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This has been discussed ad naseum in the Off Topic forum.

To me this has nothing to do with the value of being a SAHM or a WOHM.  I'm sure Mrs. Romney is a lovely person, a great mom, a survivor, and probably the first person I'd ask for parenting advice.  Advice on how to juggle my demanding career with parenting, maybe not so much.

I think everyone is entitled to their opinions.  When an individual's opinions start to form the basis for policy, that is where I get nervous.  Take for example the lawmaker last week who, while repealling an equal pay law in his state, said that equal pay laws aren't needed - because duh, MEN are the breadwinners, money is more important to men.  What would some old white guy know about me as a working mother and what's important to me, and how important money is to me?

I think Rosen and her statements have NOTHING to do with Obama and whether or not anyone should vote for him.  Why do YOU think it's appropriate to blame him for the comments of some talking head on CNN?  Should Romney be blamed for everything Glenn Beck or Limbaugh says?

I think it's questionable for the wife of a billionaire to be referred to during a Presidential campaign as a reliable source of what the [b]average Joe or Jane Shmo thinks or feels about the economy.[/b]  I think it underscores the degree to which Romney is out of touch with the reality most Americans are living.  Remember, HE brought her into this discussion by saying, to paraphrase, "well all this nonsense about abortion and vaginas and menstruation and in the news is meaningless.  THAT is not what women care about.  My wife tells me women actually care about the economy!".  Here's a tip, a billionaire stay at home mom might not understand the degree to which my uterine rights actually DO matter to me.

Romney is the one who tried to reframe the discussion.  Hey everybody, ignore the hundreds of laws across the country eroding reproductive rights, and please let's start talking about the economy again - cuz my wife says THAT is the real women's issue.  And any reasonable person can't help but think, how is this person, Ann Romney - probably a very nice person and an experienced mom, first person you might want to ask for advice on parenting or illness or any number of matters - how is it that a candidate for President thinks she holds any authority in the area of deciding what [b]average [/b]women really care about?

I resent him telling me what women really care about.  I resent him using his wife as a citable resource for what women really care about.  I resent all this crap that is going on in the year of the woman 2012.  Don't tell me what to do with my vagina.  Don't tell me I'm pregnant two weeks before I even have sex.  Don't tell me I don't need money as much as a man does.  And DON'T tell me what women like me actually care about.

If Republicans had a brain between them you would stop talking about women in ANY capacity whatsoever.
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