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An interview with Queen Ann being broadcast tonight on Iowa TV
Ann Romney KWQC Interview Transcript
12:38 PM
KWQC TV6: "What is your message to voters?"
Ann Romney: "My message, really was, women, I hear your voices,' and the interesting thing about this economy, this tough economy that we're going through, is that women have been hit the hardest. And I wanted to make sure that women of America knew that we have been across this country for the last year and a half and we are very aware of how tough it is for them.
They are juggling so many things, and I think all of us know that women work harder than anyone and that they hold down jobs, they are raising the kids, they're trying to get food on the table and everything else and they're really being stretched and my message was really for women and it's saying trust my husband, he does not fail he will not fail' and he is going to work harder than anyone to make sure that your economic prosperity and your future will be more sound with him."
KWQC TV6: "Here in Iowa, as you know, same-sex marriage is legal. Do you believe a lesbian mother should be allowed to marry her partner?"
Ann Romney: "You know, I'm not going to talk about the specific issues. I'm going to let my husband speak on issues. I'm here to really just talk about my husband and what kind of husband and father he is and, you know, those are hot-button issues that distract from what the real voting issue is going to be at this election. That, it's going to be about the economy and jobs."
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KWQC TV6: "Do you believe that employer-provided health insurance should be required to cover birth control?"
Ann Romney: "Again, you're asking me questions that are not about what this election is going to be about. This election is going to be about the economy and jobs."
KWQC TV6: "Well, a Pew research poll shows those issues are very important to women, ranking them either "important" or "very important."
Ann Romney: "You know, but I personally believe, and this is what I'm hearing from women all across the country that they are going to look for the guy that's going to pull them out of the weeds and get them job security and a brighter future for their children. That's the message.
Listen, I've been across this country, I've been for a year-and-a-half on the campaign trail. I've spoken with thousands of women and they are telling me, they're telling me a couple of things, one they say they're praying for me which is really wonderful, and then they're saying, please help, please help. We are so worried about our jobs.'
So really if you want to try to pull me off of the other messages it's not going to work because I know because I've been out there."
KWQC TV6: "Well, I don't want to pull you off any message. You just told a reporter who was questioning you in Cleveland that you want women to have a secure and stable future. I asked you about marriage and whether lesbian mothers should be allowed to marry. Isn't marriage a part of creating a stable future?"
Ann Romney: "You know, again, I'm going to talk to you about the economy and about job creation and about how my husband is the right person for the right time. This is going to be an election that is very important for women, and we are going to make sure that their economic prosperity is more certain under a President Romney."
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Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)My message, really was, women, I hear your voices,' and the interesting thing about this economy, this tough economy that we're going through, is that women have been hit the hardest. And I wanted to make sure that women of America knew that we have been across this country for the last year and a half and we are very aware of how tough it is for them.
They are juggling so many things, and I think all of us know that women work harder than anyone and that they hold down jobs, they are raising the kids, they're trying to get food on the table and everything else and they're really being stretched and my message was really for women and it's saying trust my husband, he does not fail he will not fail' and he is going to work harder than anyone to make sure that your economic prosperity and your future will be more sound with him."
Good thing people weren't taking shots every time she said 'women' or they'd be knocked out midway through the interview.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)this one will not be able to stand too much more heat, I can tell she is about to crack.
butter backbone
BeyondGeography
(39,278 posts)After Nov. 6, they won't have to anymore.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)because of a RICH husband, Ann would not know that years ago women of childbearing age werent't HIRED because they could not control their FERTILITY.
Ann Romney never experienced this. We poor and middle class women DID.
Retrograde
(10,068 posts)Ann's ilk did the hiring, not the applying - which raises some questions about the people she hired to care for her kids when she was off at class - were any of them married? And did she pay them a decent wage?
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)Yay!!!! More tax cuts for the rich!!!
And with that, all the worries of all the moms are squared away. Heckuva job, Mittie. Glad we could TRUST HIM to give himself some more tax cuts. I was so worried about that.
Johonny
(20,681 posts)if you don't want to talk about, don't make it your parties platform. These issues were important enough to be in countless rethug debates, suddenly they aren't important enough to talk about for us the general public. If you can't run on your party platform you shouldn't be president. Sad.
EC
(12,287 posts)how she refers to women as them instead of we?
quaker bill
(8,223 posts)but what the election will be "about" is not under your or Mitt's control. President Obama knows you want the narrow frame, and you will not get your way.