….. greeting school children and teachers after speaking at Plaza de San Pedro in Cartagena
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Catholic priest Alvaro Gutierrez leads President Obama and President Santos on a tour of San Pedro church in Cartagena
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….. greeting Colombian singer Shakira during an event to hand over titles to representatives of the Afro-Colombian community during an event at the Plaza de San Pedro in Cartagena. The land restitution is an attempt by Colombia to recognized marginalized communities who were forced from their land by armed groups.
Sebastian Salgado, leader of the San Basilio de Palenque community of descendants of former slaves, receives a land title from President Obama during the ceremony
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…. at a joint press conference with Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos
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…. departing on Air Force One from Rafael Nunez International Airport in Cartagena en route to Washington DC
The Obama Diary 
Beautiful !
I love his trips but I want him home safe and sound 🙂
Hellooooooooooo CTGirl!
Today is Sunday, Chips, I am trying not to think naughty thoughts :-). This is making it very difficult 🙂
GQ model. Gorgeous.
I think you guys may have to scoot over today (on the naughty mat)!
He is, isn’t he…GQ! Niiiice.
He is D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S-!!!!!!!!!………………..Fan me PUHLEAZE!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Mr. President for an excellent job and have a safe journey home!
Si, Gracias
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! OH HAPPY DAY…THE ENERGIZER BUNNY IS ON BOARD….HAPPY ME!..:)
Congrats ctgirl7. Are you the same as ctgirl?
I’m so glad to see PBO finally lost the jacket in that heat.
Same 🙂 WordPress at work 🙂
darn gremlins
:-).
LunarSea, I remember how I jump all over the way the ambassador was dress who greeted POTUS when he first arrived, I take that back.
Oh, are you talking about the rumpled shirt? Yeah, I think everyone was taken by surprise with that first impression. Not realizing how steamy hot it is there. I was hoping PBO wouldn’t faint from the heat with a jacket on!
I’m like a silly mother hen about that man…. 😆
I take my criticism back, too. It looks like it was sweltering out there.
Changes in latitude, changes in attitude -and all that 😎
Beautiful pictures, I love them all, thanks Chips 😀
I like the variety of skin tones of the children in Colombia.
Yeah, like America -er North America that is.
Those pictures are wonderful!
They love him. They love him! Beautiful pictures Chips. Thanks.
What a successful trip! Glad he is safely on board. Thanks for the amazing coverage, Chipsticks! As usual – our only reliable source for news!
Was it a successful trip? I heard nothing about it from our sorry media.
Well not really. The only thing that happen, during the 2+ days there, was some SS men refusing to pay their prostitutes. Of course it’s good news for McC.
rant/
Seriously how does bad behavior by grown men acting like they are above questioning = bad on Obama? If anything I see it as white privilege run amok. But of course the privileged class is never guilty. It’s always someone else’s fault. Some people just feel entitled. Entitled to all the whores they want and entitled to not have to pay for them.
Think MM will say PBO should have stood up for them to get them to stay in Columbia? Rhetorical Q.
But they’re in another country where apparantly if you stiff someone, even a prosititute. you get in trouble. Not what they were expecting. So what to do to save face? Make it a referendum on PBO. It’s worked so well up till now.
/rant
There I feel better now. Moving on…. 🙄
Most Excellent Rant LunarSea.. perfecto 😉
Yes, excellent rant, LunarSea! It’s been a frustrating weekend with regards to the media stupidity.
I hope you know that was snark. But just in case, Snark Alert
I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see President Obama out there representing us on the world stage! My gawd, after 8 years of Bush II it is so refreshing to see this intelligent, personable wonderful man making us all look good.
Julie
“after 8 years of Bush II it is so refreshing” <— this!
And to think there are those who would conspire to take us back to that with a Robme presidency. HELL NO YOU WON'T!
No way we're going back to pretending to be from another country when travelling abroad. LOL
I like the coming and going shots.
Coming to take care of business, then BAM! Did their business and heading out. LOL
Evening all. Hope everyone’s had a great day. It was absolutely beautiful in Maine today. Excellent gardening weather. I know, I know -we’re so behind everyone outside of the Yukon & tundra north. I envy all who get to garden when the WH cherry trees are blossoming.
