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HarveyDarkey

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Sat May 4, 2013, 02:18 AM May 2013

Mitt Romney's Advice for Recent Female Grads: "Have a Quiver Full of Kids" [View all]

Don't expect wealth and power, Romney warned the women of the Southern Virginia University's graduating class. Just get married and make lots of babies!



May 3, 2013 |


This week, Mitt Romney delivered an interesting commencement speech to the (very Mormon populated) Southern Virginia University's graduating class. Sharing his secrets for "abundant living," Romney urged the new grads to go out, get married, and procreate like crazy.

'Get married,' he said, and “Have a quiver full of kids if you can.”

Also, hurry. Staying single until your thirties could be a big mistake. A quiver full of kids aren't born over night.

“Some people could marry but choose to take more time, they say, for themselves. Others plan to wait until they’re well into their 30s or 40s until they think about getting married,” he said, “They’re going to miss so much of living, I’m afraid.”

Girls, forget about establishing a career before you get married or have children. Why spend your body's prime child-bearing years working, when you could be breast-feeding on a much smaller salary?

http://www.alternet.org/mitt-romneys-advice-recent-female-grads-have-quiver-full-kids?akid=10396.233459.fnvmIr&rd=1&src=newsletter834730&t=2

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Pardon me, but I think I'm going to go throw up now Hekate May 2013 #1
+1000 silverweb May 2013 #2
Yeah, no shit. +1,000,000 calimary May 2013 #4
It's from Psalm 127 jmowreader May 2013 #11
They do speak in code, don't they! calimary May 2013 #15
Mitt's club membership Mormonism, is a cult siligut May 2013 #19
I haven't been to the link yet. Control-Z May 2013 #5
The entire article at link is not very long. What you quote was the sarcastic comment of... Hekate May 2013 #8
That's just editorial hyperbole by the author of the article. HarveyDarkey May 2013 #9
so mitt's down with the quiverfull movement? good to know he stands with the ultra far right. HiPointDem May 2013 #3
And don't forget girls, marry a man with money Boomerproud May 2013 #6
Their minds are plagued with idiotic phantasms. sibelian May 2013 #7
Why doesn't he just go to a Renaissance fair and pay 10 pencance for a turkey leg? Initech May 2013 #10
here is the actual speech.. As much as I disdain Mitt Romney - I think this author is being caustic Douglas Carpenter May 2013 #12
To be fair, Mitt is saying that men should marry women and have a "quiver full" of children. ellisonz May 2013 #21
Scary quiverfull math LittleBlue May 2013 #13
Generally, they aren't able to support breeding that many kids jeff47 May 2013 #18
So all women should be like his wife. GTFO SummerSnow May 2013 #14
He is revolting. smirkymonkey May 2013 #16
Only Mitt would use the term "quiver full" LeftInTX May 2013 #17
I've never heard of this college. ellisonz May 2013 #20
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