The lady of the manor is very annoyed
by digby
I thought Mitt was just being a creep when he said that he was keeping Ann off the trail so people didn't get sick of her. But I'm beginning to see that it was actually another example of him telling an uncomfortable truth. It's bad enough that Mitt insults half the electorate as a bunch of loser parasites behind closed doors, but even he didn't doesn't do it in front of the press.
Kaili Joy Gray at Daily Kos, put the list together:
Fellow Republicans:
“Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring,”
Women:
"Women, you need to wake up"
Latinos:
"You [Latinos had] better really look at your future and figure out who’s going to be the guy that’s going to make it better for you and your children, and there is only one answer."
Democrats:
"My horse has more style and more class in its hoof than the [Democrats] do in their whole deal."
All voters:
"We’ve given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life."
This is a person people could get tired of, for sure.
I tend not to be too critical of the first ladies because this is one of those throwback female "jobs" that doesn't really have a good job description. And the sexism that usually goes with the criticism on all sides is usually too much for me to take.
But this is Ann Romney behaving very imperiously on the campaign trail and betraying a sense of superiority that's very hard to deny. I don't think I've ever seen a political spouse be quite this condescending. Even Barbara Bush, who was not exactly a shrinking violet in this way, always had a certain down to earth humor that cut the upper class bias a bit. Ann Romney just seems pissed that the little people are failing to grasp just how superior her husband is and fall in line with the program --- as if she can't believe they have to get their permission in the first place.
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