I’ll admit it. I’m a “new media” addict. I haven’t turned on a MSM channel or subscribed to a newspaper in years, and yet I’m more informed than I’ve ever been in my entire life. From morning till night, armed with my Walkman radio and my key board, I’m what Laura Ingraham describes as an “aggressive news consumer”. My morning starts with Laura’s show, which leads into Rush, who leads into Glenn Beck’s radio show, who leads into Sean Hannity’s radio show, who leads into Britt Hume, who leads into Glenn Becks CNN tv show, who leads into O’Reilly, who leads into Hannity & Colmes. In between, I’m surfing the web, hitting up all my favorite blogs, and usually by midnight, I’ve consumed a fair assessment of the days news. I thank God for radio talk shows, the internet, and the demise of the stranglehold that the left has had on the media and the news we receive. I applaud the death of the Dinosaur Media and will dance upon it’s grave when it finally dies off.
As Electromneyin2008.com (this sites owner) is constantly updating with up-to-the-minute election news with the help of several wonderful contributors, finding unique content for WomenforRomney is a challenge. I will, however, try my best. During the course of any one day, some things stick and some things don’t, whether it be for informative or entertainment value. On this particular day, it was a call into Rush Limbaugh’s show that stuck with me……
The day after Mitt Romney’s Michigan Primary win, several women called into Rush’s radio show. Rush was taken by surprise by their enthusiasm and the depth of their knowledge of Mitt Romney as a candidate. Mitt was their “guy”, and they were brimming with excitement that Michigan had given him a pretty resounding nod of the head, with a strong conservative/republican vote for the win. After several calls, Rush realized that these women callers all had a deep admiration for Mitt Romney; not only as a candidate, but as a husband, a father, and businessman. Rush took three calls, and they all went similar to this:
RUSH: “I’m wondering — it’s hard to say this with three calls in one busy broadcast — but I wonder if we’re uncovering something here that’s being missed, and that is that there’s this army of women who apparently are really drawn to Romney…..You’re right, you are the third babe today that’s just going on and on and on about Mitt Romney. It’s all based on policy, right, it’s not based on how he looks?”
CALLER: It is based on policy, yes. He’s a very good-looking man — but it is based on policy, because we women who are true conservative –Republicans — and comfortable in our own skin — and would never vote for anybody based on gender or race, want to listen to what these candidates are saying.”
RUSH: “What do you think of his wife and family?”
CALLER: “I think that he has a lovely wife and five beautiful sons and daughters-in-law and grandchildren. He comes across as a very wholesome American. More important than that, though, is for us to begin to see that he believes in Americans’ ability to use their own mind and ingenuity, to produce the best ideas and products, and hope that the government would just step aside and allow the free market system to work and let our government just continue to protect us so that we remain the strongest country in protecting freedom and homeland security and the war on terror, and I — ”
RUSH: “Let’s get to the character side. I’m running out of time. Does Romney, to you, exude a powerful morality?”
CALLER: “He exudes the most powerful morality I have seen in any candidate.”
RUSH: “This is fascinating. Ruth, I can’t thank you enough.”
CALLER: I thank you, Rush, and just keep up the wonderful work. My husband and I listen to you every day, and we love you, and just keep that faith, because there are Republican conservatives out there who will prove who the true candidate will be, and I believe it will be Romney.”
RUSH: “We have decided to come up with a name for you babes who are smitten with Mitt Romney, first of many, but this works: Mittens. We’re going to refer to you as Mittens.”
I guess in Rush’s world, that makes me a “Mitten”. It’s a title I can definitely live with….it’s comfortable and it fits.
Mattie is my three year old daughter. She is sitting on my lap watching me write posts and finding words she can read. She keeps begging, “Mom, can I type Mattie? Can I type my name?” I keep telling her, “No, I’m typing about Mitt Romney.”
She knows that I want Mitt Romney to be president. She has learned to listen for his name on the TV and radio. When I am hidden behind my laptop she often begs to watch “a Mitt Romney movie” (i.e. one of his online ads.)
But Mattie has learned much more than politics from me. She has learned her colors, to read and to spell. Right now she wants to spell “dog” and “Rosy.” Rosy is her dog that we rescued from the local animal shelter last spring. She also wants to type “dad.” She loves to type to her dad on Yahoo Instant Messager in the morning. They send each other funny faces back and forth. Now she asks to type “mom.” She likes that Mom and Mattie both start with an “M.”
You see, Mattie has also learned about family and love and the importance of encouraging and lifting up other people. Sometimes I don’t know if she has learned this from me or if she simply came to me knowing this in her tender and innocent little soul. But I don’t want her to unlearn it.
I don’t want her to learn fear or cynicism. That is why this presidential race is important to me. Because the man (or, heaven forbid, woman) elected can have a dramatic impact on the nation that I raise my daughter in. In Laura Ingraham’s book “Power to the People” the very first front she stakes out for us to take back our power is in the family. As women, we have a beautiful and vital role to play in the family. This role should not be cheapened or disparaged by members of government.
That is why I teach the little woman in my home to support Mitt Romney.