Better late than never.
Hey TODers, if you were going to do a poll (multiple in fact) on the US media pundits what questions should it have, say for Wolf Blitzer & CNN?
UT, I read some of the book titles on Twotter. They were a hoot and true.
LMAO those are great! Is this a trending topic on twitter? Gotta go see. BRB
Yeah it is. I’ve been tweeting a lot about #ObamaBookTitles. I’ll bring some more over.
Well it looks like the copy cat teabaggers finally caught on. I just saw the dumbest teabaggerie titles. They aare really such nasty people.
Has anyone heard what happend about Cuba? What did the South America’s do?
I’ve been out of the loop but from what I have seen, I haven’t heard anything. Of course if waiting for media to inform, we’d never hear about anything of substance.
I just saw this Roberta:
Political leaders from the Western Hemisphere ended their summit Sunday seriously divided over the contentious issue of Cuba, as Canada and the United States blocked an attempt by Latin American nations to bring the communist Caribbean country into their fold.
The weekend summit ended frostily when the leaders of more than 30 countries failed to produce a final declaration about their work.
The reason for that failure was that the leaders were unable to reach a consensus on a key issue — the Latin American countries want Cuba to be invited to the next summit of the Americas in three years, in Panama.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/15/division-on-cuba-ends-summit-of-americas-on-frosty-note/?__lsa=4b509db2
Well it’s not like we don’t already try and work with some bad characters. I mean look at out Quadaffi relationship before he was gone. And there’s plenty others whose names escape me at the moment. Not sure what the hang up is? Relations are better with Russia.
Must be some behind the scenes conflict somewhere. I think we do a lot better working with our adversaries when we can sit and talk with them mano a mano, instead of boogie man and protector.
But alas, they didn’t ask for my opinion
OUR PRESIDENT IS COURAGEOUS FOR NOT BENDING ON HIS SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA…IT’S GOOD FOR HIM TO WALK INTO THESE SITUATIONS WITHOUT ‘FEAR’….SOMETHING G.W. WOULD NEVER DO. THESE ARE THE PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS THAT BRING A WORLD TOGETHER. PBO STANDS FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES IN AND I ADMIRE HIM SO FOR IT. WE HAVE A FEARLESS PRESIDENT…THIS INDEED IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP. NOW…I’M GLAD HE’S COMING HOME!
What were the sanctions designed to accomplish? Aren’t they from the 50s during the Bay of Pigs incident? Does it really still apply? Is it his conviction or is he heeding advice of his advisors, many of whom we know are still fighting the cold war?
I think this is more about the Cuban_American …constituency….
but i do not feel easy about us being on the other side of this issue….i think it is time to revisit this policy..
Yes, how long can we hold our neighbors at a distance out of outdated fear and paranoia? Worth revisiting.
It would be asking a lot to expect a US president running for reelection in an election year to agree to allow the summit guidelines for admission to be bent so Cuba could be invited. Just imagine the uproar from the Cubans in Florida. Good to see Canada has our back on this.
So you’re saying politics over policy?
Florida’s Cubanos are repub voters anyway. For that matter, there’s an uproar over SS men who can’t keep their flies zipped. There’s always an uproar, so that can’t be it. So what is going on that we have to keep such an outdated sanction in place. Or do like I do with my kids, show you can handle the responsibility and you get greater privilege. Give them conditions to meet in 3 yrs.
Question is why are the sanctions still needed? Are they still a threat or is this some left over cold war paranoia. Yes there are human rights issues, but don’t tell me the good ole USA doesn’t have it’s own abuses of human rights.
If it is still needed, why? What’s the objective? Could it have to do with GITMO? Look at the former Burma -now Myanmar. Progress can be made if we work toward it. But just having sanctions and not working toward anything, progresses nothing. In my opinion.
On the other hand I’m not president or privy to the information he is so I will trust his judgment because I trust him. I don’t trust all his advisors. And I cannot help but wonder why.
Well, I’m glad the President is on his way home and seems to have had another good Foreign Affairs session. I confess that I felt completely lost on this trip. Don’t know why exactly. I’m just now going up to view th ewpics in this post.
