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(85,996 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:19 AM Oct 2012

Why Romney Whiffed Obama's Pitch To Women

Obama's pitch to women puts Romney on defense

(Reuters) - With polls suggesting women voters were shifting their support to Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama made an aggressive pitch to them on Tuesday that yielded awkward moments for the Republican and a favorite new catch phrase on social media . . .

Democrats said Romney's answer seemed to show he had few women in his inner circle, and the candidate did not directly address the pay equality issue.

"I don't think he substantively engaged on this matter that would make a real difference and that is an important issue in the conversation," said Tara McGuinness, executive director of the left-leaning Center for American Progress Action Fund.

Romney's comments sounded like "they were from 50 years ago," said Christine Williams, a nurse practitioner from Shaker Heights, Ohio, who watched the debate at a viewing party in the crucial swing state.

In contrast, she said, "When Obama talks about that, it makes my soul sing."


read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-usa-campaign-women-idUSBRE89G0AY20121017
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Why Romney Whiffed Obama's Pitch To Women (Original Post) bigtree Oct 2012 OP
I think it's because Stargazer09 Oct 2012 #1
true bigtree Oct 2012 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Oct 2012 #6
"When Obama talks about that, it makes my soul sing." seabeyond Oct 2012 #2
that's almost exactly what I was thinking, seabeyond, as I listened to Pres. Obama's answers bigtree Oct 2012 #7
They were also pure Mormon Warpy Oct 2012 #3
"did not directly address the pay equality issue"... surrealAmerican Oct 2012 #4
My 17 year old azmom Oct 2012 #8

Stargazer09

(2,132 posts)
1. I think it's because
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:24 AM
Oct 2012

Obama was brought up by his mother, and he knows that she wasn't treated as well as she should have been. He wants a better life for all women, including his wife and daughters.

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
5. true
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 11:01 AM
Oct 2012

. . . and, possibly an influence or two from all of the women who dominate his immediate family, as well. (Mom-in-Law, too)

Response to Stargazer09 (Reply #1)

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
2. "When Obama talks about that, it makes my soul sing."
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:25 AM
Oct 2012

that it does. i want my daughters to have the same opportunities, make the same pay, as my sons.....

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
7. that's almost exactly what I was thinking, seabeyond, as I listened to Pres. Obama's answers
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 11:03 AM
Oct 2012

. . . music; opposed to Romney's broken and insincere verse.

Warpy

(111,267 posts)
3. They were also pure Mormon
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:26 AM
Oct 2012

The job of any woman in the Mormon church is to be maid, cook and bottle washer for a man.

Paid jobs or anything else are indulgences that are not supposed to cut into her time being maid, cook, and bottle washer.

When they die, they can look forward to eternity spent cleaning up after a husband. Their heaven for women sounds an awful lot like hell to me.

Romney likely can't understand at all that there are women who have been abandoned by men and are the chief breadwinner in the family. Their wages are what feed and clothe their children and it matters very much if they're underpaid.

It's just another example of why this man should not be president and it's an example of why he was such a piss poor governor. He is still living in that 1950s neverland that the Mormons cling to as the only way to live.

surrealAmerican

(11,361 posts)
4. "did not directly address the pay equality issue"...
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:32 AM
Oct 2012

He didn't indirectly address the issue either: he ignored it.

azmom

(5,208 posts)
8. My 17 year old
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:31 PM
Oct 2012

daughter thought his answer was bizarre. Smart young women realize that Romney's views are outdated and out of touch with today's views.

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