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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 9 years ago

How many nannies and maids helped Ann Romney raise her kids?

How hard is not working and having a child-raising staff, as opposed to working women, who have no help?

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  • 9 years ago
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    OMG, someone is canonizing this woman a saint? Give me a break. A buddy of mines wife had MS and not only raised their kids but ran a day care specifically for special needs kids, including ones with severe medical needs. That's a saint.

    I agree with not going after wives like the Repugnants went after Hillary, and Tipper and John Kerry's wife, or Rush Limbaugh comparing Chelsea Clinton to a dog. However when after everyone under the son on the left disavowed the remarks and the pundit apologized, then BOTH Romneys went before the NRA and tried to make political hay, she's fair game in my book. We know they had illegal aliens doing the yard work; how many other servants Romney "loves to fire," actually raised those five boys?

    If she had no help then she should have no problem telling us that.

  • 9 years ago

    The people who work at the White House work FOR the White House. Many of them are the same people who worked there for the last guy and will continue to work there when the current Residents leave, either in January or in 4.5 years. If the Romney's take up residence in January, they will take care of them as well, but I am sure that will be fine.

    The current First Lady travels extensively to support her Let's Move campaign as well as her Joining Forces campaign, working with military families with Dr. Jill Biden. Just like Laura Bush travelled extensively to support her Education and Literacy programs.

    When attacking people, it should be based on facts rather than what you believe. They are rarely the same thing.

  • 9 years ago

    How many men helped Ann Dunham raise Barack Hussein Obama?

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    9 years ago

    Don't know, none of my business. You can ask if you want, but not sure the relevance. Maybe when she was battling cancer and MS she needed help, but I have no issue with that. It's telling that you do.

    Never once questioned Michelle's use of her mother as a nanny, or all the White House staff devoted to clean up the private residence at the White House.

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  • 9 years ago

    I was diagnosed with ms in 1992, To even think of raising any number of children alone is totally ridiculous. This woman is a saint and fortunately she had enough money to hire the assistance needed to help her raise her children. Any ms patient who lives with the chronic pain, fatigue, weakness, dizziness, among many other symptoms of the disease, knows how ignorant any criticism of Ann with regards to assistance truly is.

    I can't stomach her husband or just about any other teabagger/republican out there, nor would I ever consider voting for any of them, but you people who don't walk in her shoes (and many of us can't walk) should keep their complaints to the idiot she married and his chosen political party and leave her alone!

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    None.

    The following is from CNN Pierce Morgan's site based on a recent interview with Josh Romney, one of Ann's boys.

    "Romney said his parents didn't take the easy way out by hiring someone to take care of him and his brothers growing up. "My parents really did try and do things the hard way and taught us the value of hard work and being at home."

    http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/12/josh-r...

  • 9 years ago

    Ann Romney had as many nannies as your IQ so it should be pretty easy to figure out that she had 0

    http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/327483/20120412/an...

    Funny though Obama's mother in-law lives in the White House because she cares for his kids yet MooseShell doesn't work.

    Ann Romney has never worked in her life well OK she never got paid for it.

    Since being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1998, she has been an active Board Member of the New England Chapter of the MS Society. She has been a leading fundraiser for advocacy and research for MS.

    Governor’s Liaison to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

    United Way of Massachusetts Bay supporter

    Initiator, Co-Chair and Member of the Faith and Action Committee serving at-risk youth

    United Way Board Member

    United Way Executive Committee

    United Way Community Impact Committee

    Involved with the international program Right to Play

    Volunteers time and leadership to equine therapy programs to physically disadvantaged children

    Volunteers for the annual Scholastic Reading event

    Volunteers for Partners for Youth with Disabilities

    Volunteers for the American Red Cross

    Volunteers for the Perkins School for the Blind

    Was a Board Member for the Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund

    Received the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from Operation Kids

    Director of Best Friends addressing needs of inner-city girls

    Volunteer instructor at Mother Caroline Academy

    Board Member of Families First

    Served on the Women’s Cancer Advisory Board of Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 9 years ago

    & cooks & house keepers & laundry & maintenance & drivers & personal assts & tutors & nurses & landscapers & bookkeepers & secretaries & security & personal trainers & mechanics...

    The standard staff when you hook a sucker like meth-eyes Mitt making $20 mil/yr.

    It's just soooo exhausting learning their names n stuff.

    "The hardest job in the world!" Oh boo hoo!

    The poor, priviledged Princess Ann.

  • 9 years ago

    Funny, are you going to ask that question of democrats? I doubt the same question will be asked of the Obama's or the Kennedy family.

    One thing tho, Ann paid for those people out of her own pocket, guess who pays for the help at the White house?

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    If a liberal politician used a similar defense saying that his wife was a stay-at-home-mom then the republicans would probably be calling her a socialist and a commie.

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