Hilary Rosen Apologizes to Ann Romney 'and Anyone Else Who Was Offended' (Update: Full Statement Added)

Blowback can be a heartless thing to deal with.

Hilary Rosen, Democrat who frequently visits Barack Obama’s White House and who launched an ill-advised attack on Ann Romney, has apologized. I’m working on getting Rosen’s full statement. It doesn’t sound like it was one of those “I apologize if you were offended” apologies, but she declared the war on motherhood meme to be “phony” and begs for peace.

It isn’t phony. Her original comments were intentional and they make it quite clear that she disdains stay-at-home mothers (Hillary Clinton has expressed similar disdain in the past, as many of our commenters here have noted). Speaking not for the Romneys in any way but as someone who is married to a stay-at-home mom, and whose family has sacrificed mightily to make that choice possible, apology not accepted. Rosen hates the life we have chosen, it’s all too clear from what she said about Ann Romney having “never worked a day in her life.” Motherhood is the most important job on the planet, and leftist disdain for motherhood is at the root of many of our societal problems. Leftists consistently elevate the state over the family, all the time, in nearly all of their policies. CNN should fire Hilary Rosen with due dispatch, and the Democrats should cast her out. Her insult to mothers stains that party and that network.

Update: I should add, that Rosen’s apology only comes after she reinforced her insult in a column and on twitter. She only apologized once the blowback overwhelmed her and became a problem for her minders in the White House. If she really meant the apology sincerely, should would never have reinforced the insult. Rosen had multiple opportunities to change course, but didn’t.

Update: CNN has posted Rosen’s full statement. She opens the apology with a political attack. And she closes it with the same attack. She is angry and insincere, in my opinion.

Let’s put the faux “war against stay at home moms” to rest once and for all. As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is. As a pundit, I know my words on CNN last night were poorly chosen. In response to Mitt Romney on the campaign trail referring to his wife as a better person to answer questions about women than he is, I was discussing his lack of a record on the plight of women’s financial struggles. Here is my more fulsome view of the issues. As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me. It is an issue I live every day. I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended. Let’s declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance.