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highplainsdem

(49,006 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:03 AM Aug 2012

Mitt Romney hits campaign trail as wife Ann says 'time for the grown-up to come'

Source: Newsday

Lifted by a show of Republican unity that once seemed so distant, Mitt Romney plunged into the presidential campaign's final 67 days focused more than ever on jobs and the economy, and depicting President Barack Obama as a well-meaning but inept man who must be replaced.

"America has been patient," he told the nation. "Americans have supported this president in good faith. But today, the time has come to turn the page."

Ann Romney made the rounds of Friday morning talk shows to pronounce her husband the right man to fix a troubled economy, and predicted that argument would win over women voters who haven't voted Republican in the past.

She said women tell her: "It's time for the grown-up to come, the man that's going to take this very seriously and the future of our children very, very seriously," Mrs. Romney said on CNN. "I very much believe this is going to be an economic election, and I think a lot of women may be voting this cycle around in a different way than they usually are, and that is thinking about the economy."

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Read more: http://www.newsday.com/elections/mitt-romney-hits-campaign-trail-as-wife-ann-says-time-for-the-grown-up-to-come-1.3940884



Besides insulting President Obama (at least she stopped short of calling him "boy" though it's implied if she's saying he isn't a grown-up), she's insulting women, saying that if they're thinking about the economy, "a lot of women may be voting this cycle around in a different way than they usually are."

And this snotty daughter of privilege (borrowing a newspaper description of her from an earlier campaign) is supposed to be Mitt's "secret weapon"?
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Mitt Romney hits campaign trail as wife Ann says 'time for the grown-up to come' (Original Post) highplainsdem Aug 2012 OP
Here they come! Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #1
Reminds me of Cheney's quote: "the adults are in charge". nt CJCRANE Aug 2012 #2
"Remember your lines" Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #3
and the adult aims to put as 2nd in charge of America a glorified sophomore math club president tomm2thumbs Aug 2012 #4
She's channeling her inner Dick Cheney lunatica Aug 2012 #5
Agree ann--- Aug 2012 #8
Agree completely, ann--- spiderpig Aug 2012 #27
Can she says anything that isn't smug and superior? 6000eliot Aug 2012 #6
To answer your question.... ann--- Aug 2012 #9
She's Cruella De Romney..I get Pissed Cha Aug 2012 #31
Oh, yeah William Seger Aug 2012 #7
The grown up is not an empty chair (pic) Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #10
Eliteist attitudes do not bode well for fellow Americans Stewland Aug 2012 #11
I agree. Stewland. And welcome to DU! highplainsdem Aug 2012 #14
Thoughful post, Stewland, and right on point. spiderpig Aug 2012 #30
republican obstruction uwep Aug 2012 #12
that was the Bush-Cheney line. grasswire Aug 2012 #13
To be fair, it was also the Obama line nxylas Aug 2012 #15
In that case it was beyond True.. Cha Aug 2012 #32
And the difference is in that 'more justification' part FiveGoodMen Aug 2012 #34
Dead cat bounce for Mitty. 1 point on Ras. I think the lowest post convention bounce in history. Monk06 Aug 2012 #16
Ann "Our Turn" Romney Does It Again DallasNE Aug 2012 #17
They're bouyed by all that applause and think it's the whole world cheering. nolabear Aug 2012 #18
The last time the Republicans wanted to put a "grown up" "adult" in charge, we got 1monster Aug 2012 #19
says the woman who's never had a job in her entire adult life wordpix Aug 2012 #20
My god, you racist entitled bitch. (can we say that on DU now?) n/t progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #21
That epithet comes to mind Cha Aug 2012 #33
That's code for "boy". What a snotty b---h. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #22
I don't want to hear about your sex life, Ann Toilet. Zoeisright Aug 2012 #23
I really did laugh out loud Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #37
"now pass me the caviar" - Marie Antoinette has been patient enough. L0oniX Aug 2012 #24
"Grown ups" and 'businessman" AGAIN--doesn't anyone remember???? Maeve Aug 2012 #25
Shes getting real close to talking like a politician Thrill Aug 2012 #26
So they have W's 2000 playbook? apnu Aug 2012 #28
Sorry, Ann. The adults are already in the WH. Brigid Aug 2012 #29
Don't worry, he will have an Exhaustion day soon adigal Aug 2012 #35
Oh plz... and-justice-for-all Aug 2012 #36

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
4. and the adult aims to put as 2nd in charge of America a glorified sophomore math club president
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:10 AM
Aug 2012

sounds like a plan a 'grown up' would make

 

ann---

(1,933 posts)
8. Agree
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:13 AM
Aug 2012

This woman can see right through her - and her husband. Fortunately, I never have (and never will) vote for a Goper. I KNOW what they stand for - greed and more greed. period.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
27. Agree completely, ann---
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:42 PM
Aug 2012

Norman Goldman says the GOP stands for Greedy Old Pigs (OK- I love pigs and they're noble animals, but I get the metaphor).

Ann Romney and her ilk just sicken me. She and Mittens are just a couple of dead-eyed predators. Dog, I can't stand them.

 

ann---

(1,933 posts)
9. To answer your question....
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:14 AM
Aug 2012

No, she can't because she feels that she IS superior to "us people."

