Dem strategist Rosen: Ann Romney ‘never actually worked a day in her life’ [VIDEO]

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Per the Daily Caller’s review of a CNN Anderson Cooper episode:
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“Well, first, can we just get rid of this word, ‘war on women?’ The Obama campaign does not use it, President Obama does not use it — this is something that the Republicans are accusing people of using, but they’re actually the ones spreading it,” she said “With respect to the economic issues, I think actually that Mitt Romney’s right that ultimately women care more about the economic well being of their families and the like. But he doesn’t connect on that issue either.”

According to Rosen, Romney’s attempt to connect to women through his wife is inartful because Ann Romney’s lack of real-world experience makes her unable to connect to real women.

“What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying, ‘Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues’ and, ‘When I listen to my wife, that’s what I’m hearing,’” she said. “Guess what? His wife has never actually worked a day in her life. She’s never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we — why we worry about their future.’

Rosen concluded, saying that the war may be about words but that the real issue is Romney’s antiquated view of women.
Get used to more of these personal attacks, folks. The GOPe picked the world’s most vulnerable candidate in history when they chose Mr. Romney. Not only do they have the legitimate issue of his flip-flop record (running to the left of Ted Kennedy in the '94 Senate race and his consistent support of abortion and homosexuals while governor of Massachusetts only to have a miraculous conversion when he decided to run for President), they’ve going to hit him below the belt like what you haven’t ever seen before, as well. Family, religion, etc. This little opening salvo from an Obama surrogate is mild and tame compared to what we’re going to see come September and October. Just be ready.

A real candidate, with enthusiastic support, might be able to withstand an old-fashioned Chicago style political beat-down like what is going to happen to this guy. But you Romney supporters: how many of you cast your lot with him, not because you like him, but because you thought “he’s the one most likely to be able to beat Obama?” By the time the Chicago machine is done with him, his own mother will think he has pan-fried infant with his eggs in the morning.

And, by the way, he won’t be able to hit back either: any surrogate starting a whisper campaign on his part will instantly be branded with the scarlet “R” word. They won’t touch that with a 10 foot pole.

All I’ve got to say is that Mr. Romney is the candidate supported by the GOPe. I wish them luck with that strategy.
 
Well, we know that liberal demonize and marginalize the idea of stay-at-home motherhood, so why should this shock anyone?

To be a good liberal woman, you need to be on birth control, be open to abort your baby if you get pregnant, and put the baby into daycare if you are so kind as to allow it to live. Those that are allowed to live and survive daycare, latchkey, and the public school system will then be saddle with hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax liabilities from the irresponsible social entitlements put on their backs by the liberala. And they have the stones to accuse the Republicans of waging a war on women?

The Democrats are waging a war on children. This point is demonstrably clear. I wish the GOP would run with that theme, its easy to prove.
 
Mitt Romney is such a vulnerable candidate, that even nearing the end of a negative Republican primary battle, Mitt is running even with Barack Obama among likely voters in swing states, which for an incumbent president is terrible.

Hilary Rosen may have done the Romney campaign a huge favor, the ‘war on women’ nonsense can now be turned around on Democrats.

What about the Obama White House’s record with women?
Female employees in the Obama White House make considerably less than their male colleagues, records show.
According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000).
Calculating the median salary for each gender required some assumptions to be made based on the employee names. When unclear, every effort was taken to determine the appropriate gender.
freebeacon.com/hostile-workplace
 
Well perhaps that’s the opportunity needed to discuss Michelle Obama’s position at University of Chicago Medical Center…like what she was paid and how often she showed up.
 
And even if Romney’s wife never worked a day in her life–does that mean she can’t or wouldn’t know what concerns other women? That is just total nonsense.
 
Mitt Romney is such a vulnerable candidate, that even nearing the end of a negative Republican primary battle, Mitt is running even with Barack Obama among likely voters in swing states, which for an incumbent president is terrible.

Hilary Rosen may have done the Romney campaign a huge favor, the ‘war on women’ nonsense can now be turned around on Democrats.

What about the Obama White House’s record with women?

freebeacon.com/hostile-workplace
How about the Obama White House’s record on children? I’m sure they will be thrilled about the 5 trillion dollars of new debt he is saddling them with for his social engineering bondoggles.
 
In the context of women’s economic problems - which is what Romney’s own camp has dubbed the real war on women - I don’t see a big problem with that statement other than that she should have probably specified “worked outside the home”. Stay at home moms do work hard as Mrs Romney herself has remarked.

