Mitt Romney's "Mothers Day" ad offends my favorite feminist

It turns out that National Offend A Feminist Week is so darn much fun even Mitt Romney is getting in on the action. His latest ad, entitled "Mothers Day", got my favorite feminist's knickers in a twist.

Yup, that's the main purpose of Mothers Day, so PunditMom can skip one day of laundry duty. Does the washing machine even fit onto her motherhood pedestal?

Works her fingers to the bone, she does.

Well, maybe when she's not carping about Republicans being mean to Michelle Obama, aka SuperMom. Sarah Palin's wardrobe was fair game, but notice Mrs. Obama's five hundred dollar sneakers and you're a racist as well as a misogynist. And Ann Romney wears fancy blouses!

But here's the best part. PunditMom is really upset because calling out slimy attacks on Ann Romney is a distraction.

They forget that people tire of these distractions, especially when it's about candidates' spouses. They're not the one's we're electing, so maybe they should save their campaign dollars and leave these two high profile moms out of it on Mother's Day.

Distractions are only OK when it's her team doing the distracting. (cough, gay "marriage", cough)

Romney's ad is effective precisely because it dramatically illustrates just how divergent the two camps' views of motherhood really are.

On the Republican side we have Ann Romney, raising five boys without complaint, joyfully nurturing them through the pain of her own personal trials.

On the Democrat side they have Sandra Fluke, demanding free birth control so as to eliminate her need to contemplate motherhood at all, while she cavorts recklessly with whatever partner suits her fancy.

Yeah, I can see how pointing out the futility of the feminist ethos could be a major bummer when they're trying to garner the soccer mom vote.

So I stand in awe of Mitt Romney, who hands down wins the title of Feminist Offender Of The Week, just because he dared to praise motherhood. I can't wait for his next ad, extolling the virtues of baseball and apple pie. There's gotta be some kind of Title IX angle in it that'll drive the feminuts even battier.

Posted at 00:12 by Chris Wysocki   [/feminists]   Comments | Perm Link |
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