Presidential candidates' wives reach out to Florida's female voters

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Updated: 10/25/2012 6:51 pm

ST. AUGUSTINE Fla.-- The First Lady and the First Lady hopefully are oh so different; a Democrat and a Republican, a mother of two and a grandmother of 19. But both leading ladies have got their husband's back one female voter at a time.

"I have a message for all those women out there help is on the way," said Ann Romney at a St. Augustine Rally for her husband.

"He's thinking about the pride that comes from a hard day's work," said Michelle Obama at the DNC. "That's why he signed the lilly Ledbetter fair pay act to help women get equal pay for equal work."

They're focusing on issues that matter to moms. The First Lady has developed a platform for healthy eating and fitness for kids. Mrs. Romney is a breast cancer awareness advocate.

The candidate who takes the sunshine state could take all, and for Ann Romney and Michelle Obama. It's a race to get in touch with Florida's feminine side; something they know a lot more about then their husbands, and something that's become the center of both of their campaigns.

Christine Bailey of St. Augustine says she's glad Ann Romney spoke to women Thursday at World Golf Village. "She knows what it is to be a mother and for your children for a future," she said. "She'll stand up for us and our kids and knows how important it is,"

After months of Obama leading the ladies' vote, a new AP poll now shows Romney closing that gap, with a lot of help from the Mrs..


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nativejax - 10/25/2012 6:13 PM
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Who in America of their right mind, would vote for Obama after they read this? Obama must really WANT to be a one term president! The soldiers who wake up in Walter Reed Medical Center are in Maryland , not communist China . But,under the Navy's new rules, they may not know the difference! After months of peeling away the military's core values, Obama's army is on the move. And this time, it has a high-value target: the Bible. In a memo obtained by FRC, Navy officials have announced that "no religious items (including Bibles, reading material, and/or artifacts) are allowed to be given away, or used during a visit." The new orders are buried in a four-page document about patient care, which an Army officer forwarded to us in disbelief! Effective immediately, families, friends, and even pastors, will have to check their beliefs at the door to visit one of the largest military hospitals in the United States . Last night, after we circulated the memo to leaders on the Hill, an outraged Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) took to the House floor and blasted the policy! "Mr. Speaker, these military men and women who are recovering at Walter Reed and Bethesda have given their all for America ! They've defended and taken an oath to the Constitution, and here they are. The people who come to visit them can't bring a religious artifact? They can't bring a Bible? ... A priest can't walk in with the Eucharist and offer communion to a patient who might be on their deathbed because it's prohibited in this memo from the Department of the Navy?" This is Obama's military, where homosexuality is celebrated and Christianity is censored; where witches are financed and crosses are scorned; where bestiality is embraced and Bibles are banned; where same-sex "weddings" are encouraged but international charity is not! After three years of ideological warfare,the Obama administration's intent is clear: to disarm the military of its biggest weapon...FAITH!
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