I THINK IT’S BECAUSE YOU KNEW HE WASN’T EXACTLY WALKING INTO THE MOST FAVORABLE TERRITORY…I FELT LIKE THAT TOO…BUT I HAVE TO REMEMBER…HE’S GOT THIS! I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ON HIS SHOULDER…:)
Ha, this is the person who walked into a televised event at the republican retreat. (never to be repeated if they have their way)
Everytime he walks into the halls of congress he’s walking into ‘most unfavorable territory’ but he be kewl 😆
More so as every minute passes … the singular issue for America is do we want to be led by a person of great dignity and honesty or by someone so cynical that he makes no attempt to hide the fact that he is a LIAR and is so arrogant that he thinks he can get away with it.
#PRESSON
As Paul Krugman said, Mitt Romney HAS “CONTEMPT” FOR THE NEWS MEDIA (AND VOTERS).
Romney lies with wreckless abandon and coulld care less if he is confronted with the facts. His entire campaign is built on falsehoods. The thought of this man being anywhere near the Oval Office is horrifying.
The Mendacity Is The Message
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/the-mendacity-is-the-message/
Funny how these circles go:
Robme has contempt for the media & voters; the media has contempt for the voters but love them some Robme: & the voters have contempt for the media and Robme.
All one big happy family…. ❗
Willard has a right to be contemptuous of the media. Look at all the falsehoods he’s uttered and not a one of them have called him out on it.
I CAN’T WAIT FOR PBO TO GET WILLARD ON THE DEBATE STAGE…OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH…THE ‘FLYSWATTER’ IS GOING TO BE FLYIN!’ PASS THE POPCORN!…:))))))))))
I don’t think any of it was on C-Span either.
I wonder why they had PBO do the honors of presenting the land title and not their president?
Okay, this comment is going to be totally off track, but something has been bothering me ever since Romney’s speech to the NRA. I have been extremely busy this weekend and only been able to do hit and miss type of viewing. I am truly hoping somebody can say this has been mentioned before here or elsewhere in some blog.
Friday, Romney basically implied that if he gets re-elected, PBO will start going after guns. Again, he did not use those words specifically, but the message was nonetheless loud and clear. Now, we all know this is a ridiculous statement, but the only things I have read in my hit and miss reading this weekend is just that, PBO has done nothing to indicate he is even intereste din any type of gun control (one of my minor disppointments, but understandable) whereas Romney, as Governor actually was big on gun control. In other words, the NRA, and by extension, gun lovers, should be more concerned about a Romney Presidency than if PBO is re-elected.
My limited reading has not shown me what I consider to be a truly dangerous aspect of Romney’s talk. I know of at least 3 major shooting incidents in 2009 and 2010, with at least 9 fatalities, that were done because the shooter believed PBO was going to come and get his guns. This included three policemen in PA being killed. I am sure, if I researched enough, there would be more.
Now this is just with language from the fringe part of the NRA pushing this meme. I have to wonder how much, if any, that meme will be believed because a main stream politician has now stated it and is using it as a reason for people to vote for him. And what is going to happen once PBO is re-elected. To me, Romney was speaking directly to that part of the population which contains enough gun fanatics to spark something. I now have a new saying, “Romney talking may result in people’s deaths.”
This is what is so frighten about Mitt Romney, he lies and he don’t give a dam if anyone knows he is lying. This is a man who talks, no he doesn’t talk of his religion. But people know that he came to be a Mormon, and is it okay to tell lies in his religion.
japa21, there are already enough idiots out there who think President Obama want to take their guns away. Even though he has done nothing or said anything to show that, these idiots are brain wash or just stupid, that’s what they believe. And it comes from liars like Mitt Romney, palin, and the NRA.
Willard’s NRA speech was a disaster in so many ways.
Did you see the interview of columnist Gary Younge of the Guardian on UP With Chris Hayes last Saturday? Gary attended the NRA Convention and talked about what he saw there. He said there was an underpinning of extreme fear and paranoia. Chilling.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/47049493#47049493
No, I have been pretty much out of everything this weekend. The NRA actually has some very good aspects, but the paranoid leaderaship drags it down and makes it, as you say, chilling.
And then there is this:
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/04/14/464599/wayne-lapierre-wingnut-over-the-edge/
FEAR AND PARANOIA ARE THEIR SPECIALTIES AND THE MILITIA GROUPS IN AMERICA ARE EATING IT UP! NOT A PRETTY PICTURE!
Mitt Romney warns NRA against an ‘unrestrained’ second-term Obama
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Even before Romney’s speech, the Obama campaign hit back with a statement attacking the presumptive GOP nominee, along with a hefty file of news clippings intended to show that he had a checkered history on gun rights.
“The president’s record makes clear the he supports and respects the 2nd amendment, and we’ll fight back against any attempts to mislead voters,” said campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt. “Mitt Romney is going to have difficulty explaining why he quadrupled fees on gun owners in Massachusetts then lied about being a lifelong hunter in an act of shameless pandering. That varmint won’t hunt.”
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http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/13/news/la-pn-mitt-romney-warns-nra-against-an-unrestrained-secondterm-obama-20120413
“That varmint won’t hunt.” LMAO and liking it.
Makes me think of the old batman series on TV with their visual explosives: Bam! Pow! Kaboom!
INDIANA MY DEAR IS LOADED WITH GUN TOTERS…THEY ALL HAVE THE MISCONCEPTION THAT PBO IS COMING AFTER THEIR WEAPONS…A MISCONCEPTION PLANTED EARLY ON BY THE REPUBS! IT EXISTS HEAVILY TODAY AND…IT IS DANGEROUS!
This is standard NRA mantra. They always use that against Democrats. Remember Kerry’s hunting adventures to “prove” that he was not against guns? Trying to scare people into buying more guns. They are obviously getting good traction. This was Romney trying to convince the wary NRA that he is in agreement with them.
Does anyone here watch The Amazing Race? I’m really pulling for Bopper & Mark. Wish my health was good enough to ttryout for this show.
Yes I love the show. I love Bopper and Mark too. I was sorry to see the Federal Agent girls go. The border agents are rude and when married couples get on, all they do is argue. I love the race and everything they see. I know if I was to try it with my husband…he would have a fit with my direction skills, or lack there of. Two years ago my family bought me a GPS. I am always good for at least ONE U Turn when going to a new address.
LOL love ’em and love that utaustinliberal wit
UT, you are so on a roll!! These are terrific.
Wow. Even at 50 it’s sill high and tight! Columbian prez made a big mistake walking with PBO with his back to the camera.
What a view, huh, Lisa? I couldn’t help but notice (because he kept showing it to us in those god-awful jeans) that Romney has no behind. Just like he has no core. Hahahaha.
I feel like I should start calling Wilard ‘Candidate Droopy-Ass’ but I think I’d rather stick to ‘Mofoing Upstart Prig’
You are a mess, Lisa. Either one fits the liar perfectly.
DO NOT GET ME STARTED.
Smary, privileged, utterly dishonest, entitled, detached and clueless, no-personality, pasty & weak, two-faced, opportunistic, maniputative & manipulated, soul-less, mean-spirited, LYING, cowardly, grossly over-rated, clumbsy, repulsive … “I know the economy” There-is-zero-evidence-you-understand-The-Ecomony…………. HEY! HEEEYYY!!!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO GET ME STARTED!!!!!
LOL, I know the feeling. Mr. Just for Men, boring speaker, lousy joke teller, no personality, walks like a duck, laughs like a used car salesman who just swindled you. Yuck.
I am laughing so hard at your comment, lisalovesobama, ‘candidate droopy-a**’ . The thought of it is hilarious!! Like 2 small deflated balloons, maybe?
Lisa, priceless as usual. You always make me laugh.
Oh ChipsChica, naughty mat needed for clean up, isle 7 😛
Lisa!! YOU ARE OUTRAGEOUS!!! 😎
CURRENTLY…I AM PICKING MY RIBS UP OFF THE FLOOR…HERE I AM…AN ADULT..COMPARING PHOTO BUNNNNN SHOTS…I NEED TO BE GROUNED AND IT’S LISA’S FAULT!
