yeah... prolly not good to bring her Johns to the house
Posted on 04/14/2012 7:35:52 PM PDT by Kaslin
The conservative outrage machine is going to churn on all cylinders over this one, I think -- and rightly so. Not necessarily because Maher said something unusually contemptible here, but for reasons we'll discuss in a moment. The infamous misogynist's shot at Ann Romney comes right around the 4:30 mark, as he ridicules Rosengate as a "meaningless controversy:"
Bill Maher on Hilary Rosen: Just Meaningless Controversies
“But what [Hilary Rosen] meant to say, I think, was that Ann Romney has never gotten her ass out of the house to work.”
Maher did go on to qualify his remark, acknowledging that being a full-time mother can be arduous, but quickly added that holding a "real" job is "a different kind of tough thing:"
“No one’s denying that being a mother is a tough job — I remember that I was a handful. OK, but there is a big difference in being a mother in that tough job, andgetting your ass out of the door at 7 a.m. when it’s cold, having to deal with the boss, being in a workplace, and even if you’re unhappy you can’t show it for eight hours, that is a different kind of tough thing, isn’t it?”
"My general rule is you don’t talk about the spouses of elected officials because they have a really tough job. They’re out there supporting their husband or wife who has chosen to serve in the public eye. I think they’re off limits.”
Team Obama immediately congratulated itself for this bold statement, crowing that Obama had proven that he could honorably "stand up to his friends" or whatever by scolding an ally. Ok, champ. If your own standard is that spouses are "off limits," how do you keep a million bucks from a major donor who spouts off and says your opponent's wife never bothered to "get her ass out of the house to work?" While Obama can't legally direct his affiliated outside group to return the money, he can make his preference very clear. So Obamaland has three choices, as I see it:(1) Pretend there's nothing to see here, as they did when Maher faced scrutiny during the Fluke flap. (2) Issue a half-baked statement disapproving of the comment, but keep the cash because the SuperPAC the president flip-flopped to endorse needs every cent it can get. (3) Return the cool mil, demonstrating that Obama's "rules" of political civility actually mean something. My best guess is that the White House tries the first option initially, then transitions into step two. But that pile of money isn't going anywhere. (If I'm wrong about that, I'll be the first to issue credit where it's due). Meanwhile, the Romney camp is taking full advantage of this flare-up. They're fundraising off of it, producing "moms drive the economy" bumper stickers, and promoting Ann Romney to surrogate-in-chief status. Byron York worries that Republicans are playing the Democrats' game by extending the "war on women" nonsense, but I think this is a slam dunk. Obama's built a substantial gender advantage with women thanks to a unrelenting campaign of demagoguery and false statements from his supporters. The GOP has finally thrown Democrats back on their heels regarding women issues. I see no reason to relent, especially considering their string of unforced errors. Obama's SuperPAC accepted seven figures from Bill Maher, knowing full well that he peddles in crudity and nastiness. Now that he's violated one of Obama's high-minded "principles," Republicans would be committing political malpractice if they didn't beat the drums on this to inflict maximum Democratic discomfort. A manufactured Democrat narrative is blowing up in their faces; Republicans are right to force their opponents to wear it.
UPDATE - Mediaite's Tommy Christopher says because the Romney's could afford nannies, Ann's decision to raise her children amounted to pursuing "a hobby." Keep digging, guys.
yeah... prolly not good to bring her Johns to the house
Liberals are work snobs. There is no job that is no good or not noble out there for anyone, unless it is drug dealing or something illegal.
For a liberal one should be ashamed of working at home, self hating, but not of working at some factory. Why? It makes no sense unless we get the liberal mindset of slavery, because they want to turn legit business into abusive slavery and further subject to government control.
The Smithonian channels called WWII’s war effort successful thanks to the “spirit of the gulag”, I kid you not. Wow, working at a death camp is preferable to them. This is the useful idiot snob of the left and how you get it out of a good home or country and send him or her proud to become a sex worker “outside the house”.
Maher is a pimp, pervert, pedophile and inherent islamist little narcissist.
REAL WORK would be sleeping with this puke. I realize hookers get paid and there are women who will hook up/date/marry men who make money despite how disgusting they may be, but having to be in his company and see him naked would be one of the worst jobs in the entire country.
Back in the early 90’s 80’s my friends wife catered for the Playboy mansion. Bill Maher went there so often, uninvited, that hew was told not to come there unless invited. He was never invited again : )
LOL!!! what a poser... or is that imposer?
That SOB is actually going to make me want to push the lever for Romney, if he’s the nominee, and believe me, I’d rather swallow hemlock than vote for Romney.
And if Liberals really don’t want Romney to win, the best thing they can do is treat him like McCain, say nice things about him. First, it turns off the conservatives, and liberals will still wind up voting for the real thing, instead of “Dem-Lite.”
Maher probably hit on too many gals, and they complained : )
no doubt!
I don’t think those bunny bimbos watch political shows anyway : )
He truly gives me the creeps -
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