Ann Romney Brags About Mitt 'Whacking' Their Kids (VIDEO)
from a blog post on the stir.com
http://thestir.cafemom.com/big_kid/142763/ann_romney_brags_about_mitt
I really only posted this so I can use this smiley: 
Ann Romney has been front and center at the Republican National Committee's convention in Tampa this week with a mission: to talk up Mitt Romney the "husband" and Mitt Romney the "father" to humanize the candidate. But after Ann's Stepford Wife-style speech about motherhood the other day, she's continued to dig a hole for the former Massachusetts governor. The latest bit of questionable parenting involves the age-old spanking debate.
No surprise the Romneys are spankers. They seem like old school parents all the way. But it's the way Ann practically bragged about her husband "whacking" their five sons' "bums" that really gets me.
Talking about the time Mitt spent on the road doing business while she was at home with the kids, Ann related how her husband would comfort her over the phone:
It's OK, I'll be home soon, and I'll do whatever whacking I need to do with whatever bum needs whacking. Because they were something else.[link:
Needless to say this bothers me because I'm not the spanking sort. I have always believed -- and science stands behind me -- that corporal punishment confuses kids. With words we teach them "don't hit," but a whack on the bum, as the Romneys call it, teaches them with actions that hitting is A-OK. And don't they say that actions speak louder than words?
more: http://thestir.cafemom.com/big_kid/142763/ann_romney_brags_about_mitt
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Haven't heard one of those in ages!
Oh, and Ann's comment is at 1'52" for those who don't want to sit through the whole 3'45"
