Romney campaign video celebrates Ann Romney
As Mitt Romney shifts from primary to general election mode, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is re-introducing himself to voters. A new video his campaign released today, celebrating the birthday of his wife Ann Romney, highlights Romney's life as a husband and a family man.
The three-and-a-half minute video displays pictures from various stages of Ann's life compiled in what looks like a scrapbook. Scraps of paper with phrases describing Ann, such as "daughter" and "mother," are tacked over the pictures. Over the images, the video plays recordings from moments in the Romney's lives, such as interactions with their children. Mitt Romney narrates some of the video, describing their relationship.
"Ann and I fell in love when we were in high school; it doesn't happen to a lot of people," he begins. Later in the video, he notes that his wife is a survivor of breast cancer and multiple sclerosis. "She's a remarkable woman, and she's gone through some tough times," he added.
The focus on Ann Romney and the Romneys' marriage could potentially help the candidate improve his poor favorability ratings. The personal relationship could counter perceptions Romney is too reserved or out of touch with everyday Americans.
It's also designed to help Romney with his lagging support among women voters. The video comes in the wake of the controversy over remarks from a Democratic strategist who said on CNN that Ann Romney has "never worked a day in her life." The Romney campaign quickly seized the moment to celebrate Ann Romney's work as a stay-at-home mother of five.
At a private event over the weekend, overheard by reporters, Ann Romney called the controversy an "early birthday present." Ann Romney turns 63 years old today.
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Materialism and living beyond your means is why families lose the flexibility to live a holistic life. They spend too much money and soon become a slave to the workforce, forever trying to pay off credit card debt for stuff they don't even need.
Keep your envy and misplaced life priorities to yourself; women in every culture and on every continent care for their own children and families at home.
Traditional families learn to take of themselves and do not rely on a nanny government to replace Mom and Dad.
Materialism and living beyond your means is why families lose the flexibility to live a holistic life. They spend too much money and soon become a slave to the workforce, forever trying to pay off credit card debt for stuff they don't even need.
Keep your envy and misplaced life priorities to yourself—women in every culture and on every continent care for their own children and families at home.
Traditional families learn to take of themselves and do not rely on a nanny government to replace Mom and Dad.
Dear Mrs. Romney,
Perhaps you can advise me since you have raised 5 boys, I'm sure you'll understand. One of the kids is sick again and I have no sick days left at work. In fact, my boss gave me a bad performance review and no raise this year because he said I obviously don't care that much about my job since I've missed so many days and if I miss anymore he may have to replace me. Whenever my child gets sick, my boss reminds me how easily I can be replaced.
We don't have health insurance at my job, so, if my boy gets worse, I'll probably be at the ER most of the night tonight. Not for the first time, but that's ok, he'll get care. It's tomorrow I'm worried about.
As you know, regular day care will not take a sick child, so if I want to work when my child is sick, I have to pay for sick child day care, which costs as much as I make, and, as I'm sure you know from personal experience, I still have to pay my regular day care, whether my child is there or out sick, so I actually lose money in order to work while he's sick. It's that or take a chance on losing my job entirely.
Should I take my child to the day care for sick kids and lose money and not have enough for my bills this month, so I can keep my job, or should I stay home with my sick child and hope that I don't get fired?
What did you do when this happened to you
The Mormon position on women is that "woman's primary place is in the home, where she is to rear children and abide by the righteous counsel of her husband" (McCokie, Bruce R. Mormon Doctrine, Salt Lake City, Brookcraft Inc., 1966.) Girls and boys are told that a proper Mormon home is patriarchal, "The patriarchal order is of divine origin and will continue throughout time and eternity" (Laake, Deborah Secret Ceremonies, a Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, New York, Dell Publishing, 1993.) Girls are told that it is God who wants them to stay home (Laake), and "opposition to men is tantamount to arguing with God" (Longaker, Jessica The Role of Women in Mormonism March 1995). Feminist ideas are the antithesis of Mormon teachings. According to Deborah Laake, the church teaches that "feminists are the Pied Pipers of sin who have led women away from the divine role of womanhood down the pathways of error."
Polygamy has been suspended by the church since 1890. However, polygamy is still in practice in the church but in a less overt form. If a woman's husband dies, she may remarry as long as it is "for time" or only until death. After death she will be brought to heaven by her first (true) husband to bear his spirit children who will take human form and populate the world he creates and rules over after his death (he becomes God to his world). A man however may marry again "celestially" (for eternity) thus providing a polygamous family in heaven, and a second wife to bear his spirit children for eternity. Women have no path to the highest level of heaven save through marriage to a "faithful Mormon man in a Mormon temple" (Laake). That's a lot of pressure on women to conform.
The Mormon position on women is that "woman's primary place is in the home, where she is to rear children and abide by the righteous counsel of her husband" (McCokie, Bruce R. Mormon Doctrine, Salt Lake City, Brookcraft Inc., 1966.) Girls and boys are told that a proper Mormon home is patriarchal, "The patriarchal order is of divine origin and will continue throughout time and eternity" (Laake, Deborah Secret Ceremonies, a Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, New York, Dell Publishing, 1993.) Girls are told that it is God who wants them to stay home (Laake), and "opposition to men is tantamount to arguing with God" (Longaker, Jessica The Role of Women in Mormonism March 1995). Feminist ideas are the antithesis of Mormon teachings. According to Deborah Laake, the church teaches that "feminists are the Pied Pipers of sin who have led women away from the divine role of womanhood down the pathways of error."
Polygamy has been suspended by the church since 1890. However, polygamy is still in practice in the church but in a less overt form. If a woman's husband dies, she may remarry as long as it is "for time" or only until death. After death she will be brought to heaven by her first (true) husband to bear his spirit children who will take human form and populate the world he creates and rules over after his death (he becomes God to his world). A man however may marry again "celestially" (for eternity) thus providing a polygamous family in heaven, and a second wife to bear his spirit children for eternity. Women have no path to the highest level of heaven save through marriage to a "faithful Mormon man in a Mormon temple" (Laake). That's a lot of pressure on women to conform.