their own?
I was a homemaker for many years before entering the work force...and I can attest to the fact very little of homemaking prepared me for the world outside my home....though I had volunteered in various organizations, and did fund-raising etc. And also participated in my husbands business... It is a another beast altogether to adjust simply punching a time clock! Getting “permission to take a bathroom break”...Let alone work for someone else which your income and such is dependent on your performance.
I don't believe that Mrs. Romney has a clue to the emotional and mental impact a woman has when she alone, or with her husband, has to do to make life work at home AND in the workplace. Not even remotely.
She speaks of how difficult work raising a family is....well most woman do that ‘in addition’ to working a 40 hr. week. They do not have the “leisure” of working their own schedule, but are fixed on times and places in order to juggle the work load of both home and Work.
So no...I don't think Anne Romney does understand the plight of many woman....she was and is, as I later saw myself,...”protected and sheltered” from having to deal with
the realities of “provision” and making ends meet along with raising a family. Further it's much doubtful Anne has ever known basic needs going unmet....so her world is vastly different then most. She and Romney are of the elite...and that's a far cry from the average working class man or woman.
This is so stupid.
Someone says something they mean, then apologizes. This is happening all of the time now. It is so childish - just stand by what you say, for crying out loud.
It’s like a bunch of school children bickering back and forth and the teacher/parent forcing them to apologize. So silly and meaningless.
When Lesbians step in it...Next on Oprah.
I find your post despicable. I don’t care how much money her husband has or how liberal you claim she is. She stayed home and raised five children, has dealt with cancer and has MS. Let me know when you do the same.
Some of you people really make me think some conservatives are as bad, if not worse, than some liberals. I guess you’re just mad she was smart enough to pick a spouse who could support them so she could stay home and raise the children they decided to have.
Which is absolutely meaningless. She only apologizes because of the up roar. Not because she "actually" is contrite about it. She meant every word she said initially. No up roar, no apology. That is why I think 99.9% of all these apologies everyone gives every 45 seconds nowadays is meaningless. They don't really mean it. Just saying words to throw water on the flames. Meaningless.
Well, Rosen is stupid, and Obama deserves it. It’s what happens when you prop up the like of slut Fluke. They open their mouth and defeat the democrate strategy of portraying conservatives as being at war against women.
“I don’t believe that Mrs. Romney has a clue to the emotional and mental impact a woman has when she alone, or with her husband, has to do to make life work at home AND in the workplace. Not even remotely.”
So, according to you, being a cancer survivor and having multiple sclorsis; raising a large family and being the wife of a fulltime somewhat successful politician does not give her license to understand the emotional and mental impact a woman endures while working? Really? Just because she never needed permission to go to the bathroom? Really?
Class war = 'Division' between classes
War against woman = 'Division' between the sexes
Religious war = 'Division' between religions
Political War = 'Division' between parties
The one common denominater is "Division". And that is Obamas objective.... for a divided nation cannot stand!
During the War of 1812 a similar line appeared in a letter from Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren. Mrs. Adams wrote:
"... A house divided upon itself - and upon that foundation do our enemies build their hopes of subduing us."
In Thomas Paine's 1776 Common Sense:
His description of the composition of Monarchy,.... "this hath all the distinctions of a house divided against itself . . ."
Thomas Hobbes, in his 1651 Leviathan, stated that:
"a kingdom divided in itself cannot stand."
And God spoke in His word to us from which all these quotes originated from:
"And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand."...Mark 3:25
According to Rush. The twins were adopted in 2003. She split from her “partner” in 2006. Don’t know who got the kids.
I would guess Rosen as she is playing the role of a sterotypical male sexist pig trashing women. She probably splits and scratches her crouch a lot,too.
We shouldn’t be naive. Rosen apologized to keep the story alive.
When are we going to stop letting Obama pick the subject of our daily discussions?
IOW 'I wish I could have said the same thing some other way so that I could have gotten away with it.'
splits=spits
Like calling Ann Romney a no-nothing idiotic woman and then apologizing that Ann Romney is a no-nothing idiotic woman.
like the old joke : Mommy! Mommy! Billy called me an asshole!
"Billy! You apologize to your brother Tommy right now!
OK. Tommy I'm sorry you're an asshole.
Well it didn’t take long for you to get slammed for saying you agreed with some of what Rosen said. Guess what, I agreed with some of it too. Not the part about Ann never working a day in her life, but about Ann not knowing how difficult it can be to be working, raising a family and just because the illness issue has been throw into the mix, also dealing with illness of self or other loved ones. The comment from Rosen was wrong, but to pretend Ann is just like everyone other mom is a bit much. The GOP and many, many others need to be careful they don’t over do this issue. Romney already comes across as very out of touch with the average American. It is a given that rich people have access to things that make their life easier that we average people don’t have access to. To pretend otherwise is absurd.
I don’t want Rosen fired,,I’d prefer she keep firing off her mouth. She is making it easy for the conservatives.
Keep talking Hillary!
I don’t want Rosen fired,,I’d prefer she keep firing off her mouth. She is making it easy for the conservatives.
Keep talking Hillary!
Just because she's wealthy now doesn't mean she doesn't know anything about the economics of raising five children.
What Rosen said was despicable at any level.......at EVERY level. It insults all of us who made the choice, sometimes difficult, to stay at home and raise our kids.
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