Rosen apologizes to Ann Romney

[MindMover]

Several mini-news cycles later and after tripling down on her comments, Hilary Rosen apologized to Ann Romney through a statement:
“Let’s put the faux ‘war against stay at home moms’ to rest once and for all. As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is. As a pundit, I know my words on CNN last night were poorly chosen. In response to Mitt Romney on the campaign trail referring to his wife as a better person to answer questions about women than he is, I was discussing his poor record on the plight of women’s financial struggles...
“As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me. It is an issue I live every day. I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended. Let’s declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance.”


http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/rosen-apologies-to-ann-romney-120352.html


Original Rosen statement....

[aquart]

1. Jesus H. Christ.

The Romney people have some bloody nerve.

[monmouth]

3. They are very thin-skinned...n/t

[Proud Public Servant]

5. It's not about being thin-skinned

It's about needing any and all possible distractions from the shabby nature of their candidate and teh insane ideology of their party. Thank god we're shutting this distraction down.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. They probably wish that they had run her instead of her husband

[Proud Public Servant]

2. Correct and much needed...but...

What the hell does this mean?

As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me.

A firm full of stay at home mothers? Sounds like a plot device from a bad 80s comedy

[jenmito]

9. Some women from her firm work from home. n/t

[zbdent]

4. Rosen should have said "I apologize if anyone was offended"

and then you would have seen the media run from anybody being allowed to "apologize" that way ...

[LiberalFighter]

6. How is criticizing Ann for not working a day in her life

when it was directed about the economy improper?

And then to suggest that she was a stay at home mom? If she actually cared for her sons by clothing, feeding them, taking them to school, taking them to activities, etc. Then maybe I might consider her to be a stay at home mom. Until otherwise proved, the boys had nannies and chauffeurs taking care of their every needs.

[Smilo]

7. Why do we have to keep apologizing

when the truth is spoken?

The original statement (yes, it was poorly worded) was the truth - Ann and Mitt Romney do not have a clue when it comes to raising children in the real world.

"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."

What is incorrect in that statement?

Ask women who HAVE to work HAVE NO CHOICE about this - even for many stay at home moms the statement rings true because Ann Romney has not dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing - that is fact.

No apology necessary and the faux outrage from the right - who don't give a damn about women - is sickening.

[Dawson Leery]

10. Agreed!

There was nothing to apologize for.

[DCBob]

21. Even if true it is stupid politically to attack the wife or kids of politicians.

The RWingers get away with it because they are assholes and their voters are assholes. The voters we are trying to reach dont like those kinds of tactics.

[otohara]

8. Twitter = Trouble

When will people learn to stay away from the Twitter

[hrmjustin]

11. Why she was right

She did not say one thing that was factually wrong. She did not make fun of her staying home.

[Liber-AL]

12. I just saw Wolf Blitzer excoriate Hillary Rosen...

on CNN for saying " Anne Romney never worked a day in her life." I thought I was watching Fox News. Blitzer really grilled Rosen and was relentless in his pursuit of getting another apology from her. Hillary seemed vulnerable at times but her toughness emerged sporadically in an effort to defend her position. I wanted to see her STAND HER GROUND. I wanted to hear her say, regardless of the consequences, I am standing by my statement and I will not capitulate. But that didn't happen. Blitzer insisted that she apologize... And she did. Nevertheless, she did enough to slake my thirst for progressive waters but the hunger for progressive meat goes un- satiated!

[Thrill]

13. Romney's wife just doesn't need to talk about working women

in the future. Because she can't relate and knows nothing about it. And this exchange would have never happened.

[marshall]

14. Where can I find the full statement?

Every report I have found includes the ellipsis.

[MindMover]

15. updated.....with statement

[marshall]

16. I guess the ellipsis are part of the full statement

I thought there was something left out.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

18. Stepford wife

GOP voters love Stepford wives

[Broderick]

19. YIKES!!!!

sorry. Just had a nightmare flashback!

[ellisonz]

20. She doesn't feel rich...

[onenote]

22. As someone who had dealings with Rosen when she was the head of RIAA

I have first hand knowledge of how tin-eared she can be. Not the best attribute for a pundit/lobbyist, but its true. I remember when RIAA was going after Napster, Rosen testified at a Congressional hearing and was squarely asked whether a individual making a mix tape by copying a few songs for their personal use was guilty of copyright infringement, and she couldn't bring herself to say it wasn't. When she digs in, she digs in.