Sunday was “Mother’s Day”. All across
America, flowers were sent, special dinners were prepared and phones rang off
the hook with calls to mothers everywhere. Our Daughter made several calls home
and she didn’t want to talk to Dad; I was “second fiddle” on Sunday. Moms are
great and I don’t know how any of us could get along without them.
I took my wife out for dinner on
Saturday night to the restaurant of her choice, and I cooked dinner for her on
Sunday, following church, after washing her car. I was pretty tired by Sunday
evening, but it was worth it to try to make her day a little better. At church,
the message was about the merits of motherhood, and how “Moms” influence us for
the rest of our lives, as they actually give up their own lives to serve us, or
as we Christians say, “show a servant’s heart”.
Recently, Ann Romney has been cast
under the veil of someone who has “never worked”, and I addressed that in a
previous blog a while back. Mrs. Romney may have never cashed a regular
paycheck, but she certainly has worked regardless of what some left-wing idiot
may say.
Mrs. Romney was addressing a group
about mothers recently and said this: “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 are doing, one hat that Moms
never take off is the crown of motherhood. There is no crown more glorious.”
How many of you know the name Michelle
Goldberg? Ms. Goldberg works as a columnist for the Daily Beast (an Obama
supporter since 2008) and a senior correspondent for American Prospect, a
magazine dedicated to American Liberalism; she also appears on MSNBC on one of
its political commentary programs. She has a master’s degree from U.C. Berkeley
(what a surprise).
It appears that Ms. Goldberg takes
some issue with the statements of Mrs. Romney; it is her opinion that what Mrs.
Romney said was reminiscent of Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler. Evidently the
term “crown of motherhood” brought memories to Ms. Goldberg of those two
dictators. She said the term was “kind of creepy”, the kind of statement used
in “authoritarian societies”.
I hope my wife considers her
motherhood a “crown”; I hope my Mom considered her motherhood a “crown”;
because when you spend a large part of your life raising children and nurturing
them to become good responsible people, and asking nothing in return, that
definitely qualifies you as some kind of “Royalty”. Mrs. Romney’s statements
said nothing of an authoritarian nature, unlike some by our First Lady who has
made several statements about our government stepping in and taking control of
many aspects of the lives of private American citizens.
I did some research on Ms. Goldberg,
and I don’t believe she is married or has any children, so I don’t know if she
“has the chops” to make comments on motherhood. To me, she sounds like every
other “empty barrel” echoing anything she can to denigrate a Republican. I
guarantee you that if Michelle Obama had made a similar statement, this same
woman would be lauding it as a victory for the appreciation of all mothers
everywhere. If you want to find some “totalitarian philosophy” Ms. Goldberg,
you only need to take a ride to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; there is plenty of
that over there!!
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