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In reply to the discussion: oh dear, the "rude one" does Ann Romney.... [View all]spooky3
(38,816 posts)"Rosen was addressing Mitt Romney's remark that he listens to Ann on economic issues affecting women."
This is NOT about attacking family members. It is about whether Mitt Romney is smart to rely primarily on his wife to explain to him the issues that women in the US are facing today. The point is, because Ann Romney's life has been extremely privileged financially, that he is not hearing (and has repeatedly shown that he is not even aware of) the economic voices of single women (whether they have children or not) who rely on their own jobs to pay the mortgage, the health insurance, the bills, etc. and have no spouse or partner to bail them out; low income parents; women with kids who work outside the home; women who are the primary breadwinners as part of a couple; women who work and care for elderly parents, disabled spouses, etc.; middle class and professional class women who face discrimination in the workplace; and many, many others. In other words, he is willfully ignorant of the concerns of the vast majority of women in this country (and a few men as well!).