HR said Ann Romney had "never worked a day in her life" on Anderson tonight.
The righrwing is running in full faux-outrage tonight calling it an attack on stay at home moms. They are calling HR an Obama advisor (which she isn't).
Expect Faux News to run with this all day tomorrow.

...by demoting the woman who is the U.S. Secretary of State to "advisor"?

Well, that's very different! ...

but she is missing the point. She had the privilege of being able to stay home. That's a 1% problem. Most folks don't have a choice. They have to work to survive.

40 years ago, many women could afford to stay home and did. Rosen is basically saying them they are disqualified as well.

"Which home"

I hope David Axelrod reads DU and sees your reply--I would love to see THAT on Twitter!

Well done!

I guess I understand why Axelrod responded the way he did:

"Also Disappointed in Hilary Rosen's comments about Ann Romney," David Axelrod wrote. "They were inappropriate and offensive."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/12/democrats-comment-about-ann-romney-creates-firestorm-on-twitter/?hpt=hp_t2

But the fact remains that staying at home was an option for Ann Romney and isn't for most of the 99%. It would also be interesting to know whether she had nannies or babysitters--not that there is ANYTHING wrong with hiring help for what really is a difficult job (it really is--it's not like on TV)--and I would actually doubt her sanity if, with her resources, she didn't hire help. But that would be another way in which she had advantages that few non-wealthy people have.

let's see if it actually stays!

I've never met an ugly Mormon and I've never met an ugly Venezuelan. I live in a big city and I've run into plenty of both in my life. No, forget ugly, I've never met either a Mormon nor a Venezuelan who was even slightly homely. I don't know what it is, but both populations just seem to be really attractive people. They should all be barred from beauty contests just for skewing the average.

So maybe Ann Romney had troubles raising her boys. What mom didn't? But damn that brood is easy on the eyes. It couldn't have been that hard. Not as hard as raising five ugly sons. Say Trig Romney mouthed off to mom one day. What do you think she said? "Fuel up the Lear, Jenkins! I need you fly Trig back to his room without supper!" That's tough love there.

On consideration, I think Venezuelans are just slightly prettier than Mormons, but not by much. I've give half a year's salary for a shot at Marie Osmond. Damn.

Beautiful people, inside AND out.

I'll bet there are many more countries we could add to the list ...

(PS - sorry for derailing, but it's an interesting observation that I wanted to acknowledge.)

run away if you saw them. And I'm not kidding! I know a whole family of them. Not that any of this matters one bit.

a lot of other parents can't afford it.

They are just so damn out of touch.

i finally joined Twitter just to respond to that obnoxious remark.
where do you see the responses to it?

How old are those kids now?

And yes, raising 5 sons is hard, even if it may have not been as hard on her.

The point is not that not working a day in her life disqualify her. The point is that being that rich and out of touch disqualify her.

If the first lady is simply window dressing, only there to pick out China and take vacation-y photo ops in exotic places, then her professional background is indeed irrelevant.

But if the first lady has a useful role to play (e.g. Bill Clinton's "it's a two-for-the-price-of-one deal&quot then it's relevant to appraise what they spent their lives doing.

It seems to me that the former is arguably more condescending and misogynist than the latter.

Although "stay at home" is an imperfect description of what I do, I've been the errand/chores/cooking parent for several years, and although it's rewarding, it's not as hard as working for someone else and it's not preparatory for any important public job.

- with my two small children and it was hard work. Frankly, I felt it more difficult than working a 40 hr. week with children and I did that for about 15 years. I don't blame her for her reply back to the comment.

I thought the comment about her never working was ill-advised and inappropriate. Small and just plain cheezy, IMO. Mostly because I think that wives and children should be "hands off" in a campaign.