However, the context was not about staying home versus working, the context was familiarity/concern with the economic problems that concern working women. Romney was the one who started that conversation; nice try changing the topic though.
 
In the context of women’s economic problems - which is what Romney’s own camp has dubbed the real war on women - I don’t see a big problem with that statement other than that she should have probably specified “worked outside the home”. Stay at home moms do work hard as Mrs Romney herself has remarked.

However, the context was not about staying home versus working, the context was familiarity/concern with the economic problems that concern working women. Romney was the one who started that conversation; nice try changing the topic though.
So, Ann Romney’s “never actually worked a day in her life” automatically disqualifies her from:

a: [dealing] “with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing”

b. “connect[ing] to real women”

🤷

The overt double standards of the left never cease to amaze me.
 
So, Ann Romney’s “never actually worked a day in her life” automatically disqualifies her from:

a: [dealing] “with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing”

b. “connect[ing] to real women”

🤷

The overt double standards of the left never cease to amaze me.
What double standards? I simply do not see an insult anywhere in here. Similar criticisms have been made of Romney from the campaign’s start: that he’s unable to connect with ordinary folk. If his wife is going to campaign on his behalf, then similar strategies are only to be expected. Whether the criticism is valid or not, is a matter of opinion. Either way, I see no headline-worthy ‘controversy’ here.
 
What double standards? I simply do not see an insult anywhere in here. Similar criticisms have been made of Romney from the campaign’s start: that he’s unable to connect with ordinary folk. If his wife is going to campaign on his behalf, then similar strategies are only to be expected. Whether the criticism is valid or not, is a matter of opinion. Either way, I see no headline-worthy ‘controversy’ here.
Well, David Axelrod and Obama’s campaign manager disagree with you:
And although Rosen is only a supporter and not affiliated with the Obama campaign, two top Obama officials - senior strategist David Axelrod and campaign manager Jim Messina - both distanced the campaign from Rosen’s remarks through tweets of their own, with Axelrod calling the comments “inappropriate and offensive” while Messina called on Rosen to apologize.
cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57412920-503544/ann-romney-takes-to-twitter-to-defend-herself/

The double standard here is that the left has created the false “War on Womyn™”

(and despite Rosen’s claim that “this is something that the Republicans are accusing people of using, but they’re actually the ones spreading it”, a simple google search shows the Chicago Tribune, other left leaning sites and gasp the Huffnpuff Post using it)

…narrative based on the smear that the reason the USCCB is opposed to the HHS mandate is because they “hate womyn”, with Rush Limbaugh thrown in to boot, all the while ignoring those on their side who do far worse.

Its a bit of the whole “remove the beam from your eye” thingy.
 
Mitt Romney is such a vulnerable candidate, that even nearing the end of a negative Republican primary battle, Mitt is running even with Barack Obama among likely voters in swing states, which for an incumbent president is terrible.

Hilary Rosen may have done the Romney campaign a huge favor, the ‘war on women’ nonsense can now be turned around on Democrats.

What about the Obama White House’s record with women?

freebeacon.com/hostile-workplace
👍
 
Well, David Axelrod and Obama’s campaign manager disagree with you:

cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57412920-503544/ann-romney-takes-to-twitter-to-defend-herself/

The double standard here is that the left has created the false “War on Womyn™”

(and despite Rosen’s claim that “this is something that the Republicans are accusing people of using, but they’re actually the ones spreading it”, a simple google search shows the Chicago Tribune, other left leaning sites and gasp the Huffnpuff Post using it)

…narrative based on the smear that the reason the USCCB is opposed to the HHS mandate is because they “hate womyn”, with Rush Limbaugh thrown in to boot, all the while ignoring those on their side who do far worse.

Its a bit of the whole “remove the beam from your eye” thingy.
I understand why the campaign might disagree but I don’t even see a molehill here, far less a mountain.

If a woman never worked outside the home, what would make her such an expert on working women’s issues that her presidential candidate husband would use her as a resource person on these matters? :confused:

Really, this is a controversy looking for a cause - nothing more that I can see here, other than both sides accusing each other of creating the “War on Women”. Politics as usual folk…
 
I understand why the campaign might disagree but I don’t even see a molehill here, far less a mountain.

If a woman never worked outside the home, what would make her such an expert on working women’s issues that her presidential candidate husband would use her as a resource person on these matters? :confused:

Really, this is a controversy looking for a cause - nothing more that I can see here, other than both sides accusing each other of creating the “War on Women”. Politics as usual folk…
And the charge that Ann Romney can’t connect with “real women” because she’s “never worked a day in her life” says what about stay at home moms?
 
