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Wolf Blitzer Puts Hilary Rosen Through the Wringer, Forces Her to Apologize to Ann Romney

By Matt Hadro | April 12, 2012 | 17:50

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After saying Ann Romney had never worked a day in her life, Democratic activist Hilary Rosen was trying to spin her way out of the firestorm over her comments. CNN's Wolf Blitzer would have none of it on Thursday's The Situation Room as he reprimanded her, forced her to apologize, and asked her how it felt to be thrown "under the bus" by Democratic allies.

Blitzer grilled Rosen for upwards of ten minutes and ripped her "awful way of saying" what she intended to say about Romney. He then made her "look into the camera" and talk to Romney, and after she dodged an apology a deadly serious Blitzer called her out on it. [Video below the break. Audio here.]

"I didn't hear an apology," Blitzer told Rosen, who had just accused the Romney campaign of making the issue a "distraction" and "forcing [it] on the American people to avoid his record on the issues."

Blitzer also listed the various Democrats -- including Michelle Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- who had distanced themselves from Rosen's words or outright condemned them. "You're a lifelong Democrat. But the Democrats are quickly throwing you, as you well know, under the bus," he told Rosen. "How does that feel when all your fellow Democrats are going after you like that?"

At the end of the lengthy exchange, he even proposed a face-to-face conversation between Romney and Rosen. The Democratic activist coldly refused what she termed a "beer summit."

A transcript of the segment, which aired on April 22 at 4:08 p.m. EDT, is as follows:

WOLF BLITZER: How should you have phrased what you wanted to say, because this was an awful way of saying it. Because she's not only a hard-working woman, you know, raising five boys obviously is not easy –

HILARY ROSEN, Democratic activist and CNN contributor: That's what I've said.

BLITZER: – especially someone who has MS, who has breast cancer. This is a wonderful woman. And so how should you, if you could do a do-over –

ROSEN: If I had the do-over, what I would be saying is that Mitt Romney should not be on the campaign trail saying to women, my wife tells me how it is for mom – for women out there. Because people of wealth sometimes take for granted some of the niceties that they have in life. And the Romneys are people of wealth. She doesn't just – she's not just a one-mom –

BLITZER: Alright, so look into the camera. If Ann Romney is watching you right now, talk to her.

ROSEN: Well, I'd said a few things this afternoon. But I'll say it again. Mrs. Romney, I applaud your decision to stay home and raise what are obviously five wonderful boys. This is not about stay-at-home moms versus working moms. I think your husband needs to stand up for women's economic struggles, and so far we have not seen how he is going to do that on the campaign trail. This hasn't come out of his mouth, and maybe it will at some point. But this is a distraction that his campaign is forcing on the American people to avoid his record on the issues.

BLITZER: I didn't hear an apology.

ROSEN: Oh, well I sent out an apology this afternoon.

BLITZER: I didn't hear you say to her just now I ap –

ROSEN: I'm sorry, well I assumed that Mrs. Romney saw my apology this afternoon, but if not, I apologize. Working moms, stay-at-home moms, they're both extremely hard jobs. I know, I've shared them both. And I'm sorry if that offended you.

BLITZER: I want to put this clip – she was also – we heard a little bit of what she said on Fox earlier in the day. I'll play this little clip right now.

(Video Clip)

ANN ROMNEY, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney: If I get a chance, I want to tell you what women are telling me. And Hilary needs to know this, because I've been on the campaign trail for one year, and guess what women are talking about – and I don't care if they're stay-at-home moms, or they're working mothers, or they're grandmothers – guess what they're all talking about? They're talking about jobs, and they're talking about the legacy of debt that we're leaving our children. That's what I'm hearing. And that's what I'm talking about here.

(End Video Clip)

BLITZER: She makes a fair point there.

ROSEN: She does make a fair point. I do think that's what women care about. And when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, let's go back farther. When Mitt Romney ran Bain Capital, his record of hiring women was terrible. Fewer than ten percent of the senior executives at the company were women. There have been – and he actually went on the record and said well I just couldn't find qualified women to serve in these positions. No woman alive believes that.

