There has been a lot of national discussion lately about a recent comment made by
democratic strategist Hilary Rosen stating that "Ann Romney has never worked a day in her life." Quite a few people have flipped out over this, because motherhood is hard work, and because Ann Romney has
multiple sclerosis. To cut the crap a little bit, lets remember that Ann's youngest child was born in 1981, and Ann was not symptomatic or diagnosed until 1998. Also, lets remember that many, many mothers who also work outside the home have medical problems that are even more serious, yet do not have insurance or the means to get medical treatment. Ann Romney was born into unnatural priveledge, married into the same unbalenced, underchallenged lifestyle, and despite popping out five children and having a medical problem, still does not have have much in common with mothers who love their children through thick and thin, depite any challenge that may come up along the way.
There's no record of Ann Romney ever waking up in too much pain to put her feet on the floor, due to severe anemia, yet still taking her children to daycare and school, and traveling another thirty miles while barely able to grip the steering wheel of her car, because of the pain, to go to work. She has never been "written up" at a job for fainting, rather than completing a task. Some medical problems, such as severe anemia, will have that effect. The mom not born into a weird state of priveledge, yet just as enamored of her children as she would be if she was rich, will simply do the best she can with what she has. What would Ann Romney do if she had only herself and her own inner strength? She does not know, and we do not know.
What would Ann Romney do if she lacked childcare, and therefore could not go to work? Explaining such a situation to an impatient employer is very difficult, and it often does not matter how educated, qualified, smart, or talented the mother in that position is: if one puts one's children first, one often does not get promoted, and is usually the first to go in the next budget cut. And those worries about the well being of one's children while one is working? Ann has never been thirty miles away from her kindergartner on the day he accidently got on the wrong bus, was left at the wrong bus stop, picked up by a random motorist, and thankfully, dropped off at the school board office, just before they closed! This kind of stuff happens to regular people every day, but not to Ann Romney. She is in a protected class, that does not have the same experience as the rest of us with reality.
How would Ann Romney deal with the Bureau of Child Support? Has she ever been forced to remain on hold for an hour and a half with anyone, let alone someone a family law court judge had ordered her to talk to about collecting child support for her children? This is also typical in the everyday world of everyday mothers. Not so much for people like Ann Romney. She's simply not fluent in matters such as this.
Has anyone ever threatened Ann Romney's income if she dropped everything to meet her child's daycare provider at the local emergency room (local to the child and daycare provider, not to the mom's place of employment) because her child had a fever of 106? Has she ever had to risk everything and tell her employer "no", and go to the hospital to care for her child, knowing that it could mean future homelessness? Probably not. Hilary Rosen was correct in this statement: "Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life. She's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing, in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school, and why do we worry about their future.".....Chicago Tribune News
It's really nice that Ann Romney got to play house while her husband ran businesses that probably sacrificed quite a few family relationships, but what does she really understand about the struggles involved, other than watching her husband provide those struggles? Yes, she is correct with her comeback to Hilary Rosen with her statement that "motherhood is hard work", but when did Ann Romney actually do it? She certainly didn't have to do the job of motherhood and still do other jobs, like the women whose backs she would still love to ride! (that's the rest of us) She's really more of a giant dependant than anything else, which is fine. Giant dependants are not necessarily bad people, but lets just call Ann Romney what she is, rather than what she's not. Motherhood is more than simply failing to keep one's legs together. Neither she or her husband care at all about what happens to the average American citizen. Just one more reason to Omit Mitt.
Mitt Romney could just hire a model to fill his wife's shoes. How do we know he hasn't?
One more fun fact: Ann Romney has never had the experience of going into labor while at work and attempting to finish up everything at work before driving herself to the hospital!
