Mitt Romney, champion of women, is myth in Massachusetts.
Reality for Romney includes elbowing aside acting Governor Jane Swift so he could run.
JOAN VENNOCHI
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JOAN VENNOCHI
Mitt Romney, champion of women, is myth in Massachusetts.
Reality for Romney includes elbowing aside acting Governor Jane Swift so he could run.
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Good write again Joan. What gets me is how this hollow suit blatantly lies to the face of the American people then has the nerve to say "trust me"? He must be kidding. If he wins the presidency,this will make George Bush's thievery of 2000 look like a political misdemeanor.
The "again Joan" part is so true.
Joan, I'm sure your next article will be about the Obama administartion and how they treat women, they pay women less then men, they also, according to christina Roma, treat them like a piece of red meat.
Does your point in anyway invalidate this article? Do you have anything factual to back up your claims? Who is Christina Roma?
Only migh this article is about Mitt Romney. It points out that Romney showed no special recognition of women and in fact displayed negative action against the women in his government. Citing Christina Romer(not Roma) are quotes out of context in some Romney political statement. She co-authored several policy papers for the Obama administration and worked closely with Jared Bernstein. In other words you have used the usual claptrap stuff the Romney campaign puts out. It follows Romney's track record of less than honest and inaccurate promulgations. Even if remotely true, and I doubt it, it is not even close to what Romney has in store to put women's aspirations in this society on the back burner. You can't even get your source''s name right. So much for your accuracy in reporting stuff.
There is no proof that this writer nor Obama believe in equal rights. This is a slanted article that does not mention any ardent efforts by either of these individuals to push hard for legislation that require women to go into combat nor to award equal custody of children to fathers. Most liberals who falsely advocate equal rights do not actually believe in equal rights themselves.
Ahem. The Obama admistration has, in fact, being pushing for women in combat.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/09/nation/la-na-pentagon-women-20120209
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One of President Obama's female assistants to his chief of staff recently "came out" and labeled her working environment openly hostile to women. Can you in your wildest imagination imagine a column discussing this be published? Joan is so openly hostile that her columns really need not be read. In fact, I did not read this one. How she remains employed at a publication calling itself a news organization is unbelievable.
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JOAN VENNOCHI
No champion of women Romney’s history in Massachusetts is anything but women-friendlyOctober 21, 2012
Mitt Romney, champion of women, is myth in Massachusetts.
Reality for Romney includes elbowing aside acting Governor Jane Swift so he could run.
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Just why is Healy so loyal if Romney doesn't support women's rights? From the scant evidence Vennochi cites, it's apparent she had to reach deep to come up with "negatives" on Romney's support of women. I've never understood why people, especially the press, here in Massachusetts express so much vitriol against Romney. He did an okay job as govenor, accepted no salary, balanced the budget, and suffered no scandals. It was obvious that he had his eye on the presidency, but then what politician isn't looking ahead?
On Mr. Romney's last day in office, he walked down the stairs in front of the State House, and it was a planned event, with photographers and reporters. No one else but Mr.. Romney and Ms. Healey walked down the stairs. She walked a few stairs behind him and to the side. I was struck by the whole scene. It reminded me of some royal couple of eons ago, where the consort walks behind so the Queen is the important person. He made no mention of her or acknowledgement of her being in the vicinity. Of course, I was predisposed to notice that, since I had been struck by his brazen self-centered move to oust Jane Swift, who was likeable, capable, smart and a very quick learner, from any possibility of running on her own for Governor.
Kerry Healey did an admirable job while Mr. Romney was out on the trail for about half of his days in office, getting a presidential run together for himself. I found his lack of manners offensive at the time of this incident and found it also typical of his unawareness of others.
maybe the court picks were for the best possible person and not some liberal quota
Oh Joan, you are such a fruit-loop! (That's a non-gender specific term for your liberal moonbat perspective, and its transparent agenda that relies on manipulating the facts to suit your personal dislike of Mitt Romney).
<Reality for Romney includes elbowing aside acting Governor Jane Swift so he could run.>
So you think he wouldn't have "elbowed aside" a male candidate who similarly lacked credentials? Are you suggesting that he shouldn't have run because he would be unseating a woman? Isn't that the type of discrimination that we are trying to avoid?
<Reality for Romney means recruiting Kerry Healey to run for lieutenant governor, and then easing her into the background once he won office.>
Of course, many might actually appreciate the fact that Romney chose a woman as lieutenant governor. Did you consider that such a selection represents a friendly perspective toward women? And "easing her into the background"? Isn't that by definition what it means to be "lieutenant" governor?
