It may not seem like it, but I try to keep the politics to a minimum. I have very strong opinions and a propensity to curse like a sailor when riled, so you know . . .
My brunch yesterday included some very strong Republicans, one Republican for Obama, and a bunch of like-minded Democrats. Politics was brought up once (by the Republican for Obama) and I steered the conversation elsewhere. Had that party happened after the secret video release from Romney's fundraiser, I could not have kept my mouth shut.
Are you f**cking kidding me, Mitt Romney? To hear a man who has never even walked in the shadow of being hungry speak so disdainfully and be so begrudging towards a young mother who needs help feeding her children. I found it disgusting.
I am a woman who has never, in my adult life, collected unemployment, used food stamps or required housing assistance. I don't think the government OWES me anything. I pay my fair share and then some. Willingly.
How did I become the woman in the paragaph above?
My single mother got welfare--food stamps, housing assistance, job training and Head Start for her kids. She went on to become a taxpayer who contributed quite a bit to the government. Look, she didn't KNOW she was marrying a loser baby-daddy until she already had two kids. It happens.
I don't think Obama is perfect; not by a longshot. I do believe he is trying and I also KNOW that I do not want to live in Romney's America.
As long as I'm ranting (it's my blog and I can rant if I want to, right?), I have to share a link to this video that I think women of any political party will enjoy.*
I will be back tomorrow, not as angry. Probably.
*I cannot get the link to work. This is the website, Full Frontal Freedom (totally worth checking out) It's the video on the home page with the hot guys in swimsuits.
I'm right there with you. I saw the Romney clip last night and have been fuming ever since,
Posted by: jenn | September 18, 2012 at 06:07 AM
Amen, sister.
Posted by: marty | September 18, 2012 at 09:02 AM
Out of touch and lacking Christian compassion indeed.
I'd rather 4 more years of President Obama TRYING to do good by MOST of us than 4 years of a man who only seems to understand his fellow one-percenters.
Posted by: Green Girl in Wisconsin | September 18, 2012 at 11:28 AM
I waited 24 hours to try to breathe deeply and become Zen-like. Then I posted an NPR link on facebook. That's as Zen-like as it's gonna get from me.
My husband & I have had many years of getting money back on our taxes. Raising and educating 4 children on a single income -- that single wage earner being employed by the U.S. ARMY -- apparently makes us moochers.
Jenn, you get a big AMEN!! from this choir member.
GG in Wisconsin, you are singing my song.
At least someone helped Mitt Romney share his opinion with the rest of us. (Not that I didn't see it shining through the chinks in his image armor!)
Posted by: Karen (formerly kcinnova) | September 18, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Just saw the clip on Swedish National TV... Good thing someone decided to share this little bit of Romneyism with the population of the US.
I hope the voters will keep him far away from the White House in the upcoming election.
Posted by: Trudie | September 18, 2012 at 01:13 PM
It's scary to me that people STILl think Romney is the one to vote for.
Posted by: Janet | September 18, 2012 at 02:18 PM
Amen, amen, AMEN!
Posted by: Cassi Renee | September 18, 2012 at 02:24 PM
So true... Both of my parents worked from the time they were in their mid-teens in the 1940's. They lived frugally and thought that they'd saved enough for retirement. They both had Alzheimer's and ended up in nursing homes on Medicaid. They never expected to live into their late 80's and certainly never anticipated the cost of their healthcare. Even if they could have planned for it they could not have saved enough money. My dad's annual salary at it's highest would never have come close to the cost of nursing home care.
Posted by: amy | September 18, 2012 at 06:36 PM
His arrogance/total lack of compassion and/or understanding infuriates me, but I am so happy that this video is out there. I like it when people show who they really are, not just who their PR peeps want you to see.
Posted by: lanes | September 19, 2012 at 05:44 AM
I AM the 47 percent....or even 99 percent...amazing that Obama isn't polling 99 percent to Mitt's one now....
Posted by: gary rith | September 19, 2012 at 09:15 AM
You and I are thinking along the same lines this morning.
Sent from my iPhone
Posted by: Jenn @ Juggling Life | September 19, 2012 at 11:06 AM
I am disturbed by the entire tape. The 47% remark is disturbing not only by its offensiveness, but by the fact that Romney is, in effect, saying that he is writing off half the country - if elected, he would only serve the 53%.
The rest of the tape has equally disturbing things - the notion that the Palestinian peace process is hopeless. The comment that he'd be happy to exploit a national security crisis (we've already seen it!) for political gain. The description of the Chinese factory that he seemed to admire.
The man has no soul.
Posted by: Aunt Snow | September 19, 2012 at 01:14 PM
I have been an irrsponsible 47%er since I was 19 and got my first college loan. Now my kids are following in my slacker footsteps. When will the cycle end?
Posted by: Brightside=Susan | September 19, 2012 at 11:46 PM
ANYONE who thinks they have made it "on their own" is delusional.
(and I'll be happy to walk through it with them)
"We're all in this together!"
Posted by: Becky | September 21, 2012 at 02:28 PM