Ann Romney says it's ridiculous that anyone would question her (and Mitt's) empathy

[cali]

for those less fortunate. Yes, she really said that. In other words, how dare anyone question Queen fucking Ann?

Ann Romney says Democratic criticisms she and Mitt lack empathy are ridiculous

WASHINGTON — Ann Romney says while she and her husband have never had financial woes, they do know what it’s like to struggle.

The wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says her battle with multiple sclerosis has been at times a cruel teacher.

In a joint interview with her husband on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” she says criticism that they lack empathy for the troubles of others is ridiculous. She says their lives have always been devoted to people who are struggling more than they are.

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[spanone]

1. piss off queenie

[BeyondGeography]

2. She has been uber pissy lately

Team Romney needs to start hiding the polling data from her.

[etherealtruth]

3. LOL

[Angry Dragon]

4. Was she standing on her head and talking out of her ass as she said this??

[PowerToThePeople]

5. We care so much

That we'll go in and rob your company of all it's funds and pensions so you get laid off.

Don't worry, there is food and cover from the elements at our church run homeless shelter.

[lonestarnot]

8. No shit! We'll take it all away from you, so you can join our Church to put food on your family!

[Scuba]

6. "Showing a complete lack of empathy, Ann Romney says it's ridiculous to question her empathy.

[FSogol]

34. +1 n/t

[Bluerthanblue]

7. said the "queen of ridiculousness"

she's pretty ridiculous. Her fixation on the 'dress she wore' for her speech, spoke more truth than her entire speech imo.

[mnhtnbb]

9. OMG. She is clueless.

She and Barbara Bush should get together and regale each other
with stories of how much better off people were from losing
their homes to Katrina and losing their jobs to Bain Capital
buy outs.

[Smilo]

10. She meant apathy!!

n/t

[jsr]

11. Her sincerity needs to be deodorized

[Robyn66]

12. She says their lives have always been devoted to people who are struggling more than they are.

And making them worse by taking over and closing businesses and taking away jobs, pensions and retirement benefits. Yes, I am sure they understand, they just dont give a shit.

[southernyankeebelle]

13. If they have "empthy" it's only for their rich friends. The are clueless for everyoneelse.

If this man wins he will show us what empthy he doesn't have. What I don't get is why any teabagger would vote for him. If flips more than anyone I ever heard being a flip/flopper. Not only that he flips from one extreme to another that fast and sometimes in one sentence. I guess they hate Obama so much they'll vote republican. The sad thing is it will truly hurt the country.

[Cirque du So-What]

14. Empathy

Empathy implies an ability to experience the thoughts, emotions, and direct experience of others mutually. It's waaaay past sympathy, which is only concern for the suffering of others.

Mittens & Kittens do not have.

[liberalmuse]

15. What I'm hearing in that statement is,

"How Dare "you people" question my empathy!" And Ann, just about everyone is worse off than you and Mitt.

I don't doubt it is difficult for anyone to battle a serious illness or degenerative disease, but a lot of people do it, and most of them don't have the endless supply of money to get all the treatment needed. It's really hard to feel sympathy for this cold, self-important woman.

[cali]

16. It's easier for Ann than just about anyone else with MS

She has unlimited funds to spend on alternative therapies and that's just what she's done. Dressage isn't covered under insurance. She has little of the stress that can exasperate MS. She can afford to buy it away.

[catbyte]

17. How does watching a dancing horse help ms patients?

[cali]

18. she doesn't merely watch

she practices dressage and competes on an amateur level in that sport.

[kestrel91316]

24. As opposed to Michelle Obama's father with MS, who WENT TO WORK EVERY DAY

and had to USE HIS WALKER TO DO IT.

Queen Ann can just STFU with the whining.

[jberryhill]

29. Well he should gotten a horse instead of a walker

[kestrel91316]

32. Indeed. A Tennessee Walker or perhaps an Andalusian.

I'm sure they had room for a stable out in the back 40.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. Spinderella and her Prince Smarming have empathy

They once took a less fortunate CEO out to lunch who was down to his last $10 million.