BLITZER: Here's – here's what I don't understand. Because you're a excellent and very astute political strategist. I can – all those points you're making are fine. But why bring Ann Romney into this conversation? Why did you have to bring – you hated it when conservatives, right-wingers, used to go after Michelle Obama, or a spouse or a wife of any of these Democratic candidates. Why bring her into this conversation?

ROSEN: Wolf, I should not have chosen words that seemed to attack Ann Romney's choice in life. And I apologize for that. But Ann Romney and Mitt Romney brought themselves into this conversation. When he goes on the campaign trail and says she is his economic surrogate, when she goes out there and makes these points – I'm not bringing them into this. Come on, that's a little – that's a little too much.

(...)

BLITZER: You're a lifelong Democrat. But the Democrats are quickly throwing you, as you well know, under the bus. The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, tweeting "Every mother works hard, and every woman deserves to be respected." Debbie Wasserman Schultz –

ROSEN: I couldn't agree more with the First Lady on that.

BLITZER: – the chair of the Democratic Party. "Disappointed in Hilary Rosen's comments. As a mother of 3, there's no doubt that raising children is work." And Vice President Joe Biden just gave an interview to MSNBC in which he said, and they've been tweeting it, "my response to that is that's an outrageous assertion." And you saw what David Axelrod and Jim Messina from the campaign, the Obama campaign. How does that feel when all your fellow Democrats are going after you like that?

(...)

BLITZER: Have any of these people, or others, in the White House or at the DNC or at the Obama campaign contacted you, spoken to you about any of this today?

ROSEN: I've had – I've had several supportive calls.

BLITZER: Supportive. But what are they saying?

ROSEN: Well, you know, people understand – people know me. They know that I wouldn't attack a stay-at-home mom, and that that's not what I think this debate is about. So I'm comfortable with that, and people who know me I think are comfortable with it too.

(...)

BLITZER: I mean it's politics, one thing for the Republicans to be slamming you, which obviously that's politics. But for all these Democrats who you've worked so closely with over the years to quickly –

(...)

BLITZER: I think someone – you'd probably be happy about this – could organize a little face-to-face time between you and Ann Romney to talk about this in person, that would probably be helpful, don't you think?

ROSEN: You know, we don't need a beer summit. She doesn't have to answer to me. Her husband is the one running for President.
 

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Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:05pm.

Not so much fun to be on the other end of the war on women, is it Ms. Rosen?

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Well done, Wolf

Submitted by lesterwink23 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:02pm.

I must say I didn't think Blitzer had this in him. It's about time someone on these networks stood up to bullies like Rosen to let them know this kind of garbage is out of bounds and will not be tolerated by the vast majority of the public.

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sorry lester*

Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:16pm.

It's probably because of Mrs Wolf. Betcha she is a stay at home mom and told hubby...better get this straightened out soon cause if you dont....

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Well, let's be honest....

Submitted by NC Cop on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:13pm.

The only reason that Blitzer did that was to help the dems save face. Blitzer realized that this half wit just insulted millions of VOTERS for Obama and wanted to make sure to help remedy that problem.

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Thanks for saving me the trouble of replying...

Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 7:56am.

...but I'm a-replying anyway. Absolutely right! Call me a cynic, but Wolf knew the dumb-ocrat machine would be taking a hit on this, and he's just doing his part in mitigating the damage... doing his bit part thingy of throwing Rosen under the bus.

This isn't about the Blitz doing the right thing. This is about CNN once again watching Owe-bummer's back!

"There... Are... Four... Lights!"

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I love the way Rosen describes this whole mess as a "debate."

Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:02pm.

And her "I sent out an apology" is also indicative of the mental illness that is total reliance on social media... she tweeted two sentences and that's that. It's even better than a registered letter.

Too bad she can't afford a phone or a postage stamp. Then again, she is a single lesbian mother probably only pulling down a half a mill.

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Rush's apology

Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:39pm.

Wasn't enough for the left, hers isn't enough for me.

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Get used to it!

Submitted by creekrat on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:04pm.

Going to be a looooong year!

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Meanwhile…

Submitted by needle on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:42pm.

