MSNBC Panelist Compares Ann Romney Comment With Stalin, Hitler
- Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:45am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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If you planned on voting for Mitt Romney this November, there’s something MSNBC panelist Michelle Goldberg wants you to know: His wife, Ann, wrote a column in USA Today recently, and she made a reference that channeled Hitler and Stalin.
That‘s part of what Goldberg took away from Ann Romney’s Mother’s Day op-ed. Here’s the part Goldberg means in regards to the dictators:
Cherish your mothers. The ones who wiped your tears, who were at every ball game or ballet recital. The ones who believed in you, even when nobody else did, even when maybe you didn’t believe in yourself.
Women wear many hats in their lives. Daughter, sister, student, breadwinner. But no matter where we are or what we’re doing, one hat that moms never take off is the crown of motherhood. [Emphasis added]
There is no crown more glorious.
Here’s what Goldberg had to say about it:
“I found that phrase ‘the crown of motherhood’ really kind of creepy, not just because of its, like, somewhat you know, I mean, it’s kind of usually really authoritarian societies that give out like ‘The Cross of Motherhood,’ that give awards for big families. You know, Stalin did it, Hitler did it.”
She went on to call it “insipid, condescending praise.”
NewsBusters has the video:
Noel Sheppard called the comment “sickening.” Mediaite’s Tommy Chistopher, on the other hand, predicted outrage but wasn’t as outraged himself. According to him, you can‘t win by attacking a politician’s wife — but he thought Goldberg had a point:
Even if you found Ann Romney’s politicized glee at the faux outrage that the Rosen flap incited, even if you think she’s “insufferable,” hell, even if she is insufferable, you’ll always lose by saying it out loud. That’s because, legitimately, she has a right to be all of those things, and worse (or better), because she’s not running for office. Better to focus on the guy who is.
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If nothing else, I learned something new today. The Nazis did, indeed, give out the Mother’s Cross of Honor, while Stalin’s Soviet Union had a whole series of Motherhood Glory medals that you can own for about $600. Who knew that those “World’s Greatest Mom” mugs were an extension of fascist totalitarianism?
But the obvious question seems this: Is Ann Romney’s praise of mothers really an attempt to fortify the totalitarian state, as was the case in the Hitler and Stalin regimes? Common sense has the answer. And that leaves Goldberg’s comments scrambling for relevance.
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Comments (133)
matt708
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:20amamerican people this is what the liberal democrats are all about
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:54amWHERE do they (MSNBC) find these dregs? ANYONE who would think the CROWN OF MOTHERHOOD has anything whatsoever to do with those Demons Stalin/Hitler is out of their minds…unless of course, they are minions of Obama who is the Anti-Christ and they are having their own insider joke.
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:00amdemorats went to liberalism
Report Post »liberalism to progressivism
progressivism to socialism
socialism to communism
fastfacts1
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:04amHILARY ROSEN IS BACK ATTACKING STRAIGHT PEOPLE THIS TIME (Note she is a lesbian)
‘Straight People Don’t Need Help Tearing Down’ Marriage: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/may/rosen_straight_marriage.html
Report Post »almilford
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:34amWhat a freakin PINHEAD!!! And we have people who think like this running the show???
Report Post »We are screwed!!!
artistskeptic
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:51amWhere does MSMBC get these slugs? Who is Michelle Goldberg and why should I want to hear her, she cannot even speak in coherrent sentences, you knnow.
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 11:24amA progressive commie calling Ann Romney a communist for supporting motherhood, does anyone else find this ironic or just me?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 11:37amI am 100% certain of these “progressives”…. everything they accuse others of, is what they truly are!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 11:47amOne word…..desperation….
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 12:06pm@ BREEZEE
all in the last 4 years
4 years ago Ted Kennedy was a Liberal Democrat
Report Post »Now he would have to be a Marxist / Communist.
Just to keep Up.
Brizz
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 12:28pmPretty audacious of MSNBC to have “Political Family Values” on the screen.
Report Post »Paydert33
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 12:51pmHow in the world can these nut-jobs ruin a beautiful message like Mrs. Romney wrote for Mothers Day? Mother’s…..of Mrs. Romney’s beautiful “kind”…. living-the-life-through Our Lord and trying to do the right thing everyday, as opposed to the low-life, big-mouthed, libs like the ones in the article above, who want to destroy a Good Women like Mrs. Romney. What a bunch of total losers.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 1:39pmCall you cable or satellite provider and demand they remove MSNBC from your package.
Report Post »chingachgook
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 2:06pmIt will be clear before this election season is complete what the democratic party stands for. This what it appears to me the following.
Report Post »Homosexual Marriage, Pornography (as free speech), redistribution of wealth, Rewriting American History, Socialism and Communism (see SEIU), Reduction of the Armed forces, Ignoring the threat of Islam (PC speak) , PC in general, Gays in the Military, Gay and lesbian education in grade school ( Starting in preschool in some cases). The list goes on. I have come to the realization that when a point of view just seems completely crazy, there you have it someone in the democratic party is backing that point of view. When if ever will the good folks in that party realized what their party has become. I started as a Democrat but the democratic party is not longer the Party of my father. It is sad please everyone just look to the facts and you will know what is right.
Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 2:41pmThis Goldberg wench is the kind of Jew who gives the rest of us a very bad name. PLEASE! Don’t blame all of us.
Report Post »dah.rackemup
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 2:08pmyou are so right.heros to the left,mao stalin,castro,pol pot.we in canada had trudeau who had the same heros birds of a feather.
Report Post »matt708
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:19amthes MSNBC panelist are all mentally unstable. They must have a need to say stupid things. If they looked in a mirror they would see a fool.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 1:41pmObama mentors were communist ,socialist and black liberation facsist….NEXT
Report Post »dah.rackemup
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 2:12pmthey are always on the wrong side of every discussion.
