With a life-time of experience and an army of focus groups -- comes some well-crafted talking points.
Well-crafted, but not very effective ...
Ann Romney talks about issues facing women voters in the U.S. (Video)
by Elizabeth Misson, newsnet5.com -- Sep 07, 2012
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While Obama did not specifically make mention of a woman’s right to “choose” in his speech, Vice President Joe Biden did in his outline of what he believes the future will be with Obama as president.
“A future where women control their own choices, health, and destiny,” said Biden.
Ann Romney said the conversations that she has had with American women paints a different picture --that American women are more concerned about the economy.
Romney said those hit hardest by the economy right now are women. She was quick to point out that women are facing unemployment at a higher rate than men and is encouraging women to listen to her husband’s economic policies.
“What I’m hearing from women all across this nation that they are not only worried about the security of their job…they are also worried about their children’s future.”
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But Ann, is it really an either/or proposition? Your Job Security or your Birth Control?
Well according to this latest interview, apparently it is ... Women must choose.
Ann Romney KWQC Interview Transcript (Video)
by David Nelson, kwqc.com -- Sep 07, 2012
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Anchor David Nelson: "Do you believe that employer-provided health insurance should be required to cover birth control?"
Ann Romney: "Again, you're asking me questions that are not about what this election is going to be about. This election is going to be about the economy and jobs."
Anchor David Nelson: "Well, a Pew Research poll shows those issues are very important to women, ranking them either "important" or "very important."
Ann Romney: "You know, but I personally believe, and this is what I'm hearing from women all across the country that they are going to look for the guy that's going to pull them out of the weeds and get them job security and a brighter future for their children. That's the message.
Listen, I've been across this country, I've been for a year-and-a-half on the campaign trail. I've spoken with thousands of women and they are telling me, they're telling me a couple of things, one they say they're praying for me which is really wonderful, and then they're saying, ‘please help, please help. We are so worried about our jobs.'
So really if you want to try to pull me off of the other messages it's not going to work because I know because I've been out there."
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You see, Ann Romney
just knows what women want -- and want they don't ...
There it goes again. That dang -- tick, tick, tick -- Biological Clock again, women ... and Ann Romney is here to say, it means women just need to "Wake Up!"
Ann Romney challenges women to 'wake up'
by Gregory Wallace, CNN -- Sep 05, 2012
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"Women, you need to wake up," she told the largely female audience at a "Women For Mitt" rally in Findlay, Ohio. "Women have to ask themselves who is going to... be there for you. I can promise you, I know that Mitt will be there for you, he will stand up for you, he will hear your voices, he knows how to fix an economy, he's a can do kind of guy, he's a turnaround guy."
The latest CNN/ORC International Poll, released Tuesday, showed a "gender gap" between the two candidates: 54% of women surveyed said they were leaning towards or supporting Obama, while only 42% said the same of Romney. Asked who is more in touch with the issues facing women, 56% of all voters surveyed named Obama and 36% named Romney.
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There, there Ann. We know you are so used to getting your way. We know you have the 'real numbers'. We know that you honestly believe it's "your turn";
-- afterall you've been running for office for years and years now and those dang women just won't let their women's rights issues go!
Why, can't they just stand by your man, like you do, Ann?
Oh, it's been so long on the campaign trail and those women activists just don't get it ... like you do Ann. Do they?
There, there Ann. Maybe it is all a bad dream. Maybe you can wake up soon dear, and go back to your high society circuit. That would be nice, huh? Just 2 more months.
See, smiling really isn't all that hard. You can quit pretending soon, Mrs Romney. Life is good, remember? It will be good again real soon Ann. You can just go back to being yourself soon, dear. Your turn is just around that November corner ...