Ann Romney

The House G.O.P.’s Monty Pythonian Strategy: “Run Away!”

December 22, 2012 by Charlie Meyer Leave a Comment

In a Friday morning of “press conferences” (sans press questions), House Speaker John Boehner shot himself in the foot. Bullseye!

As for the inept amateur standup comedy act called John Boehner, he appeared to try to explain why his inadequate “Plan B[umbling]” flopped in his own caucus. Our Cat Herder from Cincinnati narrowly survived being made to walk the plank Thursday night after failing to sell his scheme to unruly, tea drunk, über-conservative Republican cast members of Mutiny on the Top 1% Bounty. … [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Fiscal Cliff, GOP, John Boehner, President Obama, Tea Party

El Rushbo rides again, with groupies!

October 29, 2012 by Charlie Meyer 1 Comment

Conservative loudmouth Rush Limbaugh ranted about a funny Obama for President ad featuring HBO TV show “Girls” actress Lena Dunham, titled “First Time.” Yes, the same Rush Limbaugh who lost a ton of advertisers not too many months ago after calling Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke a “slut.” Turns out college dropout Limbaugh didn’t fare well in that exchange.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Conservative, girls, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Republican Party, Right Wing, Rush Limbaugh, US Politics, War on Women

If Ann’s Worried, We Should Be Even MORE Worried!

October 1, 2012 by Bill Schmalfeldt - Satire for the People 7 Comments

Whillikers! In an interview with a Las Vegas TV station on Friday, Ann Romney told the TV station that her biggest worry if Mitt wins the election is his “mental well being.”

Gulp!

Does that mean we should be worried about it, too? Have you been worried about Mitt’s mental status as of late? I know I have.… [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: Ann Romney, mental illness, Mitt Romney, Stephen King, The Dead Zone

Romney’s Chronic Electile Dysfunction

September 21, 2012 by Charlie Meyer 10 Comments

With 46 days left until Election Day, I don’t know who’s flying the wobbly Romney campaign mothership, but they might just be the ones with a scarf bearing a Rising Sun tied over their forehead.

Former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle (R) is running for one of the Aloha State’s Senate seats. Lingle was among the panicking Republicans who have hurriedly left Mittens’ latest in the loo, next to the Ty-D-Bol.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Elizabeth Warren, Etch A Sketch, GOP, Linda Lingle, Linda McMahon, Mitt Romney, Scott Brown, US Politics

Mitt’s Kamikaze Flight School

September 18, 2012 by Charlie Meyer 5 Comments

If I were a G.O.P. professional political operative, I would be chugging the Jack Daniels’ bottle in perfect John Belushi ‘Animal House’ Bluto frat form. Political science textbooks will be written with ‘Romney’ becoming synonymous with ‘bumbling campaign skills’ in the same way as ‘Quisling’ became interchangeable with ‘traitor’ in Oslo.

Gordon Gekko meets Thurston Howell III in magic underwear.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Gaffe, GOP, Mitt Romney, Republican Party, taxes

Tough Birds

September 12, 2012 by Charlie Meyer 4 Comments

Ann Romney still hasn’t figured out that a national political campaign isn’t her childhood country club ladies tea. It certainly isn’t the megatither Mormon bishop missus’ expected deferential gentility schtick, either. Was Ann the “Stay-at-home-Mom (*maids & nannies)” expecting ring-kissing? I do realize we usually battle the candidate and not the spouse, but when the candidate’s wifey is out doing the swinging and being a principal surrogate, she becomes a “player.”

This is national politics.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Hillary Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Presidential Candidate, Tammy Duckworth, US Politics

Cue the Confetti – There is a Nation to be Won!

September 10, 2012 by Bryan Davies 1 Comment

Even when you know the story by heart, where the villains are classic WWF-styled heels and the good guys are us, thank Christ, and not them, a political convention is compelling stuff. Talking heads babble and party flacks coo about how only their gang really ‘gets’ the American people. It is a riveting event, like a train wreck in slow motion, or a fat guy falling over the third base railing trying to snag a foul ball and keep his beer from spilling.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Ayn Rand, Democratic National Convention, Paul Ryan, Political Debates, President Obama, Republican National Convention, US Economy, US Politics

Move On Up

September 8, 2012 by Brooklyn Dame 1 Comment

After this week’s Democratic National Convention, what choice is better than Curtis Mayfield singing “Move On Up”?

We, the people…whether we’re we the “you people“, we the “blah people” or we the “those people“, we’re ready to move on up and move forward.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Say It In Song Tagged With: African Americans, Ann Romney, Curtis Mayfield, Democratic National Convention, DNC, Latinos, Move on Up, Republicans

Women and Children First

September 3, 2012 by Charlie Meyer 3 Comments

Now that Ann Romney has been trotted out to infuse the appearance of “personality” into her bionic, “private sector” venture capital hubby, Mitt Romney, a number of the Right-wing carnival barkers are crying foul when the press has the temerity to question her motives when in her “attack mode.”

