Ann Romney and Hilary Rosen (Video)

Hilary Rosen, DNC hack and Obama surrogate, certainly knows how to unite the base around the candidate and energize the base.

Unfortunately for her and Obama, Rosen fired up the Republicans. Oops!

Here's video:



From the Washington Examiner, an examination of the "hyper-speed political warfare that will mark the general election campaign":

It started on CNN, when Hilary Rosen, a longtime Democratic operative, appeared in a segment alongside fellow Democrat Paul Begala and conservative blogger Erick Erickson. Rosen denounced Republicans for -- she claimed -- wrongly attributing the phrase "war on women" to Democrats. And then, Rosen said this:

With respect to economic issues, I think actually that Mitt Romney is right that ultimately women care more about the economic well-being of their family and the like. But he doesn't connect on that issue, either. What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues, and when I listen to my wife, that's what I'm hearing. Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life. She's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school, and why we worry about their future.

Within seconds, Rosen's statement that Ann Romney has "never worked a day in her life" began to burn up Twitter. Mrs. Romney, after all, had raised five children, as well as dealt with MS and cancer. That was work, no matter how much money her husband made.

The Romney campaign jumped on Rosen's remarks with a speed that no Republican campaign has shown in the past. First, campaign staffers sent out tweets hitting Rosen. "Obama adviser Hilary Rosen goes on CNN to debut their new 'kill Ann' strategy, and in the process insults hard-working moms," said top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom. The campaign then sent out word that Rosen, who has worked for the Democratic National Committee and other Democratic organizations, is now part of the same firm, SKDKnickerbocker, as Anita Dunn, a prominent member of the Obama circle. And then came word that Rosen had visited the White House at least 35 times, according to publicly-available White House visitors logs. And then that Rosen attended last month's state dinner at the White House.

Sensing an opportunity, the Romney campaign rolled out the big guns and had Ann Romney, who had never sent out a message on Twitter before, send out her first: "I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work." Mrs. Romney quickly had thousands of followers.

Rosen's attack backfired. Big, BIG-time.

Obama and his hacks don't hestitate to wage "War on Women."

They'll insult and demean. No problem when the woman is a conservative.

Furthermore, I guess the candidate's family is NOT off limits, unless the candidate is a Democrat.

Hypocrites.

It's crazy for Rosen to proclaim that Ann Romney has never worked a day in her life. Absolutely crazy.

Would Rosen say the same about all those government-dependent women who have never had a job? The Dems court those women, counting on them to remain jobless and dependent, literally buying their votes with promises of entitlements.

Rosen is so typical of those out of touch, elitist liberals.

The work it takes to raise a healthy family isn't valued in their world. A women working at home is "doing nothing." Ask Hillary Clinton. She'll tell you.

This really makes me sick.

Rosen's comments, that Mitt Romney is "old-fashioned when it comes to women" and "he doesn't really see [women] as equal," are positively loony.

The Democrats have a losing strategy if they think they can successfully sell that garbage to Americans.

Rosen's attack on Ann Romney and the millions of women who have spent their lives raising families and offering their time and talent as volunteers in their communities, at schools and churches, serving their country in a very significant way, is disgraceful.

Ann Romney should be praised for her selflessness and her strength and her courage. She's a remarkable woman, not worthy of the sort of disdain dished out by Rosen.

Obama definitely should call Ann Romney, to express his concern for her after this cruel attack, and to relay the message that Mitt should be proud of her.

One good thing from all of this: Republicans needed a unifying moment and Rosen gave it to them.

Thanks, Hilary!
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Funny comment from Greg Gutfeld about Hilary Rosen:

tomorrow, @hilaryr condemns the Salvation Army for warmongering.