What is" HARD", Ann Romney?

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45. I vaguely remember that show. Welcome to DU, btw, Delmette!

Good point here. Her ladyship ayn of dressage has NO CLUE about how "hard" it is. Yes, I understand about campaigning being hard. I covered a few campaign events when I was still working as a reporter, and I do have at least a limited sense of it. But with that much money in her family's accounts and a husband who's that rich and influential, I'm sorry, but she doesn't get to complain about how hard she has it. Anyone with a fortune that obscenely huge forfeits the right to complain about how hard things are for them.

Yes, campaigning is hard. But is she worried whether she and mittski have a place to stay in the next stops on their campaign tour? Does she worry that their staff and other campaign entourage members have a place to stay - that they'll all get fed and paid and have all the stuff they need to work with? All the computers and laptops and web accounts and media handouts and stuff? Is she worried that there'll be enough in the campaign credit card to pay for enough diesel in the tour bus to get them to the next venue?

Does she worry about whether her sons and their families will be able to scrape by after she and hubby are gone? Does she worry that her grandchildren won't have a decent start in life? Or that they too often go to school with empty stomachs?

And yes, I also understand that she has some serious ailments. She's still fairly young. Does she worry that she won't have enough money for treatment as her health declines over the rest of her life? Or that she will have just enough, but it'll leave the rest of her family bankrupt? Certainly, it'll be hard for her, personally, in the years ahead, what with MS and all (AND having to live with him!) but her difficulties and pain and physical deterioration will be softened and VERY well-cushioned by that fabulous fortune her husband has amassed. AND THERE'LL STILL BE TONS OF MONEY LEFT OVER!!! NO MATTER WHAT HER LIFETIME TREATMENT MIGHT COST THEM!!!!!! She really CAN afford the finest medical care that money can buy. Hell, he set her up with DRESSAGE forcryingoutloud when she needed physical therapy! The rest of us have to make do with the gym or the "Y" or regular walks around the neighborhood.

Money can't buy happiness, that's certainly true. But it sure can buy a lot of comfort to get you through the times when you're unhappy. She should shut up, get off her high horse, and thank her God that SHE'S lucky enough to be in the exalted, rarified-air position she's in. And she should try a little humility for a change. Might do her some good.