[theaocp]

20. She's welcome to come visit the underpass of the Ambassador Bridge

any time she likes and explain her definition of empathy. I'm going to stop my rant there.

[Poiuyt]

21. Why, just the other day, she had one of her servants buy a birthday card for her scullery maid

[surrealAmerican]

22. I think if she had actually spent even a few minutes of her life ...

... "devoted to people who are struggling", we would have some photos of her volunteering at soup kitchens, or visiting injured veterans, or reading to inner-city kindergartners, or something to prove that assertion. I don't remember seeing anything of the sort.

[kestrel91316]

23. Try that sob story on Michelle Obama's father, Queen Ann.

Oh wait, you can't. He's dead.

Perhaps you just need to have a chat with Mrs. Robinson before you go whining any more about your MS.

[L0oniX]

25. "people who are struggling more than they are" = other rich socipaths...

as in ...a million is not enough ...a billion is not enough ...we only have one horse ...we only have 1 maid ...ect.

[Flashmann]

26. What actually IS ridiculous

Is the assumption that ANY reasonable adult would consider the notion that richie rich and wife even know the meaning of empathy.....To consider that either would POSSESS it,goes well beyond ridiculous,to preposterous......

[Rain Mcloud]

27. One canard of the RW is never attack another Rape-ublican.

Demonizing Liberals is a duty to god and country.
Remember when questioning the pResident in time of war weakened the pResident's resolve and bolstered the enemy?
It was okay though to spend $70,000.000.00 of taxpayer money to prove that Clinton was a Mench.
Orin Hatch and Bob Barr opined that it was permissible to snipe at the president while still supporting the troops,even though not one single US soldier was lost in combat during his the Kososv/Croat liberation. Not one.

The French Government gave Clinton the goods on the Bush administration one week before inauguration and three weeks after the Christmas eve pardon's of Iran-Contra organizer's yet Clinton vowed that We will put the past behind and work for the future.
A noble sentiment if ever there was but look how they repaid him.

Fast forward to 2009 and Obama has overbalanced himself reaching across the aisle to the point that the Congress grabbed him by the sleeve and gnawed the meat from his bones leaving him handicapped in the spirit of the GOP's forward looking policies.
Rather than treat him with respect they would yet again commit treason against the United States and the President himself by obstructing the recovery efforts of the administration for the benefit of every day people like you and me.

Now the Ice Queen is stonewalling on her opinions and scolding the Mediots for asking perfectly reasonable questions.
My guess is that the Romney camp also followed up with phone calls to his good buddies(CEO's),the sponsor's to have them call off the dogs from asking such below the belt questions.
As George HW Bush said when asked about his long time affair with his secretary(paraphrasing here)"I won't dignify that with comment" and that as he said,was that.

It just goes to show,never,ever trust a Republican.

[BlueStreak]

28. Ann Romney: "Where can we buy this empathy stuff?"

"You think we need more empathy? I'll send one of our people over to buy some right now. Case closed. Next issue."

[DebJ]

30. Empathy means you feel their pain and want to do something about it

other than 'create jobs' by ordering car elevators for your home.

For those to whom much is given, MUCH is expected in return.

[Progressive dog]

31. Question your empathy, fact-you don't have any!!!!

Empathy is the ability to imagine yourself in another persons shoes. It is not the ability to equate whatever minor difficulties you have faced with the imagined lives of others. It is not the ability to equate homelessness with borrowing from relatives to buy a house, of having tuna casserole with hunger, of not being able to pay for medical care with having a therapy horse. That is not empathy. Empathy is not supporting a husband who promises to cut 1/3 from medicaid--which pays for the health care of many and also pays for nursing homes for those who cannot care for themselves-but only after their own assets are gone.
Ann, you and that robot you call your husband are proof of the banality of evil.

[napkinz]

33. message from the Queen

[Brother Buzz]

35. Woo Hoo! Dressage Ponies for everyone!