I could swear a blue-ribbon hog just went soaring past my window, because a few minutes ago at the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney said something I actually agreed with! Granted, somebody else wrote it and put it up on the teleprompter for him to read, but at least he said these words out loud (regarding his wife Ann Romney and the years she spent raising their children):
"I knew that her job as a mom was harder than mine and I knew without question that her job as a mom was more important than mine."
So Romney got one thing right. Thanks for the condescending pat on the forehead, man. Good job, mommies! You work hard! I'm still not fooled. You might be a husband who knows how to give your wife credit when thousands of people are watching, but you have no idea what it's like to be a working mother in America today. And tonight, you gave yourself away.
Especially when you told us all about OUR struggles. About how WE couldn't find jobs or sell our homes or pay our debts.
"What could you do?" asked Romney. "What could you do but work harder ... hug your kids for longer ... spend a little more time praying."
He was asking, you realize, because he really DOESN'T KNOW what we did. Did we work harder, hug our kids longer and spend more time praying? Sure. Sure, we did -- and we do -- those things. But we also burn ourselves working 24/7 and give ourselves stress-induced ulcers and yell at our kids because we're so tense and overworked and worried about how we're going to pay the bills and we also shake our fists at the sky and decide there can't possibly BE anyone to pray to when the world is this fucked up.
Oh well. At least Mitt Romney still has a smile on HIS face.
Do you think Mitt Romney really knows or cares what it's like to be a working mom in America?
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Okgirl, even though I'm a college student and not a parents, I do believe that President Obama does care about what it's like to be a working mom. He comes off as more compassionate. Without the middle class, America will become a third-world country. Mr. Romney, in my opinion, doesn't seem to be concerned with saving the middle class. (And I pay attention to the facts of BOTH candidates)
Your opinion about any of this is unsolicited......................
Now go to class.
Are you freakin serious? Does any man really know how hard it is to be a working mom? NO! I swear you bloggers are getting more and more desperate! So let me ask you this...since Mrs. Obama mother live with her at the White House and over seen the care of the Obama children, should we assume that Mrs. Obama doesn't know how to be a working mom too?
Might I suggest an enema for you twice a day?
Fondest regards,
Sassby
Mitt Romney Doesn't Know the First Thing About How 'Hard' It is to Be a Mom
And neither does Obama.
Your point?
After everything he said last night, this is all you could find fault with? BAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA - RUNNING SCARED - BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Since your clueless, let me help you - NO MAN KNOWS WHAT IS IIKE TO BE A MOM. We don't need President MOM in the White House - My family needs a LEADER and Obama just isn't cutting it. In 4 years I need to be able to answer the question, are you doing better, with a YES, DAMMIT, I AM!
@hockeymom....don't forget that Clinton was also riding on the "peace dividend" after the Cold War ended...he had so many things in his favor that were completely products of outside forces.