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In reply to the discussion: oh dear, the "rude one" does Ann Romney.... [View all]Bette Noir
(3,581 posts)39. I was a nurse's aide, and then an RN.
I have 5 bad disks in my back, two bad knees, one bad ankle, and one bad hip. I was retired until this year. I had to go back to work, as my husband lost his job due to the recession and hasn't been able to find another.
Now we run a restaurant together. In spite of working 14-hour days on my feet, lifting 5 gallon kettles of soup, it's a lot easier than anything in the nursing field.
Being a housewife is a piece of cake. Women with jobs have to do everything housewives do, after putting in 8-10 hours in the salt mines.
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Exactly. Until she is invisible in the campaign fuck her and the horse she rode in on. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#27
This is all BS. You will never see Mittens help his wife when she can't finally move at all.
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#16
I can only speak from our own relative. Both of them ended up in wheelchairs and ended up in bed.
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#34
If Mitt and Ann shared the wealth (ho, ho, ho) every American could have home help.
aquart
Apr 2012
#44
You know I don't mind him being rich really. Good for them. But it bothers me because this
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#47
Of course that is terrible. But what can we do about it? Nothing. All we can and hopefully do
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#57
Mittens can't shine the shoes of a JFK. The Kennedly clan always gave back to the working
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#56
Lots of hard jobs out there, and Ann hasn't done a one of them. Being a mother with out a nanny
midnight
Apr 2012
#37
I really hate it when folks on our side attack family members. It makes us look bad.
crazyjoe
Apr 2012
#46