· "Who does she think she is?" Strangers react to Ann Romney's Marie Antoinette act

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104. The Repukes think she and Ryan are Mitts' buffer; that they're going to be his human face...

Ann, after all, was beloved after that "didn't work a day in her life" comment went out and she suddenly became the wholesome, "Leave it to Beaver," 50's Mom, staying at home, raising the kids

So now she's been handed the role, along with Ryan, to be, well, Mitt's "beard." Their job is to speak for Mitt, and thus make him seem more human and likable--because he's not liked, but, presumably, they are. In short, the GOP is making the same mistake they made with Palin. Their candidate hasn't got "it" so they're trying to get "it" by proxy. And just as with Palin, they don't realize that they've missed the mark with their proxy (proxies as this includes Ryan). Ann might be beloved so long as she plays the little wife who only talks about her kids and horses and struggles with illness, but get her on taxes and such, and--as with Palin--the truth about what kind of person she really is comes out. And it's clear that she's no more "human" than her husband, and not more likable.