And the charge that Ann Romney can’t connect with “real women” because she’s “never worked a day in her life” says what about stay at home moms?
Nothing. This is not about stay at home moms, as Rosen is saying right now on TV.

Romney was the one who brought his stay-at-home wife into the conversation to counsel him on the problems of working women, so why blame the messenger? I wouldn’t ask a mechanic about wiring my house, because he’s never wired a house in his life! Insult or truth?
 
Nothing. This is not about stay at home moms, as Rosen is saying right now on TV.
Until you read what she said.
“Guess what? **His wife has never actually worked a day in her life. **She’s never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we — why we worry about their future.’
I would think Obama wouldn’t want to bring up the fact that more women have been forced out of jobs under his administration than any other president in history. And its under his economy that the economic issues faced by women has become so dire.
 
Nothing. This is not about stay at home moms, as Rosen is saying right now on TV.

Romney was the one who brought his stay-at-home wife into the conversation to counsel him on the problems of working women, so why blame the messenger? I wouldn’t ask a mechanic about wiring my house, because he’s never wired a house in his life! Insult or truth?
I see we’re doubling down on the false premise.

Does Ann Romney’s work experience (or lack thereof) mean she can’t or wouldn’t know what concerns other women? That is just total nonsense. I didn’t see Romney or Rosen refer to “working women” anywhere. We have “a majority” of women. “Most” women. “Real” women. I don’t see “working” women referenced at all.

Unless of course, there is another implication that working women are the only ones concerned with "how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we — why we worry about their future.’

The base implication is “Ann Romney is not qualified to discuss the economic issues plaguing Americans because she ‘never actually worked a day in her life’”

If you’re fine with that, good on ya, but even the Obama wonks have called it inappropriate.
 
Nothing. This is not about stay at home moms, as Rosen is saying right now on TV.

Romney was the one who brought his stay-at-home wife into the conversation to counsel him on the problems of working women, so why blame the messenger? I wouldn’t ask a mechanic about wiring my house, because he’s never wired a house in his life! Insult or truth?
It certainly does say something about stay-at-home Moms. The typical far left view is that women cannot be fullfilled unless they have an out-of-home professional career and job. This statement just shows how disconncected the Democrats are. Being a stay-at-home parent of five children is far more work then most of the elitist snobs on the left ever manage to do. It is sickening that he’d even make such a statement. I’d love to see him try caring for five kids, for just a week–
 
I see we’re doubling down on the false premise.

Does Ann Romney’s work experience (or lack thereof) mean she can’t or wouldn’t know what concerns other women? That is just total nonsense. I didn’t see Romney or Rosen refer to “working women” anywhere. We have “a majority” of women. “Most” women. “Real” women. I don’t see “working” women referenced at all.

Unless of course, there is another implication that working women are the only ones concerned with "how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we — why we worry about their future.’

The base implication is “Ann Romney is not qualified to discuss the economic issues plaguing Americans because she ‘never actually worked a day in her life’”

If you’re fine with that, good on ya, but even the Obama wonks have called it inappropriate.
The far left just cannot help but show their real colors–they have a disdain for large families, and for caring for children in general. Staying at home to raise a family is seen as being beneath the dignity of the modern leftist woman.

Funny thing is, our nation would be a lot better off if more parents did stay home (moms or dads)–yet what is good for the nation means nothing to the far left.
 
It certainly does say something about stay-at-home Moms. The typical far left view is that women cannot be fullfilled unless they have an out-of-home professional career and job. This statement just shows how disconncected the Democrats are. Being a stay-at-home parent of five children is far more work then most of the elitist snobs on the left ever manage to do. It is sickening that he’d even make such a statement. I’d love to see him try caring for five kids, for just a week–
I’ve listened to the whole segment. This was a comment about Ann Romney’s suitability to advise her husband on working women’s issues.

Of course, if the Romney campaign would rather deflect attention from his apparent lack of access to women who do in actual fact deal with the employment issues he has been talking about - we will truly make an effort to understand…
 
It certainly does say something about stay-at-home Moms. The typical far left view is that women cannot be fullfilled unless they have an out-of-home professional career and job. This statement just shows how disconncected the Democrats are. Being a stay-at-home parent of five children is far more work then most of the elitist snobs on the left ever manage to do. It is sickening that he’d even make such a statement. I’d love to see him try caring for five kids, for just a week–
Isn’t a family a small community?

She can always claim she was a “community organizer”. 👍
 
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