Comments on: The president of NOW forgets the first rule of holes

By: Gary Rosen

Gary Rosen — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:59:22 +0000

Re Oprah: of course she is going to have only extreme factions on her show. Conflict -> ratings.

By: MissJean

MissJean — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:48:09 +0000

I guess it depends on what the definition of “work” is. Ann Romney HAS worked outside the home. Among other things, she was a board member of United Way of America and helped start its Faith and Action initiative. She’s been involved in a number of children’s charities as well. But I guess it doesn’t count as “work” if you don’t have a big salary and defined benefits.

This political episode reminds me of the last time I watched Oprah. She had on two factions of women: 1) working women who believed that educated women MUST work and that SAHMs sat around eating bonbons, and 2) SAHMs who believed that mothers MUST stay home and that working mothers were selfishly neglecting their children.

There was not a woman in-between, but that’s where most American mothers are.

By: sallyo

sallyo — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:11:39 +0000

This conversation about working moms vs sahms takes me back 30 years! Have we really not progressed past this? Have you also noticed that it isn’t the young mothers who are slamming Ann Romney? They seem to be smarter than we were at that age.
Ann Romney is a great example of Mormon women, who really aren’t “Stepford Wives” at all. And neither are other wives and mothers, regardless of their political/religious views who are either working or staying at home. We are human beings doing the best we can to raise our children.

By: NeoConScum

NeoConScum — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:07:50 +0000

Oh, and I’m entusiastically with you , Neo, re-Keep on Digging, Lib-Left Dems! Dig that hole,’Yo, deeper & deeper & deeper. Let us know how the November sky looks from down there.

By: NeoConScum

NeoConScum — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:04:06 +0000

Alfred E. Newman Moment: Watching the shrewish Terry O’Neil of the N.A.G.s*refer to Hilary “Clinton” is a ‘hoot. And Red Maxine Wa-Wa blathering “Rotney” is a tell on her perpetually pea sized brain.
Have the NAGs reached a membership above..ohhh, say, 200K?

*Rush’s funny name: National Association of Gals.*

By: Gary Rosen

Gary Rosen — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:51:37 +0000

One interesting side effect of this controversy is that it may accomplish something Romney has had an awfully hard time doing on this own – endear him to the skeptical conservative “base”.

PS – No relation! My only relatives who share my last name are immediate family members (siblings, wife, child)

By: newton

newton — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:27:22 +0000

They want to paint Ann Romney (and, by extension, all Mormom SAHMs – and of course, all SAHMs in general) as “Stepford Wives. That is all.

The reality is that NOW stopped representing the interests of the American Woman when they gladly announced years ago that they would gladly give good ole’ Bill Clinton sexual favors just to keep abortion legal. It was that moment that taught me never to take those elements seriously ever again.

The NOW crowd lives in The Fishbowl. The American Woman lives the world outside of it. Let’s see if any one of the NOW crowd could even do a fiftieth of what a SAHM does during the day. It’d be like fish out of water.

And this is coming from a SAHM.

By: SteveH

SteveH — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:19:31 +0000

“”Just how air-tight is that bubble? Just how myopic and parochial does being trapped in that infernal bubble make one? “”
George Pal

Progressivism has morphed into a religion filled with closed minded fundamentalist at its head. They don’t have ideas that they test and scrutinize to decide policies. They have no interest in what fails or succeeds. They have beliefs. Unmovable beliefs.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:01:41 +0000

“the Washington Post’s “fact-checker” has declared that the “92% of jobs lost on Obama’s watch were lost by women” statistic is “TRUE BUT FALSE“.”
It is to weep.

By: PCachu

PCachu — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:39:20 +0000

re: the Romney statement noted by Curtis - don't forget that this particular statistic has just been subjected to the most hilariously transparent piece of doublespeak yet to emerge from Obama's fawning fan club. In case you missed it: the Washington Post's "fact-checker" has declared that the "92% of jobs lost on Obama's watch were lost by women" statistic is "TRUE BUT FALSE". I guess labeling it "True but Not Helpful to Our Boyfriend's Re-Election Effort" was considered a bit over the top.