In the last 24 hours, how much attention was paid to:
- The National Debt, which is now greater than the GDP!
- The Federal Deficit, which is exceeding $1T!!!! for the FOURTH YEAR in a row!
- Government spending, which is running amuck without any budget for the THIRD YEAR in a row!
- Real unemployment exceeds 15%, with hardly a family in the nation unaffected!
- Can the president prove that he can constitutionally hold office, considering that he is unable to present a birth certificate that is not a fraudulent forgery?!?
- The president is provoking racism, partisanship, and disunity as policy!

- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.

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Now let's see if the Obama

Submitted by celator on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:09pm.

Now let's see if the Obama team also stops its war on all conservative women. Don't hold your breath.

"This is not your mother's Democratic Party"--Andrew Breitbart, CPAC, February 2012
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Hillary Rosen

Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:09pm.

Who the hell is Hillary Rosen? Never heard of her. And who the hell was this guy and what the hell did he do with Wolf Blitzer?

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Damage control

Submitted by JeffC... on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:10pm.

Wolf took one for the team by taking on this dimwit to neutralize what she said last night. He saw the damage she was doing to the one and her double-down and took it upon herself to stop her from doing any further damage.

Maybe Wolf's show will be the home of the left's mea culpas.

And now back to CNN's regular loving of the left. Hail to The One.

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I think that is exactly what

Submitted by celator on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:26pm.

I think that is exactly what happened here.

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Exactly. This woman is

Submitted by MrSnuggles on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:22pm.

Exactly. This woman is ruining the narrative they wanted to carry all the way through to November. They can't have that, they have been working long and hard to build it up and she almost tore it down in one fell swoop.

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Exactly. This woman is

Submitted by MrSnuggles on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:19pm.

Exactly. This woman is ruining the narrative they wanted to carry all the way through to November. They can't have that, they have been working long and hard to build it up and she almost tore it down in one fell swoop.

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Good for Wolf.

Submitted by c5then on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:11pm.

He just went up a notch in my estimation.

 

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Don't fall for it.

Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 8:02am.

...See my post above.

"There... Are... Four... Lights!"

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it's about obama not Mrs Romney

Submitted by MidAmerica on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:15pm.

Wolfe is just protecting obama by trying to get this behind them.

It's amazing how aggressive he is on this matter. He knows its a huge political negative for the dems, and especially after all the promotion of the (faux) Republicans war on women. Any person attacking motherhood is out of touch with real women.

But really, isn't Wolfe just a reporter? Is it his job to reprimand and force an apology from anyone? He doesn't seem like merely a disinterested observer here but an operative himself.

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Wolf is one of the few

Submitted by bohratom on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:17pm.

Wolf is one of the few primetime newscasters that does not let his political leanings influence his interviews. I would rate him above any of the other including cbs,nbc,abc,msnbc and even fox.

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Wolf

Submitted by rusino on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:26pm.

Does not let his political leanings influence him? This must be a first!

Rusino
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"Wolf --- does not let his political leanings influence ---

Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:32pm.

his interviews."

Wolf who?

Blitzer?

Everyone may be entitled to their own opinion, Nels, but I gots ta call bullshit on that particular one.

MD

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Say What?

Submitted by bmac32 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 10:20pm.

Wolf was doing nothing but damage control for the White House. This wacko can out made a really stupid statement, thinking the Democratic Party would eat up every word only to find that several Democrats fall into the same category so they stepped up, for a huge change!

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Good to see that...

Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 8:00am.

...not everyone is buying this BS from Blitzer.

"There... Are... Four... Lights!"

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Mothers

Submitted by rusino on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:23pm.

No woman that stays at home with here children only looks after the children. That would be a Baby Sitter. What about the job of CEO of the Home. Executive in charge of Banking, Education, Laundry, Kitchen, Social Secretary, Nurse, chief cook and bottle washer, so many other JOBS I have not mentioned.
Chauffeur, Partner and Wife? I could go on and on, but I have made my point.

Rusino
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Tired of Apologies

Submitted by Reggie on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:32pm.

I agree with Greg Gutfield. On The Five tonight he said she should not have apologized. She said what she meant and it should stand. Her apology (the most recent one ... I think she has offered several very weak ones) does not represent her true beliefs. She is wrong, but being wrong is what the Left is all about.

Reggie
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she's not running for president

Submitted by JPTSO3 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:38pm.