I remember references to the late Pat Nixon’s “pasted on smile” forty-odd years ago.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Betty Ford, Bristol Palin, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin

Ann Romney, You Really Didn’t Build That

August 30, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 32 Comments

I listened to Ann Romney’s speech at the RNC – her “I am woman, hear me roar,” her naked pandering to women with her shrill cry of desperation, her little tale of how she and Mitt were so determined to be together that they got married like many other young, unprepared couples get married, broke, struggling, a team united toward a common goal (in their case, the goal being wealthy beyond their wildest dreams on the backs of the working class).… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, Republican National Convention, RNC, War on Women, Wealthy

Here’s a Story of A Lovely Lady

August 29, 2012 by Christine Meehan 7 Comments

Here's the story of a lovely lady...Ann Romney

Last night, I watched the Republican National Convention on PBS. Instead of listening to commentary by news organizations, I simply watched and listened. I went out of my way to absorb the message that was being conveyed to the American people. I know I am a difficult demographic to reach, being an educated, urban, single female trying to make it without giving excuses for how “hard things are for us gals.” In listening to Ann Romney’s message to women, I know for sure that I am not the kind to whom she was speaking.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Paul Ryan, Republican National Convention, Single Women, Todd Akin, Wealth

#RomneyShambles Slinks Back Home

August 2, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 11 Comments

Man, for a CEO or whatever he was, this man, Mitt Romney, is a stone blunderbuss. He’s slinking back to the U.S. with his tail between his legs (come to think of it, probably about how his pooch felt on the roof of the family car), no doubt with wild thoughts about how to make a silk purse out of the sow’s ear that was his London tour.… [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: #RomneyShambles, Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, Olympics 2012

Our Lips are Sealed

July 21, 2012 by Brooklyn Dame 2 Comments

Apparently, this is the theme song for Mitt and Ann Romney. Want to talk about those Bain Capital years that you’ve retroactively accounted for? Nope. Do you have a response for the question about how, exactly, would you bring jobs to America when your experience is in outsourcing? Nah. Do you consider yourself a leader when Massachusetts fell to the bottom of the barrel when you were governor?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Say It In Song Tagged With: Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, Tax Returns

Ann Romney Hangs Around to Cheer Up Cleaning Women

April 30, 2012 by Bill Schmalfeldt - Satire for the People 3 Comments

Our pool photographer got this shot after several cleaning women reached into the toilet to unclog the money plug Mrs. Romney flushed. He also got $300. (Photo used for satirical purposes, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 by "_Fidelio_" on Flickr.)

Ann Romney, wife of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, told a group of women last week (Apr. 23) how happy she is that there are so many mommies out there who have to work outside of the house.

“I love the fact that there are women out there who don’t have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Cleaning Lady, Satire

Rich Girl

April 21, 2012 by Brooklyn Dame 4 Comments

Must be nice… “You can rely on the old man’s money….”

The “birthday gift” that keeps on giving…

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Filed Under: Say It In Song Tagged With: Ann Romney, Hall and Oates, Rich Girl, War on Women, Wealth Disparity, Working Mom

Brown Sugar

April 20, 2012 by Monique A. Gamble 3 Comments

Today, countless will convene in celebration of her majesty, Lady Mary Jane.

For some, it is indeed a love relationship, a matter of matrimony – in good times and in bad, forsaking all other drugs, til death do they part, the stoner remains committed to his Mary Jane.

What is it about weed that engenders such fidelity?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Social Change Tagged With: 4.20, 420, Alcohol, Ann Romney, blunt, Brown Sugar, Cannabis, D'Angelo, Drug, joint, marijuana, marijuana smoker, Mary Jane, Smoking, stoner, The Washingtonian, Vices, Washington D.C., weed

The Toughest Job?

April 20, 2012 by Courtney Eastone 2 Comments

I have a confession to make. I am a stay at home mom- and it is NOT the toughest job I have ever had. It is not even close.

Repetitive. Occasionally mind numbing. Monotonous. Often fun. And in the best of moments, unbelievably wonderful. But the most difficult ?? I know we’ve all spent the last week running from Hilary Rosen, falling all over ourselves praising stay at home Moms — but as a woman who has done both, I don’t I buy it.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, Stay At Home Mom, Working Mom

Yet Another Open Letter to Mitt Romney

April 19, 2012 by Samantha Caputo 17 Comments

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Dearest Mitt,

You’ve been having some problems with the ladies lately, haven’t you? Your current favorability rating among us is 14 points lower than the President’s. You tell us we need to work, even if we can’t afford childcare costs, yet you say we should stay at home to rear our children. You were pro-choice back when it was cool but now it’s hip to be anti-abortion.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Hillary Rosen, Mitt Romney, US Economy, War on Women

It’s A Wrap – Week in Review, April 15, 2011

April 15, 2012 by Brooklyn Dame Leave a Comment

Don’t you find yourself wanting to drift away at times? You know…just take a break and let your thoughts float away like a cool ocean breeze? I do! Like many of you, I don’t get to relax, enjoy nature and have ‘do nothing’ time as much as I’d like. Life gets in the way; responsibilities must be managed, chores must be completed and (paid) work must be done in order to repay debt obligations. … [Read more]

Filed Under: Wrap-Up Tagged With: Ann Romney, Atheism, Environment, Hawaii, NRA, Religion, Right Wing, US Politics, War on Women

Ann Romney – Mother of the Century

April 13, 2012 by Tara Meehan 10 Comments

For a while there, it looked like the culture wars had been put to bed, if not for good then for a lengthy slumber. Turns out it was for slightly longer than a cat nap. And whom do we have to thank for this latest wake-up call? None other than Ann Romney.

In a recent tweet, Mrs.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Class warfare, War on Women, Working Mom