Romney Camp Out of Touch

Recent comments by Hillary Rosen are being billed as a campaign boon for the Romneys.  Read the story ...

I assert they need to drop it. Rosen made a comment about Ann Romney as an economic adviser to a would-be President of the USA. She wasn't saying parenting isn't hard or noble work. Rosen is right, Ann Romney has nary an empathetic offering on the subject of women in America and economic issues.

While yes it's nice Romney worked real hard as a stay-at-home mother and that it was a nice choice she made, it's a choice most of America can no longer consider. Mitt Romney boasts his business prowess and uses Dominos as an example of a company he 'fixed' and in so-doing created or saved some 200,000 American jobs. Can the average salary at Dominos raise a family of four while one partner stays home to raise the children?

Ann Romney makes a crucial mistake if she is to boast her family portrait and proud 'choice' to stay home with her 7 or 8 kids. I believe that choice is one most American parents would gladly make given the financial resources to do so. The sad truth is that most of middle America is populated with two-job working families out of necessity, not choice. What of the single parent? What of men or women without children and jobs?

Careful Ann! You might alienate more people than you draw in with your movement to support women (not men) staying home to raise their children.

Who wouldn't want to spend more time with their children?

Time is priceless and most of us can't afford it.

Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller