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Showing Original Post only (View all)I am truly pissed off at Obama and the dems over the Hillary Rosen/Ann Romney thing [View all]
and this piece says it better than I could.
Hilary Rosen Was Right: Ann Romney Is Out of Touch with Most Women
The strangest, and most disheartening thing about the Twitter firestorm that erupted this week after Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen pointedly questioned Ann Romneys fitness to serve as her husbands ambassador on womens economic issues was the speed with which her own party rushed to denounce her. Noting to CNNs Anderson Cooper that Romney a daughter of privilege who became wealthier still while married to Mitt had never worked a day in her life, Rosen voiced the suggestion that she was, perhaps, less than ideally suited for relaying the financial worries and stresses of most American women to her husbands presidential campaign. Shes 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, Rosen said.
Republicans counterattacked, as to be expected. But Democratic Rosen-bashing was every bit as vigorous.
Democratic strategist David Axelrod called Rosens words inappropriate and offensive.
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina tweeted: She should apologize.
Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2012/04/13/hillary-rosen-was-right-ann-romney-is-out-of-touc/?xid=gonewsedit#ixzz1rwbGGIE4