I hope our people are getting their voters ID card. We can not have any excuses, we are going to need every vote and in the states which require voter ID, we have to get them and turn out to vote November 6th. This will not be an easy race, so we can’t think that it will. The enemies, the crooks on the right will cheat, steal and kill to win. We have to fight till the last minute to re-elect President Obama, VP Biden. And keep their wonderful wives around, Michelle and Jill.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Rove and company are eyeing down ticket races. They will try to box him in since they don’t believe they can win. I think our biggest obsticles are voter disenfranchisement and down ticket candidates. If you think PBO is stymied with the critters he has to work with now, expect a total blockade if we don’t replace senators and reps on both the fed and state levels. Look no further than to states with Repub govenors for a prelude of what’s in store.
So yes, imperative we register AND vote, but we cannot ignore the ‘lesser’ races. Which dems don’t have a good track record with.
LunarSea, at times the Dems are a royal pain in the you know where, but I usually vote straight Democrat, and I plan to pay close attention to the local and state races too.
Good to hear. Keep us posted.
Lunar Sea that’s why I was encouraged to hear from our regional OFA director that their emphasis this year will be on the whole Democratic ticket. Their goal is to both re-elect the president AND give hm a strong ticket to work with. As an added bonus they want to leave a strong party. The guy said their work would not be over on election day.
I always love to hear about the info and messages as well as the work done at OFA meetings.
I have been trying to get to a local meeting here, but their are either during the day when I’m at work, or ~100 miles in the wrong direction for me to go in the evening. If I can’t find something soon, I will have to bite the bullet and host an event.
I am so anxious to get involved on another level. Oh well. Until then, I’ll keep writing, faxing and calling my reps and calling out the media.
bad bad lisa 😀
Maybe that is why they are droopy,utaustinliberal, (heeee heeee)
So, so, so, so extraordinary gorgeous man. Damn.
On Harry’s Law tonight, they’re playing Pres. Obama’s song “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green! It’s so sweet.
What’s that? Is it already over?
I searched high and low for this event.If it wasn’t for TOD, I wouldn’t know what to do…I haven’t been here as often..but just a reminder..that I love you Chips more than I could ever say…To all of you at TOD’s you inspire me, I cry and laugh out loud with you. The Love of this oasis is as big of wonderful ocean of love…and I am swimming in it…..Thank you all:-)
Oh My!! I am all chocked…by President Obama givng the Land of a Title to descendants of former slaves, It touched my heart to the core What a Man…What a Mighty mighty Good Man we have
Hi kasai! you’ve been missed 🙂
I agree with you that the handing over of the land title from one man of African descent to another was touching on so many levels for me.
Gloria Steinem is on OWN …
PBO could be a model. Seriously.
Thank God he isn’t. Maybe next time around. America needs a dam good President and though some doubt it, that’s what we have. And I pray will keep for 4 More Years.
Just finished watching the last 10 min of Grand Torino and I realized that Clint Eastwood is the only repub I can stand. Of all the actors I know of who are repukes, he’s the only one I allow myself to watch. I used to just adore Everybody Loves Raymon and Deb was my fave character but about 2 years ago I learned she was a repuke and I quit that show cold turkey. Oh! TNT replaying the movie!
Don’t miss GCB tonight!
I’m watching that and gard toeing at the same time!!
Let me get this straight! With Joe Lieberman by his side, Netenyahu released a statement accusing Iran of getting away with a freebie.
Wait…, WTF? First, how dies Bibi know American slang? Second, Joe Lieberman by his side???
Is anyone else concerned, that Bibi is being led around by the Nose by Neo Cons?
INDEED…THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE!…IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE…JUST REMEMBER…PBO WILL STAND HIS GROUND.
no
Bibi is a big Neocon himself. He’s quite familiar with the US. He lived here for a while & went to school at Harvard & worked with MittBot after graduation. NYT story last weekend I think.
Don’t trust Bibi.
Cat, Bibi studied in Boston, but not at Harvard (at MIT). For a while he and Mitt worked at the same company in Boston, I believe..