Why did she make the comment in the first place? Because that's what was in her head and heart. Own it. And, thank you by the way. Please continue...

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Dems can't take their own media anal exams

Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:44pm.

Demorats love to dish out their media firestorms over their ginned up issues. But they sure can't take it. They'll use the media to destroy lives with reckless abandon. But suddenly when they're the ones looking down the barrel, they start squealing like the stuck pigs that they are.

What's the matter, Ms. Rosen? Don't you like the medicine you're being forced to choke down? You ought to. It's YOUR brand.

If the media EVER started doing their d@#^ jobs and started treating Obama the way they treat Republicans, I guarantee Obama would quit politics, quit the Presidency and run screaming for shelter in the nearest closet he could find.

Remember in the 08 campaign when Huffington took a crack at his ears? Obama confronted her afterwards and commanded her to never make fun of him again. She sheepishly responded, 'We're just trying to toughen you up'. But in the end she put on her carpet covered kneepads and followed Obama's orders like the little media slave she always was.

If a Liberal/Democrat politician/media figure wants to put their arms around you, or pat you on the back, all they're doing is looking for a good place to stick a knife.
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was the Beer summit a little dig?

Submitted by Tidy Bowl Man on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:40pm.

After getting thrown under several buses from her boss and almost everyone in the D- party, was the little beer summit comment a dig at Obama?

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Beer Summit?

Submitted by BuffNBone on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:46pm.

With a Mormon mama? Sounds like adding an insult to an injury.

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kool-aid summit perhaps?

Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 8:04am.

I didn't quite make the connection at first. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Time to ...

Submitted by BuffNBone on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:51pm.

... buy stock in Mother's Day cards.

Wolf, we didn't know you had it in you. My money says the Dems are hoping his "wire brushing" will be sufficient to get the topic off page one.

The fact she's been to The Casa Blanca more often than the SecDef speaks volumes.

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"
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Ooooo; Wolf just grew a pair.

Submitted by KyWriter on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:51pm.

I wonder if it has anything to do with CNN's ratings slide? Just think, he might have a shot at out-O'Reillying Bill. Or out Hannitying Sean. Gutfield? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

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Folks, NO WAY would Wolf

Submitted by Van Halen on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:47pm.

Folks, NO WAY would Wolf hammer a high level Democrat like this unless she did so much damage that she had to be thrown under the bus fast. THAT is how bad this was for the Democrats. That is the ONLY reason Rosen got torn apart. Don't be fooled.

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Spot on Van Halen, the dems

Submitted by Reaver on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:02pm.

Spot on Van Halen, the dems spent the last two months creating this republican war on women theme and Rosen threatens to undo all of it in two minutes. They can’t throw her under the bus fast enough and Wolf is only too happy to drive the bus over her a couple times. Now can we please go back to talking about contraception and Sandra Fluke?

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"She doesn't have to answer to me"?

Submitted by Beresford on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:48pm.

Boy, Hilary STILL doesn't get it, does she? It is not about Mrs Romney reporting to her....but the other way around. She should not be "sending out" apologies...but delivering them in a heartfelt fashion.

Rosen should look at the tape of Miami Marlin manager Ozzie Gillen groveling after his screw up. THAT's how you do it -- none of this "I apologize if anyone took offense" crap.

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Expect Wolf

Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:50pm.

to be pink slipped Friday

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Poor Hilary's been targeted, isolated, frozen ... oh the irony!

Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:59pm.

Well, it's good Blitzer grilled Ms. Rosen some pointed questions but you have to take this with a grain of salt.

It's a little late in light of the countless assaults on numerous other conservative women and he's kicking someone that is safe to kick since the administration is distancing itself from her.

It helps immunize liberal women from even valid criticism because CNN, etc. can now say, "Hey, we went after the Democrats when THEY crossed the line against a woman."

It also, in true Alinsky fashion, isolates and targets this one person ... thereby helping to deflect the blame from the legion of other activists, politicians, and pundits guilty of the same and even worse behavior.

Again, it's good to see some hard reporting and tough questions, but isn't it a shame that one instance of fair reporting and commentary has to be held up as something deserving praise ... instead off something that should be expected on a daily basis.

metaphorsbwithu
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Kabuki Theatre

Submitted by helyanwe on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:05pm.

