Queen Mum Inks.LWC
Inks.LWC
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« on: April 13, 2012, 11:18:23 PM » |
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I'm surprised nobody's started a topic on this yet. What are your thoughts on Rosen's comment?
"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.' Guess what? His wife has actually never 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 why do we worry about their future."
As for my thoughts, Rosen's wording was poor, and you should generally leave candidates spouses out of the picture, but Romney brought her into this. And ultimately Rosen is right: as a stay-at-home mom, Rosen doesn't have the perspective that a working mom would have on economic issues. Although, the bigger point that probably could've been made without making stay-at-home moms angry would've just to made a comment about the Romneys wealth in general. Not that that's fair either, but Democrat pissing off wealthy voters hurts less than pissing off moms.
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