Face it, Joan, Mitt isn't the woman-hating monster you'd like for all of us to believe he us. And it's unbecoming for you -- or for anyone -- to spread such mythology.
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RepliesSorry, this isn't some other state we're talking about and this isn't ancient history. Most of us were here when Romney was governor and you simply cannot deny that he had women in senior positions all over the state! And I saw Kerry Healy as his equal throughout his governorship. I'd like to know what planet Vennocchi was on when the rest of us were living here from 2002-2006 seeing Mitt in action, because it clearly wasn't here on planet earth.
Why do women in Pres. Obama's administration & congress make 18% less pay for equal job then men?
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Repliesand 2 early prominet woman have stated that they felt like meat
LOL!! As soon as Vennochi calls for Obama to return misogynist Bill Maher's $1,000,000 campaign contribution Vennochi will begin to establish some credibility. Until then, Vennochi's blind-eye to Obama's war against women illustrates perfectly the intellectual bankruptcy of the liberal demagogues and liberal outrage-mongers and liberal hypocrites. How funny that Obama's tacit approvalof calling women the c-word doesn't offend Vennochi. L - O - L!! L - O - L!! The system continues to work. L - O - L!!
President Obama: Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Bill.
Mitt: "I'll get back to you on that."
President Obama: Pro-Choice
Mitt: "I will overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate Planned Parenthood."
Mtt's VP Ryan: See "Aken, Todd."
President Obama: Sebelius, Kagan, Warren.
Mit: ...?
Nuff said.
WRONG - Ms. Vennochi you obviously DID NOT work in Gov. Mitt Romney's cabinet!
The women who worked with Gov. Mitt Romney have the highest praise for him. The untruthful comments made by you and others are coming from people who have never worked for him, with him, or any any business association with Gov. Mitt Romney.
Ms. Vennochi you obviously DO NOT KNOW Gov. Mitt Romney's character.
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Repliesnobody knows mitt, not even mitt. he starts with a clean etch a sketch screen every day. that seems pretty devoid of any principled core.
Did you read the article? The main point is that, despite Romney's "binders of women,"he actually hired very few of them, blaming a lack of qualified candidates. It explicitly mentions women who worked for him and support him, so not sure what your comment has to do the article. Or how the figures she cites are untruthful.
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Show more replies (1)The republican party continues it's war on women. This week Republican Rep Joe Walsh stated there is never a need for abortion to save a womens life. If you are a women, be very carefull about giving the Republicans a majority. Your life may depend on it.
This column is complete and total joke. Joan is in full panic mode, as her arch nemesis is going to be our next president. She may need to be placed on suicide watch. To argue that Romney is not a "champion" of women with these little nuggets is just silly. What is a "champion" in this context anyway? He has hired many women, and has worked with many. He has never discriminated against them, and has no record of abusing them. But in Joan's sick little world, the real "champions" of women are serial abusers like Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy.
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RepliesSo wait. Mitt hired women judges? Please name them.
your right and the women adored Ted Kennedy & Bill Clinton both serial adulterers and one was so concerned about women left one in a car for ten hours before reporting an accident which cost her life. And look at what Bill Mahr thinks of women and sends $1 million to Pres. Obama's pac.....but then he is only insulting republican women so filth in their eyes is okay.
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arstalt12Add reply Rich Text AreaPress ALT-F10 for toolbar. Press ALT-0 for help Toolbar Post ReplyObama has numerous high-level female appointees and he is strongly and clearly pro-choice.
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Repliesbecuase he beleives in appearance and quotas. yes, partial birth abortion is a main stream ideal, as well as making religous organizations violate their beliefs
Another puff piece from Joan......obviously in response to a shift in the undecided women voters from Obama to Romney!!
One of President Obama's female assistants to his chief of staff recently "came out" and labeled her working environment openly hostile to women. Can you in your wildest imagination imagine a column discussing this be published? Joan is so openly hostile that her columns really need not be read. In fact, I did not read this one. How she remains employed at a publication calling itself a news organization is unbelievable.
NOT unbelievable-- Remember she is employed by a NEW YORK TIMES organization- Need we say more?
Another puff piece from Joan......obviously in response to a shift in the undecided women voters from Obama to Romney!!
