Congratulations, Ann Romney. You've just offered proof, yet again, of just how devoid of empathy or intelligence you might once have had. How? You went on the radio and whined like an overgrown baby about just how mean people are. This, coming from the same person who called potential voters, "you people."
What exactly did Mrs. Romney say in her convoluted tirade meant to drum up sympathy for their plight? On Radio Iowa, she said to her Republican critics:
"Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring."
She equated her husband's critics to nothing more than a "chattering class" that you just have to walk past and ignore because they have nothing of value to offer. The "chattering class" she's referring to includes Reagan's former speech writer Peggy Noonan and William Kristol, a former White House staffer and neoconservative commentator. Noonan called the campaign a 'rolling calamity,' while Kristol called Romney's dismissal of 47 percent of the population 'arrogant and stupid.' So, yeah, nothing of value to be gained from either one of these experts who have been in the proverbial ring. Nothing at all.
Ahem.
Mrs. Romney went on to say that the "rope line" is now the "advice line" because it seems as though everyone is lining up to give her husband advice. She continued by admitting that she doesn't give her husband advice. She merely wants to be a calm and peaceful presence wherein she trusts him to make the right decisions. Giving him any more advice, she said, would be just too overwhelming for him.
What it means when you read between the lines: 'I'm a good little wife who doesn't state my opinion to my husband because to do so would undermine his masculinity and jeopardize his status as the head of the household. So, I just shut my mouth and do what he tells me to do, including looking pretty in public and telling people how hard we have it.'
Basically, Ann Romney has just admitted that her husband, Mitt, doesn't like to take advice and doesn't play well with others. She admitted they ignore people who have constructive opinions in favor of doing things his way, regardless of the consequences.
She has also proven that her husband only uses her when he needs a little sympathy. Her voice is high and sweet, her hair is a pretty golden blond, with a classic privileged girl-next-door face. Yes, she is conventionally pretty. She's got the 1950s housewife persona down pat, which is something that definitely appeals to the hard core Republican and Tea Party base.
But where's the substance? Where's the reality? Governor Romney has already blown off 47 percent of Americans. He appeared in his farcical MexiFace makeup on Wednesday's "Meet the Candidate" on the Latino channel, Univision in Miami. He's now throwing out the word "redistribution" as a way to demonize calls for taxing the wealthy. He has absolutely no clue about what it means to struggle, to fear being homeless, or even to lose his home. The worst he and Ann have ever had it was the time they had to sell some stock to pay the rent. Oh, my.
So, dear Ann. Perhaps it's time you grew up and started giving your husband a little advice. After all, marriage is an equal partnership, not study in male dominance.
Image: Marquette University, Iowa. September 20, 2012. Courtesy of Ruby2010
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Comments: 20
However, Mrs. Romney is not to be pitied for her eliteness nor her marriage status of being relegated to a second class citizen within the family. Rather, she should be ostracized for the pure eliteness, arrogance and aloofness towards others that she exhibits. I say this, not because she is filthy rich, but because she expects everyone else to be. In finding out that not all people fit into her realm of wealth, she has exhibited displeasure and refers to such none elitist as " You People." Speaking the term as if we are some sort of dirty laundry to taken care of by her mansions' servant staff.
Unlike 99% of Americans, after the November 6th election, Ann Romney and her husband can retreat to their brand new 50,000 sq. ft 3 story mansion with it's two story parking garage and cry in their champagne about the "47% of You People" who were to blame for Mitt loosing his bid for the presidency, all-the-while being waited on hand and foot by their saff of house servants.
Oh, some of you readers think I'm envious and jealous of the Romneys', guess what you're right. But, don't ever think that my jealousy means that I would trade places with Mitt, cause I would not.
I used to think Ann was the one person perhaps keeping her husband grounded in reality. I have changed my mind over the past several weeks now, with every statement made by her. Even Queens and Kings do not diss their subjects, knowing full well their power lies in the hands of those THEY serve - not vice versa.
My husband's mother had MS; she too held down a paying job after her husband died. Ann has no clue.