Hilary Rosen was right. Ann Romney doesn’t speak for women in the workforce

[mfcorey1]

Pundit Hilary Rosen committed a mortal sin of American politics: She spoke the truth with a microphone on.

“What you have,” she told Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night, “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.’

“Guess what?” Rosen observed. “His wife has actually never worked a day in her life.”

With that, the storm erupted.

Of course stay-at-home moms “work,” women from Barbara Bush to Michelle Obama quickly asserted. All that housekeeping and child care is a lot of work. President Obama, apparently needing more distance from Rosen’s comments, suggested Thursday that candidates’ spouses should be “off limits” altogether.

And surely, taking care of a family is hard work. In Ann Romney’s case, managing the very elaborate Romney establishment — five children, three or four houses and two Cadillacs — probably takes as much labor as most jobs in the market economy. Within 24 hours, Rosen was apologizing to all those women laboring in their homes for implying that they don’t work.

In the furor, everyone seemed to forget that unpaid mothers and household work are not what the discussion is about. Republicans are not talking about how jobs for stay-at-home moms have decreased under Obama.

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/04/15/opinion/hilary-rosen-was-right-ann-romney-doesnt-speak-for-women-in-the-workforce/

[customerserviceguy]

1. Then the answer is obvious

Attack Mitt for not knowing any of those women (except maybe the ones on his payroll) and don't attack Ann for not being one of them. He isn't anywhere near as good at playing the victim card as she is.

[Motown_Johnny]

2. Rosen phrased it wrong, she should have said

that Ann Romney has never earned a paycheck in her life.

The implication that raising children is not work was enough of a misstatement for the conservatives to pounce on.

[Javaman]

3. The comment stuck a shiv into the ribs of the rich.

and that is the problem.

While the Rosen's comment was squarely on the mark and completely truthful, it was the rich that squealed the loudest. They launched their "war" against Ms. Rosen, not because she told the truth, per say, but she revealed a truth that the rich are at pains to keep quiet so they can continue the facade of "being like everyone else" as long as that charade is maintained, morons like mitten's, gangrich, ass froth and the rest can still use the worn-out trope of being "of the people".

What Ms. Rosen did more than anything was pull back the curtain and reveal that the great oz is nothing more than a pile of bullshit masquerading as "one of us".

Bravo to Hilary Rosen. Sadly, people who tell the truth, in this day in age, are looked upon as being evil.

The truth is so inconvenient to the rich.