Obama has numerous high-level female appointees and he is strongly and clearly pro-choice.
becuase he beleives in appearance and quotas. yes, partial birth abortion is a main stream ideal, as well as making religous organizations violate their beliefs
This column is complete and total joke. Joan is in full panic mode, as her arch nemesis is going to be our next president. She may need to be placed on suicide watch. To argue that Romney is not a "champion" of women with these little nuggets is just silly. What is a "champion" in this context anyway? He has hired many women, and has worked with many. He has never discriminated against them, and has no record of abusing them. But in Joan's sick little world, the real "champions" of women are serial abusers like Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy.
So wait. Mitt hired women judges? Please name them.
your right and the women adored Ted Kennedy & Bill Clinton both serial adulterers and one was so concerned about women left one in a car for ten hours before reporting an accident which cost her life. And look at what Bill Mahr thinks of women and sends $1 million to Pres. Obama's pac.....but then he is only insulting republican women so filth in their eyes is okay.
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WRONG - Ms. Vennochi you obviously DID NOT work in Gov. Mitt Romney's cabinet!
The women who worked with Gov. Mitt Romney have the highest praise for him. The untruthful comments made by you and others are coming from people who have never worked for him, with him, or any any business association with Gov. Mitt Romney.
Ms. Vennochi you obviously DO NOT KNOW Gov. Mitt Romney's character.
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Did you read the article? The main point is that, despite Romney's "binders of women,"he actually hired very few of them, blaming a lack of qualified candidates. It explicitly mentions women who worked for him and support him, so not sure what your comment has to do the article. Or how the figures she cites are untruthful.
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Why do women in Pres. Obama's administration & congress make 18% less pay for equal job then men?
and 2 early prominet woman have stated that they felt like meat
Why does Obama send a woman out on a Sunday morning to deliver an absolute falsehood about the Benghazi consulate episode to the nation, not on one, but on five network news talk programs? Maybe he couldn't find a man to take the job?
Oh Joan, you are such a fruit-loop! (That's a non-gender specific term for your liberal moonbat perspective, and its transparent agenda that relies on manipulating the facts to suit your personal dislike of Mitt Romney).
<Reality for Romney includes elbowing aside acting Governor Jane Swift so he could run.>
So you think he wouldn't have "elbowed aside" a male candidate who similarly lacked credentials? Are you suggesting that he shouldn't have run because he would be unseating a woman? Isn't that the type of discrimination that we are trying to avoid?
<Reality for Romney means recruiting Kerry Healey to run for lieutenant governor, and then easing her into the background once he won office.>
Of course, many might actually appreciate the fact that Romney chose a woman as lieutenant governor. Did you consider that such a selection represents a friendly perspective toward women? And "easing her into the background"? Isn't that by definition what it means to be "lieutenant" governor?
Face it, Joan, Mitt isn't the woman-hating monster you'd like for all of us to believe he us. And it's unbecoming for you -- or for anyone -- to spread such mythology.
Sorry, this isn't some other state we're talking about and this isn't ancient history. Most of us were here when Romney was governor and you simply cannot deny that he had women in senior positions all over the state! And I saw Kerry Healy as his equal throughout his governorship. I'd like to know what planet Vennocchi was on when the rest of us were living here from 2002-2006 seeing Mitt in action, because it clearly wasn't here on planet earth.
Here's Mitt "in action."
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/romneys-jobs-record-is-best-or-worst/
maybe the court picks were for the best possible person and not some liberal quota
How can you determine who is the best possible choice? Maybe you have a list of qualifications in mind, but someone else might have other qualifications in mind. Even with a list of qualifications, how do you determine among 350 million people who's "the best possible person?"
It's very obvious from your statement, though, that one of the qualifications you'd like is that all liberals be declared unqualified.
It's political choice. There's nothing wrong with that. You should be thankful that it's political and not dictatorial.
On Mr. Romney's last day in office, he walked down the stairs in front of the State House, and it was a planned event, with photographers and reporters. No one else but Mr.. Romney and Ms. Healey walked down the stairs. She walked a few stairs behind him and to the side. I was struck by the whole scene. It reminded me of some royal couple of eons ago, where the consort walks behind so the Queen is the important person. He made no mention of her or acknowledgement of her being in the vicinity. Of course, I was predisposed to notice that, since I had been struck by his brazen self-centered move to oust Jane Swift, who was likeable, capable, smart and a very quick learner, from any possibility of running on her own for Governor.
Kerry Healey did an admirable job while Mr. Romney was out on the trail for about half of his days in office, getting a presidential run together for himself. I found his lack of manners offensive at the time of this incident and found it also typical of his unawareness of others.
Jane Swift was a self-absorbed twit on a level with that Alaskan governor who quit in the middle of her term. And Swift demanded state-supplied helicopter trips to her western Massachusetts home.
Just why is Healy so loyal if Romney doesn't support women's rights? From the scant evidence Vennochi cites, it's apparent she had to reach deep to come up with "negatives" on Romney's support of women. I've never understood why people, especially the press, here in Massachusetts express so much vitriol against Romney. He did an okay job as govenor, accepted no salary, balanced the budget, and suffered no scandals. It was obvious that he had his eye on the presidency, but then what politician isn't looking ahead?
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That's because if you have a add a religious fervor to your politics as democrats do, , anything goes to justify your beliefs. It reminds me of the Muslim's willingness to go to any extreme to promote their religion.
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Just want to say to the men who visit here: it's difficult to be in the same gender as these women-obsessed women. I was one of the people who asked Romney to set aside his earlier decision not to challenge Swift. Never gave a moment's thought to the woman thing: she couldn't win because she had few friends left. Kerry Healey was a great choice, I recall her being the executive branch liaison with the cities and towns, and she is now a major policy advisor. I wonder: did Joan vote for the sister, our go for the black guy? Must be hard having to weigh these decisions while many of the rest of us just look for the most qualified people. Which BTW, Mitt should have been doing instead of searching for women for his binders -- although I suppose if one wants to someday run for president, one must plan to impress these women-obsessed women, for all the good it ever does a Republican.
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Silly "The System Worked" - you really have to ask? There is a complete and total difference between using a word and depriving a woman of health care. It is amazing that you can be so out of it that you don't know the difference between bad language without purpose or real intent and using it (or even not using it) to encourage rape, deprive women of rights, deprive them of health care, deprive them of equal pay. Eventually your fool party will get it. Until then, they will face defeat. So will you.
As Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney cut taxes 19 times. As president, he has said he won't raise taxes on anyone; He will deliver tax cuts to the middle class; and simplify the tax code to make it simpler, flatter, and fairer.
We know what President Obama will do on spending. President Obama's already increased our debt by $5.5 trillion -- and he'll let our national debt climb to $20 trillion by 2016. He's promised a second stimulus, yet we don't even know where the first one went. If allowed a second term, President Obama will let the debt climb to over $20 trillion -- that's money our children and grandchildren will have to pay back.
Yawn. Nonsensical right-wing propaganda. Romney's proposed tax cuts and juiced up military spending will bloat the deficit that falls in line with the last few republican presidents.
Mitt Romney raised fees by 100's of % and invented new ones that nobody had ever heard of before. He choked the life out of real small businesses not the fake (aka Massive) small businesses. Are you using the "Royal We" because we don't know what you foolishly believe. The numbers are not there for your baloney. You confuse projected with actual debt and that projected debt will be WIPED OUT when we kill Grover Norquists idiotic philosophy. Learn to use math. Seriously - you don't know.
I refuse to believe that, given Romney's severe shortcomings and ample evidence that his claims to fame are fantasy (manager, Olympics, middle-class supporter) and given that we voted for McGovern over Nixon, that anyone who takes the time to read about Mitt will entrust him with the Presidency.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/14/david-stockman-mitt-romney-and-the-bain-drain.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829
This is Massachusetts, not Mississippi! We are famous for thinking (or reading) before we act!
Joanie babe, you need to get your perspectives lined up with more of your sorority propagandists. None other than the witchiest of feminism advocates, Wendy Murphy, came out strongly last week with praise of the Mittster for his hiring women for his Massachusetts administration. And Joanie, you are falling into a Granny Warren syndrome - accusing Mitt of a mortal sin because he acted like a politician and was "elbowing aside Governor Jane swift so he could run". My lawdie, that is exactly what Barry the O did to Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic run for the White House. Why is Mitt a male chauvinist porker while Obama is a sainted angel in this 'elbowing aside' a female candidate scenario? Like Granny accuses Scott Brown of male chauvinism because he didn't care for that Kagan woman, even though she was an ex-Harvard Law dean, and put his believes where his vote was. This is all litmus test stuff, Joanie, the well known refuge of scoundrels, especially party scoundrels. Now, Joanie, go back to your office, sit, put your elbow on your desk, your chin in your cupped hand, and just start your little grey cells regurgiating all that stuff you are trying to put in some sort of party-inspired sequence.
During a talk before law students on Friday at the University of Tennessee Law School, Kagan said, “And to tell you the truth, there were also things that I got because I was a woman. I mean I'm not sure I'd be sitting here.”
“I'm not sure that I would've been President Obama's nominee if I weren't a woman,” she said. “And if he wasn't as committed as he was to ensuring that there was diversity on the Supreme Court.”