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In the discussion thread: Ann Romney Never Worked A Day In Her Life, Misogynist Tweeter [View all]

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 11:16 AM

Nye Bevan (10,892 posts)

12. Classic political tone-deafness.

Just because something is true, you don't say it if your opponents can spin it negatively. And of course they were going to spin this as an attack on stay-at-home parents.

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ann Romney Never Worked A Day In Her Life, Misogynist Tweeter [View all]	joebaur42	Apr 2012	OP
This one is backfiring big time	Fresh_Start	Apr 2012	#1
Gee, I'd think it would unite the "Three Cadillacs and a horse at every house" set... nt	MADem	Apr 2012	#3
Who gives a damn--those women were already voting Romney anyway.	Arkana	Apr 2012	#16
I can understand why it might be bad politics.	lumberjack_jeff	Apr 2012	#2
I don't think it's bad politics OR misogynist. That's a "distraction argument" to try to defuse the	MADem	Apr 2012	#6
She needs to say she 'mis-spoke'. That she simply left out the words 'outside the home'.	sinkingfeeling	Apr 2012	#10
It'll run out of gas on its own accord. If someone asks, she should respond with the clarification	MADem	Apr 2012	#14
That was definitely a mistake	Proud Liberal Dem	Apr 2012	#4
It was incredibly stupid	leftynyc	Apr 2012	#5
I say leave it be. She made the point--and the point is out there--and	MADem	Apr 2012	#7
Hard work spoiling kids and building $100,000, 000 trust funds to make	julian09	Apr 2012	#8
Ah, yes--she knows how to say ¿Quieres agua?	MADem	Apr 2012	#9
She Walked Right Into A Trap...	KharmaTrain	Apr 2012	#11
Exactly	leftynyc	Apr 2012	#13
Classic political tone-deafness.	Nye Bevan	Apr 2012	#12
Did any of her sister wives work outside of the home?	Tom Ripley	Apr 2012	#15

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