Americans are un-American
On Thursday, Obama’s campaign released a slideshow showing how the president’s policies would aid a hypothetical woman named “Julia” over her lifetime, and how presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s policies would disadvantage her.
Conservatives were quick to lampoon the meme, criticizing the Obama campaign for viewing the life of a woman only in terms of her relationship with the government, and soon #Julia was trending on Twitter, across the United States.
“What we are left with is a celebration of a how a woman can live her entire life by leaning on government intervention, dependency and other people’s money rather than their own initiative or hard work. It is, I’d say, brazenly un-American, in the sense that it celebrates a mindset we have — outwardly, at least — shunned,” writes David Harsanyi on Human Events. “It is also a mindset that women should find offensively patronizing.”
“Creepy,” was the verdict from National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke. “[A] perfect example of the man’s cradle-to-grave welfare mentality.”
“Is it just me or is there something fundamentally inconsistent with the concept of Strong, Independent Women and paternalism?” adds Ace of Spades.
At age 68, the Death Panels finally catch up with #Julia. — jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 3, 2012
Age 32: #Julia, weary of being treated as a client by her government, joins her local Tea Party. — Lachlan Markay (@LachlanMarkay) May 3, 2012
By age 40 #Julia has written 2 autobiographies even thought she’s accomplished nothing. Wait, that was Obama. Julia is still unemployed. #p2 — Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) May 3, 2012
Hi @BarackObama. I will read Life of #Julia to my kids to show them how NOT to live their lives — tethered to Nanny State. — Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 3, 2012
This #Julia don’t need no stinkin’ nanny state. — Julie Borowski (@JulieBorowski) May 3, 2012
Hey, where’s the part where Obama fixes Julia’s broken soul?— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) May 3, 2012
In case you were wondering, here are all “nanny state” atrocities that have made these people spit nails:
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