Cha

(297,341 posts)
31. She's Cruella De Romney..I get Pissed
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:49 PM
Aug 2012

after I read Anngry's latest lies.

WHERE ARE YOUR TAX RETURNS, ROMNEYS? YOU WANT THE JOB SHOW US YOUR TAX RETURNS AND STFU ABOUT BEING ADULTS. YOU'RE CRABS.

William Seger

(10,779 posts)
7. Oh, yeah
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:12 AM
Aug 2012

If you believe that the problem with the economy is that rich people aren't rich enough, then the Republican Feed The Greed agenda is the perfect solution.

 

Stewland

(163 posts)
11. Eliteist attitudes do not bode well for fellow Americans
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:23 AM
Aug 2012

In the last three decades we have seen the slow but steady rise of the very rich and powerful. If elected this Romney/Ryan ticket would be a train wreck compared to what has come before. A man who can't honestly answer questions as to just what policies he would follow should lead the average person to question why. We are at a crossroads and a turn to the further right is hardly a workable solution. The GOP has become very fascist in its policies and tone. Question is how to turn this mentality on its head? This country has become a corrupt and dysfunctional mess and it will take a lot of work to change it back to its former glory.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
30. Thoughful post, Stewland, and right on point.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:31 PM
Aug 2012

As they've shown in nearly four years of Obama leadership, the GOP simply refuses to discuss, let alone negotiate. They'd rather ride the raft right over the falls.

uwep

(108 posts)
12. republican obstruction
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:23 AM
Aug 2012

Romney keeps harping on how bad it is now and Democrats allow him to get away with it.

Every day there should be information put out in the mainstream media reminding the public
about the party of "NO".

Talking among ourselves does little good.

Someone needs to compile a list of the filibusters that the republicans made that put us in this situation.

The biggest culprit in getting this message out is CNN and in particular Wolfe Blitzer. He is a partisan hack ever since Bill Clinton would not kiss his ass.

Channels like Current and MSNBC are perceived as liberal and many independents do not take the news from these channels seriously.

NPR is so frightened of the republicans because of the threat of funding loss that they cave most of the time and when some of the news casters appear liberal, they get fired.

The republicans and their campaign of intimidation and threats are sniffling the news media, along with their voter tactics and the war against women's health. They make a joke out of a woman's attempt to do the same to men.

At one time, I view some republicans as creditable. Now there is not one that I have any respect for.

Come on liberals, progressives, and Democrats, we are the only voice the middle class and the poor have.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
15. To be fair, it was also the Obama line
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:29 AM
Aug 2012

He talked in 2008 of returning adult supervision to Washington (though with rather more justification).

Cha

(297,341 posts)
32. In that case it was beyond True..
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:52 PM
Aug 2012

Romneys try to steal everything good and project their shite on to the Dems..mainly President Obama.

Their high powered grifters. It ain't pretty.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
34. And the difference is in that 'more justification' part
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 04:54 PM
Aug 2012

Let's not get sidetracked over who's using what line.

That's not the point.

The point is: Who's telling the truth?

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
17. Ann "Our Turn" Romney Does It Again
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:33 AM
Aug 2012

She seems to cherish making things personal rather than about policy and shown by calling Obama an "inept man" and not a "grown-up". She is like fingernails on a chalkboard with a mouth that never stops. And how noble of Mitt Romney to hide behind your skirt. What a shameful family.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
18. They're bouyed by all that applause and think it's the whole world cheering.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:37 AM
Aug 2012

It's not. It's the "He man woman hater's club" thinking it's adult, and I give them about one day to step back in the swamp. I'd watch them though. They've got momentum and that needs to be interrupted (Eastwood notwithstanding).

1monster

(11,012 posts)
19. The last time the Republicans wanted to put a "grown up" "adult" in charge, we got
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:41 AM
Aug 2012

frat prat brat boy (Bush) and his bully boy sidekicks Goyle (Cheney) and Crabb Rumsfield).

I fear the Republicans when bearing grown up, adult "leaders."

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
20. says the woman who's never had a job in her entire adult life
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:53 AM
Aug 2012

Even a 13 y.o. can have babies, Ann, and that's the most of your "accomplishments"

Cha

(297,341 posts)
33. That epithet comes to mind
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:54 PM
Aug 2012

everytime I read something she's said..but, I've refrained. Good to see it out there in the open. If anyone ever was ..she's it.

Maeve

(42,283 posts)
25. "Grown ups" and 'businessman" AGAIN--doesn't anyone remember????
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 01:57 PM
Aug 2012

We were sold this same $#!+ in 2000--the first MBA prez, the adults in charge....and by the SAME F-ING people!!!!!

apnu

(8,758 posts)
28. So they have W's 2000 playbook?
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:42 PM
Aug 2012

Isn't that why we were supposed to vote for Bush in 2000, to put the "adults in charge"?

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
29. Sorry, Ann. The adults are already in the WH.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:01 PM
Aug 2012

Your wooden, clueless, overgrown frat boy of a husband doesn't qualify, and neither does his overgrown choirboy of a sidekick.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
35. Don't worry, he will have an Exhaustion day soon
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 08:40 PM
Aug 2012

And why the media didn't investigate that, is beyond me! Exhausted? How the hell can he be president If he is exhausted by campaigning. This is a man who has never done any real work, or worked hard in his life. Pushing money around is NOT work.

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