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August 29, 2012 03:46 PM UTC

National Spotlight Briefly Shines on Libby Szabo During RNC

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POLS UPDATE: Having given Libby Szabo her due, we’d be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge Ann Romney’s speech to the Republican National Convention last night on its own:

Rough-and-tumble politics aside, and whatever disagreements you may have with her, Ann Romney really is that campaign’s greatest asset. Her ability to soften the image of her generally unlikable (and unliked) husband is one of the only major hurdles remaining in the mostly-successful strategy by Democrats to define the Republican Party as hostile to women.

It’s probably not enough at this point to overcome the richly-earned “war on women” brand afflicting the GOP this year, but Ann Romney is as close to a rejoinder as they’re going to get.

Maybe next time she’ll be on the ticket herself?

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Ann Romney took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa tonight, waxing lyrically about love, her relationship, and her husband’s qualifications for the White House. During her remarks, the camera cut several times to the audience when, lo and behold, it turned on Colorado State Representative Libby Szabo.

What made Szabo clap like she’s never clapped before? The environment, certainly. But it’s fitting the camera turned on an ecstatic Szabo following Romney’s quotation of biblical scripture, John 6:38’s “Give and it shall be given unto you.”

That’s because Szabo knows a thing or two about the Bible! She’s married, remember, to a preacher who believes that Barack Obama is the anti-christ.

Considering that, it’s almost as if Anne Romney was speaking directly to Arvada’s state representative.

Give to others, Barack Obama is wholly evil to the core. You know, biblical teachings.

(Cross-posted from Jeffco Pols)

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  1. ….and it’s not even the good ones. Just the same recycled tired crap, sandwiched between endless distortion and lies….

    Republican Retreads from Tampa

    On the first day of the Republican convention – marked by a delegate vote making former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the party’s official nominee for president – we’re already hearing a lot of exaggerated, misleading or downright false claims that we’ve heard before.

    The theme of the day centered on repeated misrepresentations of a quote from President Obama. From the various speakers we also heard:

       A misleading statistic about women’s job losses that has grown so stale it is now wholly false.

       More bogus claims about “raiding” Medicare and the doctor-patient relationship under Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

       A completely false claim that more than half of the younger generation is unemployed. (Actually, 86 percent who want work have it.)

       More false claims that Obama blocked the Keystone XL Pipeline. Construction has already begun on the southern leg of the project, and the company says it expects approval for the Canada-to-U.S. leg early next year.

    http://factcheck.org/2012/08/r…

    Lots of facty-thingies after the jump….

  2. You know me, I’m sunshine and kindness all the time, but Szabo is the biggest waste of space under the dome.

    Introducing bad bills, arguing poor policy and don’t even get me started on the voice (like fingernails on the chalkboard).

    Ugh.

    1. …..but it takes the admixture of religion to make full blown bat shit nut cases.

      Obama the anti-Christ.  Holy shit.  Oooo, did I just blaspheme?

      With our long standing tradition of “respecting” other religions, we find ourselves letting these bat shitters go uncalled on.

  3. As a devoted father of two daughters, I was deeply offended by Ann Romney’s dismissal of fathers and men in last night’s speech.

    Check out these quotes:

    “I want to talk to you about that love so deep only a mother can fathom it – the love we have for our children and our children’s children.”

    Really?? Only mothers have a deep love for their children?  Screw you.

    Sometimes I think that late at night, if we were all silent for just a few moments and listened carefully, we could hear a great collective sigh from the moms and dads across America who made it through another day, and know that they’ll make it through another one tomorrow. But in that end of the day moment, they just aren’t sure how. And if you listen carefully, you’ll hear the women sighing a little bit more than the men. It’s how it is, isn’t it?

    Really??  It’s only women who care more about their families??  Screw you.

    It’s the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right.It’s the moms of this nation – single, married, widowed – who really hold this country together. … You know it’s true, don’t you? You’re the ones who always have to do a little more. You know what it’s like to work a little harder during the day to earn the respect you deserve at work and then come home to help with that book report which just has to be done. You know what those late night phone calls with an elderly parent are like and the long weekend drives just to see how they’re doing. You know the fastest route to the local emergency room and which doctors actually answer the phone when you call at night.

    Really??  I mean just read that in the context of a devoted father.  I should just bold that entire paragraph.  You mean I don’t know how to get my kids to the hospital, who is their doctor, help with their homework, etc., etc.???

    You know what, fuck you Ann Romney and the June Cleaver horse you rode in on.  Your attempt to appeal to women just pissed off the men.  Congratulations.

    1. I was also offended by those quotes because I don’t have children and am not married. Not super offended, but she made me squint and frown.

      And I honestly didn’t really mind her before.

      The dad angle is interesting, especially given that the two guys running seem like wonderful fathers. Maybe not, I guess. She’d know better than me…

      1. who leaves all that stuff to the little woman. and makes the occasional fun dad appearance. After all, he claimed complete ignorance about his wife’s horse competing in the Olympics. That doesn’t sound like a very hands on, involved family guy.  

        1. Here’s a little peek into life in the Romney home:

          CHRIS WALLACE: So, Tagg, what are family meals like?

          TAGG ROMNEY: A little bit of craziness. Dad always goes in line first because he doesn’t want to wait for all the grand children because it takes forever. Parents are cutting their meat and he’s usually finished by the time the rest of us sit down.

          Now I see why Ann Romney thinks only women care about their families.  Mitt Romney is a real dick.

    5. Who was there when i was sick, did homework with me, etc.  The diference between my dad and Mitt and Ann, was my dad didn’t have “stocks to sell” to make ends meet. And my dad wasn’t “too important” NOT to serve in the military AND raise his daughter.

      Ann Romney is horrible, but you should all trust Mitt because she does.  And if she says he has nothing to hide, you best believe him.  They are morons.

      1. was long concluded prior to being a parent. But, wrestling with schedules, illness, homework, peer pressures that my son endured, all sorts of stuff was just a part of life. For me, any sleepless nights were from either grief or questioning my own decisions and their impact on my son’s future. Happy to say I am absolutely delighted with the results.

        I don’t think Ann had a clue what Mitt did everyday when he left, the lives he helped ruin to bring wealth to investors. She just knew she had enough cash to do anything

    7. And why the R men in the place lapped it up – cause this lets them off the hook.

      Guys like Newt – don’t have to really engage in raising his kids or making his marriages work. That’s women’s work

      I could name others- R & D – but not a lot f D men in the room last night lapping this up.

      1. Ann Romney is also dissing groups like the Promise Keepers by saying it’s the women, not the men who are keeping the family and the country together.

        Of course, I remember when I and other fathers had to do more of the soccer chores for our kids’ teams to cover for the Promise Keeper dads who couldn’t attend the games in order to go to a rally or something.

        As my favorite button says, “I am so sick of right wing fuckheads.”

    2. I’m still waiting for your response on my family’s disgraceful use of “entitlements.”

      Or that no one in your family has used Medicare, SS, or Medicaid.

      Lotta crickets there in Arapaho County?

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