Monday, October 01, 2012

I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF QUEEN ANN'S COMMENT

If you haven't heard it, here it is:
Asked what her primary worry would be should her husband succeed in defeating President Obama on Nov. 6, Mrs. Romney replied, "You know, I think my biggest concern, obviously, would just be for his mental well-being."

"I have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness and his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what's missing right now in the economy - you know, pieces that are missing to get this jumpstarted," she continued. "So for me I think it would just be the emotional part of it."
The job is very demanding, so I thought she had a point but others seem to be drawing a more serious implication:
Ann Romney Delivers Mitt Romney His Very Own ‘Brainwashing’ Moment
by Tommy Christopher | 3:36 pm, September 30th, 2012
MEDIAITE

...he may just have repeated his father’s campaign implosion. George Romney’s 1968 presidential campaign was fatally wounded when the elder Romney told an interviewer he’d been “brainwashed” into supporting the Vietnam War, while Mitt Romney suffered an attack on his own gray matter this week from an unlikely, but trusted, source: prospective First Lady Ann Romney.

Similarly, prospective First Lady Ann Romney gave an interview to local Nevada CBS affiliate KTVN, on Thursday, in which she launched what ought to be a far more devastating attack on her husband than the “gotcha” brainwashing remark.

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