'If it's too good to be true it probably is.' This is all for the campaign to say the nasty,lowdown things that they want to say without Obama getting any on him. Nobody threw her under the bus,she started out there.

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Dinner time !

Submitted by JCLINE on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:12pm.

It's satisfying to watch the left devour itself up over this affair , let 's hope for a buffet next time with Obama on the Menu

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Her original apology was a faux apology..,

Submitted by wyogator on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:30pm.

Hers was another other of those fake apologies that say:

"I apologize if my remarks offended you..."

That's not an apology. It says nothing about the content of the
remarks and whether or not she retracts them or was wrong to
say them...though I imagine by now she is.

This is the kind of apology given by most who are called upon
to do so these days. Watch for it...it is a non-apology apology.

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Ya'll Just Don't Get It

Submitted by jcpenny on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:38pm.

Blacks - 95% Obama
Unions - 75% Obama
Illiegal Alens - 100% Obama (yeah, they vote)
Women - 80% Obama

All these mindless groups are driven by emotion - not cognition.That's why his SOTUs are at the 8th Grade level. This is NOT about thinking, it's about feeling.

Wolf (KOUSA's next Press Secretary) was just trying to pull on an emotional thread of the Female vote to ensure they stay in line with their FEELINGS. "She didn't really mean it...she's sorry"

This race is over. 4 more years of Socialism wrought from emotion opposing cognition.

jcp

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Yankee

Submitted by Someone Said on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:40pm.

It's Y'all.

Bingo!
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I thought when addressing more

Submitted by nixon on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 8:22pm.

Than one person ,it was "all Y'all " .

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Touché

Submitted by Someone Said on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 3:34pm.

.

Bingo!
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Rosen is beginning to get thrown under the bus . .

Submitted by Gary Hall on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:40pm.

Rosen is beginning to get thrown under the bus . .

. . by the Democrats, the MSM, and of course, by the White House.

She's simply got caught delivering the message for the President - and now, she's the fall girl.

Wonder if Media Matters is coordinating this  house cleaning for the WH?

(;~/ gary

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BEER

Submitted by Jersey Girl on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 8:01pm.

Keep on digging hilary. Mormons do not use alcohol. Not that we would expect a brilliant woman like you to know that.

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The

Submitted by bobsmom on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 8:10pm.

key thing that she said is,"Her husband is the one running for President", and isn't that exactly the POINT?! This Rosen-thing is the one who dragged Ann into it. Then, her excuse for not apologizing is that HER HUSBAND is running for President? Someone explain the logic to me. But please wait at least 30 minutes until my first glass of Cabernet has done its job.

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Ms Rosen's whole premise is

Submitted by FishFace222 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:53pm.

Ms Rosen's whole premise is illogical. Stay at home mom or not, what disqualifies Mrs. Romney from telling her husband what she is hearing on the campaign trail?

I'm sure it makes sense to someone.

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Lighten up

Submitted by Vonu on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 8:32pm.

Obama never worked a day in his life and no one seems bothered by that.

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Damage control

Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 8:38pm.

Woof is the tool to get the attention away from Present BO (Bad Odor) in the white house.
Rosen was the test balloon to see how far BO can go with Chicago thuggery. That big black devil's bus has a lot of room under it for lots more bodies of expendable drones.

 

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Yep,

Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 8:52pm.

Plenty of useful idiots over on the left.

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While I'm here...

Submitted by PTW on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:08pm.

Mrs Romney is giving stump speeches...should the media and commentators not discuss them? When she talks about economic policies towards women, can we not assume her perspective is a bit different from the average stay at home mom? And don't get me started on the attacks on Mrs. Obama from this very site. Karl Rove nailed it: "Fair Game".

At least Rosen didn't call Mrs Romney a slut. You were all quick to defend Rush.

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On your way out troll

Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:16pm.

Do you have any reason to believe that Mrs. Romney wasn't the one getting up with her children at night? Or helping them with their homework? Or doing any of the other things mothers do?

How is Michelle Obama's perspective the same as mine? She went to private schools, she and her husband had a greater income than my husband and I have? She talks about policy all the time? Michelle talks about military families all the time, how can she do this without having been part of a military family?

