Secret Service Scandal

The Secret service is a law enforcement agency, that has many duties, including protecting the president. In the last days some secret service agents were discovered partying, and hiring prostitutes in Colombia, where they were supposed to perform some "advance Work" for the president. So far it has been discovered that 21 agents, and members of the military are involved in this case. They also hired as many as 20 prostitutes. I feel that this case just show how people act when they have very little supervision. I also feel that more women should work in the secret service, maybe not performing protection duties but doing this kind of "Advance Work." If female secret service workers were around more often, men would have to behave in a different way. Maybe it's time to reform how the secret service is set up ?


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-secret-service-20120419,0,5352125.storyhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/secret-service-scandal-continues-unfolding-ted-nugent-answers/story?id=16170231#.T5GNku1RyxI

She’s “Never Worked a Day in her Life…” Open Mouth, Insert Foot

 

I’m going to go out on a limb on this one and say that Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist, should have chosen her words much more carefully after “setting off a fire storm on Twitter and Cable News Programs,” yesterday when, in reference to Mitt Romney’s wife Ann, she stated:

"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 women in this country are facing."

Now, I’m not a woman…  In fact, I’ve never been a woman.  But within the context of my own observations, I think it’s safe to say that raising five children is as much work, if not more, than even the most demanding full time careers.

Hilary did apologize to Ann, along with “anyone else who was offended,” however; Michael D. Shear and Susan Saulny of the New York Times suggest that Rosen’s remark is in fact reflective of a “decades-old debate about the roles of women in the workplace.”  

The controversial statement could not have come at more perfect time for the Romney campaign.  With Rick Santorum recently dropping out of the race, Mitt Romney has set his sights on battling Obama for the White House.  Closing the “Gender Gap” and securing the female vote, particularly among moderates, will likely prove to be more of an obstacle for conservative Romney than the liberal-democrat incumbent.  In fact, the Romney Campaign has already begun attempting to raise money as a result of the statement by sending out an e-mail entitled “War on Moms,” which read:

"If you're a stay-at-home mom, the Democrats have a message for you: you've never   worked a day in your life.  America deserves a president who will bring us together – not pit us against each other."

Unfortunately, in this e-mail, Romney makes it seem as if Rosen is the spokesperson for the Obama Administration and the entire Democratic Party, despite that President Obama released the following statement:

There is "no tougher job than being a mom" and anyone who thinks otherwise "needs to rethink their statement."

It’s clear what Romney is trying to do, despite its lack of validity.  But this is exactly what the American people have come to expect from presidential hopefuls:  Half-truths and over generalizations.

http://topics.sacbee.com/Hilary+Rosen/
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/13/4410673/criticism-of-romneys-wife-sparks.html