Report Post »troymac20
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:18amThat’s one hell of a stretch to equate Ann Romney with Hitler and Stalin.
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 6:06pmShe could probably beat the crap out of that sad little girl.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 6:15pmName calling is their only method of attack. They have no real grounds for attacking Mrs Romney so they call her names and attempt to turn what she said into something else. They are incapable of
taking someone at face value bcause they have been dealing wirh Sweet Old Barack, Joker Joe Biteme, Epic Holdup, Fancy Nancy “ther queesn of botox” Pelosi and Hopeless Harry Reed for so long that they don’t realize that some folks speak without an ulterior motive.
OMG 2012
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:17amGetting pretty tired of this label the opposition what you are tactic. Ali did it to Joe Frazier. Now Obamorons are doing to Romney.
The only fascists in the room are Barry supporters.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:16amThey are singing to the choir……
Report Post »Listen_then_think
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:11amOf course the lesbians are goin to attack Ann Romney. That is a given. Obviously these two numbskulls don’t know anything about her, her personality, her religion or her character. Ann is always upbeat and a genuinly nice person and a great mom, something these two baby murdering lesbian liberals know nothing about.
Report Post »Balpit
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:05amTypical how they overlook the rest of a column meant to inspire love for our mothers just to make a Hitler/Stalin reference.
Report Post »briankraner
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:04amHow to equate Ann Romney’s statement about Mothers to Stalin and Hitler ??? I don’t know….
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:04amReducto ad abusurdum.
Report Post »originalthought
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:04amThis woman has some serious gender issues. Her premiss was false from the jump then she set it up and knocked it down. Typical leftist crud. These people lives in fantasy land.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:02amDoes anyone on msnbc have commonsense? They scramble for any insults they can report about those that oppose Obama. I have noticed lately that I read the real news on The Blaze about 24 hours before msnbc reports it, unless it is coming straight from commieland…lol…too busy trying to dig up dirt I guess.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:13amNo, they don’t have commmon sense. It is something completely foreign to them. To them, commonsense is what they need to believe in order to further their liberal agenda – no matter how illogical, no matter how much harm it does, no matter if it goes against the 10 commandment or weakens the family or relies on destruction and profanity. What they want is “common sense” what they don’t want has to be made to be wrong – every time without fail.
Report Post »Boss J
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:19amSounds like death rattles to me. MSNBC is on it‘s last leg and it’s only hope is the attention it gets from it’s outlandish nonsense. If all of the conservative sites would stop linking to and reporting on the garbage that is produced there, they would already be gone.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:02amThe most destructive, offensive creature in the world is a liberal parent.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:00amThe only thing creepy is this panelist. They have perverted the norm and twist it to see evil (unless a Democratic says it)…. what does that say about today’s liberals.
Report Post »Mike Benton
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:58amWhere do these nuts come from? Are they really American?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:07amNo. They are first and foremost liberal, progressive, Democrat, Marxists. Then they are citizens of the world. American comes in a distant third.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:58amBy that logic you can make this assumption: Hitler loved his dog Blondie and supposedly Obama loves Bo. Therefore, Obama is a Nazi. When you use the left’s logic, anything is possible.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:56amGONZO…I do enjoy your comments! This was excellent (again) ! :)
Report Post »mcgrawactor1
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:58amHoly Cow!! I know why the lefties are bugged by all this!! They want parents and their guidance TAKEN OUT and the state to take over the rearing of our children. Simples as that. Mothers and fathers? Who needs ‘em?? We certainly don’t need to recognize their relevance or importance. Society is SICK. .
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:57amMichelle Goldberg speaks for the ‘obama 2012’ campaign.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:57amWhat do you expect from Mental Stability Not Being Challenged ?
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:57amI call both of these MSNBC Panelist Sluts of the liberal party of democrats
Report Post »skiz
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:56amWho’s the creepy one? When the headline says msnbc you know it is going to be something spewed out of the mouth of a MORON! Funny when I read Mrs. Romney’s statement about mothers, the thought of stalin or hitler never entered my mind. This “panelists” heros are probably hitler and stalin so she cant stop thinking about them long enough to even sound educated!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:56amI wear my crown proudly. Bite my @$$ Goldberg!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:13amDitto!
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:51ami think they meant Mitt Romney not his 3rd wife.
Report Post »Listen_then_think
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:17amOh you are original individualism! A mormon polygamy joke! Just goes to show your lack of knowledge on the facts and your desperation., keep it up!
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:45amINDY here is another one of Ron Paul’s eloquent spokesmen for the cause. He’s a fart smeller, er, a smart feller for the R3volution and Obama.
Report Post »Forced_Union_Worker
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:49amActually, Barack Obama’s father was a polygamist. He was married to an African woman that he never divorced, then he married Barack’s mother … never divorced her either, then he returned to Kenya and married a third woman.
Report Post »Sorocialism
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:51amClassy, just classy. It’s just gonna get uglier too. I bet Ann Romney will turn the other cheek/take the high road when asked about this nonsense.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:50amThis women needs serious mental rehabilitation..(as do most liberals)
Report Post »How you can take Ann Romney’s words and twist them in such a diabolical manner is beyond comprehension.
biohazard23
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:50amWhy do the Blaze interns have to be subjected to this garbage? Please stop forcing them to watch. It will reduce PMSNBC’s viewing audience to approximately 4.
Report Post »Zipit
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:07amA small price to pay BIO! Ask not what your country can do for you…………. I pray that these morons keep it up. The more people who see and react to this garbage, the better our chances are in Nov, of throwing these vermin back to the gutter where they belong!
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