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No doubt at all that Ann's a good mother

Submitted by PTW on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 11:01pm.

Never said otherwise. In fact Michelle Obama's mother stayed home while her father worked. Michelle Obama was a practicing attorney after getting her JD.

Mrs. Romney "pitched in" at her father's company and the worked charities and held cooking classes when her husband was Governor.

Factually, she never HAD to work. Not a very common perspective for non-millionaires.

Michelle Obama speaks on children's health issues and military family needs. I suspect that has something to do with her husband being CIC. Nothing wrong with that I suppose.

They've both led respectable lives. One was a bit easier economically than the other.

Raider
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"Mrs. Romney "pitched in" at

Submitted by NC Cop on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 11:08pm.

"Mrs. Romney "pitched in" at her father's company and the worked charities and held cooking classes when her husband was Governor."

Almost kinda sounds like a "community organizer", doesn't it?

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NC he makes "pitching in" sound like something done

Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 11:11pm.

on a lark, not work at all. Funny how the left looks at work done by the wealthy as not really work, forgetting that the only way to become wealthy is through hard work and sacrifice.

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I'm not so sure Michelle "had" to work either

Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 11:09pm.

but let's not let that fact get in the way.

You've missed the comments by many here that SAHM's aren't millionaires. There are many people who don't "have" to work outside the home because they make the choice, as a family, to forgo items others might consider necessary. Designer clothes, cable TV, etc.

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WAR ON WOMEN

Submitted by boscokraft on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:10pm.

Oh my the Democrats are waging a War on Women!!

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What we have here is an attack gone bad.

Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:17pm.

The dumocrat bullies didn't expect their troll to get push back into the laps of Americas women (Uh OH!!!!). So now the words that she was probably fed that back fired are getting disavowed like a cheap mission impossible episode that this is. The Dumbo Crats are scrambling to say "Oh we love motherhood and family and especially love womenz".

Too late. They just keep digging that hole deeper. The GOP should vote for the Buffet bill as well. They should vote stating clearly that they are doing this under duress as THIS is the Prezidents bill and that the don't want to be smeared with "gop only loves the rich and hates the poor crap" and that once the people of this country see what it does, they will understand better why they must get Du Bumbler out in November before all is lost and then the GOP will get to work and fix the mess.

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If you recall . . .

Submitted by Benjamin on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:25pm.

The left also attacked Sarah Palin because she chose NOT to stay home and raise her family.

The bottom line is, they will attack anyone who does not agree with their agenda.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent- Thomas Jefferson
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They have no choice but to

Submitted by okie-pastor on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 10:43pm.

They have no choice but to retreat on this. They know that every hard working stay at home mom took offense to the "never worked a day in their life" characterization.

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The only person I see running is...

Submitted by Kansasgirl on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 11:34pm.

O from Rosen.

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Mean-Faced, Clip-Haired Woman...

Submitted by Jimi Streets on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 3:03am.

This woman has got to be one of the most unlikable people I have ever seen. Typical among libs, there is not once smidgen of class or grace in this woman.

It must have driven this arrogant woman NUTS to have to sit there and endure that line of questioning from Blitzer. Man, that was good stuff.

Now if only the rest of the MSM would be as aggressive in going after libs.......I know, I know.....It'll never happen...

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oh, look at that

Submitted by wth on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 3:27pm.

She inadvertently admitted the "Beer Summit" was a farce.

Indeed it was, as is Obama in general.

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Sometimes...

Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 5:49pm.

Sometimes, thank the Lord, it just comes down to things you say or do coming back to bite you -- hard and often. So just keep talking, Hilary, Biden, etc. Chomp. Chomp. Chomp. Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

Hilary's comments were so utterly foolish, mean-spirited (not to mention self and "cause"- defeating) that most Americans just can't shield their eyes and plug their ears from the injustice and stupidity of it all. This latest idiocy is a prime example of many, many things I hope are brought to light before November.

But it's a timing thing. The more the "lib meanies" can't control themselves (eeeeevil or desperation?) to do whatever it takes to scheme and twist to manipulate the vote...as long as there is just enough of a pause for Americans to get a chance to see/hear this junk and reflect...well, all the better come November, IMO.

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
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