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 Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:49 pm Post subject: Ann Romney and MS |
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One of the Republican Presidential hopefuls, Mitt Romney, has a wife with MS. From the Chicago Tribune, March 1, 2012:
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Ann Romney adds personal touch to Mitt's campaign
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Ann Romney gets it.
She is aware that her husband, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, has an image problem. Critics say he often seems stiff and reserved on the campaign trail, and has
difficulty connecting with voters.
That isn't a problem for Ann Romney.
She is warm, composed, approachable and careful with her words. The mother of five and grandmother of 16 also has become the behind-the-scenes glue in Mitt Romney's well-organized campaign -- a trusted adviser who keeps a close eye on the news
coverage about him and casts him as a personable family man.
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A senior Romney adviser said the Romneys -- he's 64, she's 62 -- are as close in private as they seem in public, and they are good about bucking up each other's spirits when one is down.
Ann Romney spends days at a time riding with her husband on his campaign bus, occasionally breaking off on her own to give stump speeches. That was the case Thursday when she met voters
at a barbecue restaurant in Atlanta. Next week Georgia is one of the key states that will hold a nominating contest on so-called Super Tuesday.
She keeps up with her expansive family and the rigors of campaigning despite the effects of multiple sclerosis, which was
diagnosed in 1998 and which aides say is technically in remission. She takes breaks from the campaign trail to rest and rides horses as therapy for the illness.
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The Romneys have been married for 42 years.
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(Editing by David Lindsey and Philip Barbara)
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:14 pm Post subject: Ann Romney and her Cadillacs |
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It should also be noted that Ann Romney has two Cadillacs, as has been in the news recently since her husband bragged about their auto collection. You can read one account here.
Apparently she doesn't drive the two Cadillacs simultaneously, which would be a neat trick, but you never know what someone with MS is capable of.... |
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