No Harvard for Bibi, though he did work with Willard for a while and the two are ‘friends’.
“Before I made a statement of that nature, I’d get on the phone to my friend Bibi Netanyahu and say: ‘Would it help if I say this? What would you like me to do?’ “ – Mitt Romney to Gingrich in one ot their many debates.
I thought that talks with Iran were becoming fruitful…was i mistaken…
They are but you know how the fearmeisters are….
Hi Chips, Good job. I hope the priest was not lecturing the president about the “mandate to give free birth control to everyone” as wingnuts would say. I’m sure he was nice, unlike Father Dolan.
LOL I certainly hope he was unlike Dolan (no father to me, the scumbag) But if he did, I would hope the president would come back with something along the lines of ‘Yes, now about all those little boys around the world….’
So could MO…..they are definitely a class act. They would make the perfect runway couple. Him adoring her and she lovingly teasing him. The way he checks her out sends a message and reminds me of the Four Tops song,”Ain’t No Woman Like The One I Got.” Snd her song to him,”hat Man, What A Mighty Good Man”(she made it clear, “that’s MY man”)…… I am sure the best part of the trips he venture off to is returning back home to MO.
Job well done, Mr. President. Welcome home!
LDS, I remember that Four Tops song. Motown was great music. None can compare with Motown.
Chips, thank you for these amazing, gorgeous pictures. You are simply the best.
Sorry….”What a man……
Chips thank you so much once again for covering this historical trip for us here. What would we do without you?
I have a question:
Will this sorry WH corp. stay around for the next four years or do they get others assignments? Can we vote them off? Fire them, maybe? Even better Ms. Ann may need some extra nannies for the grandchildren……or something
Can we vote them (WHpress corps) off?
Mine would absolutely be the first vote, even if I had to line up overnight to be counted! LDS, You have NO idea how their ignorance of their roles as journalists frustrates me! I am routinely flabbergasted that they do not seem to ‘grow’ from one press occasion to the next, and part of my fed-up-ness with them is that they totally refute my long held theory that everyone can learn.
I’m the second vote.
Alright! You and i have started the ball a-rolling. 😉
Anniebelle, my brothers and sisters thought they were Motown……the words to that song, “I kiss the ground she walks on”, when POB looks at MO reminds me of the speech she gave at the DNC and he was all smiles beaming and grinning with pride. Like they had jus met.
I would like to see them on a runway together, the chemistry and all. But right now we have a country to save……that can wait.
LDS, I look forward to the time when POTUS and FLOTUS campaign together. I alway enjoy that in 2008. I will never forget the fist bump, and when POTUS almost gave her a pat on the behind.
Hot Damn! GCB is hilarious tonight!
I’m posting this here again. It is the McCain campaigns opposition file on Romney….pass along!
This thing is CHOCK FULL OF INFO! Can someone Tweet this to all of PBO’s people that need to know?! Thanks. The man is a liar and a fraud.
OMG!! How comes nobody ever told me Grand Toeino was so fricking good?! It’s hilarious! Clint does Grumpy Old Man so well!! 😆
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/04/15/colombia/
Gillibrand on Obama: ‘He Fights for Women’
As President Obama and Mitt Romney duke it out for female supporters, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand went on Meet the Press to respond to volleys fired from GOP rivals. According to the New York legislator, Obama has continually looked out for women’s issues but the Republicans are a different story. “It’s Barack Obama whose first bill he ever signed was the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which allows women to fight for equal pay for equal work,” Gillibrand said. “Mitt Romney, his hero is the governor from Wisconsin who just got rid of the equal pay laws there!”
Daily Beast-
zing
Didn’t Ann and Mitt Romney say that women care about the economy. Well not getting paid the same amount as a man does for doing the same job, that affect women in the pocket book. But Mitt supports what Gov. Walker just did, by getting rid of the equal pay law. Now explain to me how this is not a war on women by Romney and the Republicans.
And Ann Romney won’t be able to save Mitt.
I am waiting to see how much attention the sorry ass media is going to these comments were Mitt Romney said that he was against calling stay at home Moms “Working Moms”. He said these women need to learn the dignity of work.