Romney: welfare moms should have "dignity of work"

Re: Romney: welfare moms should have "dignity of work"

• Sibil

  

  April 2012

  NaturalBlond:

  The thing is, it doesn't matter if people are playing semantics with Romney's comment or that underneath the verbiage there's a valid point he may be making. What matters is that Romney called Rosen's comment a "gift" and decided to turn it into a demo creed against SAHMs. That was also playing semantics at the expense of addressing Rosen's point. He can't have his cake and eat it to on this one.

  Agreed.

  I think extending childcare options is great.  I think that parenting is still work.  I think Romney's outrage at Rosen is disinegenous at best.  I'm not outraged so much as rolling my eyes that he's again just saying whatever's politically expedient at this moment.

  Plus, I think there's still that hint of underlying inability to express his thoughts well when trying to relate to anyone not uber-rich.  That "dignity of work" when his wife doesn't just comes across as condescension IMO.  But, I'll admit, that's all I can really hear from him now when initially I simply disagreed with his views.

  

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• TefLepOM

  April 2012

  tartaruga:

  TefLepOM:

  tartaruga:

  TefLepOM:

  tartaruga:

  It's not about whether it's a good or bad idea to subsidize daycare or whether women should SAH or not. It's about whether being a SAHM is valuable and a "real job" or not. If being a SAHM is a real job and "work", then Romney should have no problem with women receiving welfare so they can perform this important work. But if it's not a real job, Romney needs to stop criticizing Rosen for her comments about how Ann Romney never worked a day in her life. He can't have it both ways.

  this is a stretch, though.  Clinton, the Dept of Labor, SS do not see being a SAH parent as quantifiable job and that was what he is referring.  It is definitely hard work, but not the government definition of a job. he is not being hypocritical, IMO, he is sticking with the predetermined definition.

  OK so being a SAHM is not real work. Admit that no your wife has never worked and Rosens comments were not out of line or even wrong.

  It is real work.  Where are you getting this?  Definition of work per BLS =/= not work.  That is just being dishonest, IMO. 

  I don't see why the BLS can define it as "not work", Romney uses that definition to make a point and that's OK. But Hilary Rosen uses that definition and suddenly she and every other liberal and ESPECIALLY Obama now are anti-wOman and anti moms.

  I would take it up with the Dems on this one.  Yes, ROmney is running with this, but are you that surprised?  THe Dems are dropping her like a hot potato as they see it as bad.  I would say the Dems are just as guilty of making Rosen look anti-woman.

  

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• tartaruga member

  April 2012

  TefLepOM:

  I would take it up with the Dems on this one.  Yes, ROmney is running with this, but are you that surprised?  THe Dems are dropping her like a hot potato as they see it as bad.  I would say the Dems are just as guilty of making Rosen look anti-woman.

  honestly I don't care at all about Rosen. She's a nobody. She's not a party leader, she's not an elected official, she's no one. I don't really care about her opinions or whether she looks bad or whatever.
  
  The point of all this is that Romney is a hypocrite. You can't get outraged at someone suggesting that being a SAHM isn't a real job and isn't real work while you yourself have made statements that support this very idea.
  
  That said, it's so clear that this entire pouncing on this comment is nothing more than a way to deflect from the GOP's atrocious treatment and lack of respect for women. I honestly don't think anyone genuinely gives a crap about what Rosen said. It's nothing more than a golden opportunity to distract the easily distractible and gullible American public.

  

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• TefLepOM

  April 2012

  tartaruga:

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  . It's nothing more than a golden opportunity to distract the easily distractible and gullible American public.

  as are most issues that blow up such as this and he statements, I agree.

  

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