Romney, Working Mothers, and the the Lily Ledbetter Act

Submitted by Ellen Wedum on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 2:07pm

OK, here are two segments from the Rachel Maddow Show.  Unlike the clips Fred shows, you do have to sit through a boring 30-second ad before the segment starts (and I don't know how to fix that).

The first one is about the Romney campaign's big non-response to a question about the Lily Ledbetter act on the FIRST day of their all-out campaign to win the women's vote.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#470...

AND, here is the Rachel Maddow segment (hosted by Chris Hayes) with footage of Romney stating (of parents on welfare), "... even if you have a two-year-old child, you need to go to work ....  I want the individuals to have the dignity of work..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#470...

Seems that Romney thinks that raising HIS kids is REAL work, but raising a welfare kid is somehow undignified?  Or unworthy of being called REAL work?

 

Ellen Wedum