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Ann Romney on family and what she has learned from the challenges of dealing with Multiple Sclerosis.
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Cases see you get a sense in this race means -- always comes down to.
Whether Romney's haven't made now when your convention speech she mentioned how wasn't always that way.
But a lot of people -- seized on your remarks recently Meet the Press -- said.
We've not had a financial struggle in our lives as if you didn't have a -- what you said in your speech about you know -- and everything else.
It was not there -- now.
I'm looking at what's the real deal well unfortunately was unfortunately I -- you know more than anyone how graphic can be because site -- say.
People think we had a storybook marriage and in the story books -- read there's no chapter on MS Anderson a chapter breast cancer and so you know by the fact to me saying.
I struggles haven't been financial however our struggles have them with other issues where they've really.
Trust me I mean to -- -- -- like -- needed dust because my essence of who I was in it.
How identify myself was what that good things that you do in life and how you are as a person.
All the sudden office taken away from you and what do you left left.
So I -- have very rough and our time never mind that not knowing how sick I was gonna be and how.
I -- that pac man that was chewing me up I wasn't quite sure when he was gonna spit me out because I was progressing rather rapidly.
But are you just uncomfortable -- -- -- -- Romney and I say this is a fellow and that serves you well on and I marvel that you on the stump in that disrespect as a fellow sufferer -- -- -- remember many campaign.
Was very tiring it's very hot I know I do when I'm tired I'm hot and your your beat -- But you don't.
You know.
Do the victims until well that I I don't mean that disparagingly.
But do you think -- some of maybe it's campaign is that you should you should talk more about it yet but did you don't like to use -- -- strong.
You know backbone about it you go -- events and everything else you know -- know.
This disease and -- -- and fund this disease -- -- lead -- fund.
But you when your husband just.
Don't like to Wear your problems obviously.
Well I think that's you know of the case were strong weird you know we've dealt with a lot.
I think if people have to to recognize that our life has not -- maybe as people think it has spent.
And you get stronger by it by working and fighting you're you're troublesome life would you feel comfortable -- just feel that.
The way your husband stood by you when when that happened the way with cancer.
Is it just I don't want to look like and using these diseases are.
I don't know -- it -- that is it is discomfort well isn't bit of discomfort because you don't always wanna be saying poor me.
Due to had to work here over I'm not up all the time but but it's up is that it's that -- -- it's a nice excuse sometimes but.
And you know for me to power on power on the power.
It is important it's important for me to know that I can.
It's important for me to know that I've overcome a lot of these things that I've learned from so much of the illnesses that I've gone through.
The most important thing I've learned.
From having -- and from having breast cancer is compassion.
And I say MS has been a -- -- but it has been a teacher and whether this taught me.
Is -- to recognize that all Americans.
Struggle.
With one thing or another.
Whatever that struggle list.
I have compassion for and I think what I meant by saying that -- -- my struggles have not been financial but they have been other things.
Is to suggest that.
Let me have they would give -- the allowance to know that I can sympathize with photos and Mitt can sympathize with those that are going to struggles.
May be our struggles are not uniquely like yours that we have struggled.
-- cares I care we've learned so much from the struggles we've gone through -- real quickly find it odd.
That Michelle Obama's father still with multiple sclerosis so you do have that.
Common.
Linked.
Right -- could well I think that sound probably made her.
Understand -- how people struggle as well I'm sure she looked at that with her daily life watching her father.
Not being able to it and you know to be as strong -- saying he would have liked to have been do you like Obama's I think there I've I don't know I don't think -- -- net present Obama really I.
You can't remember pick it up and yeah I forget I don't -- now she's lovely -- matter.
Just veteran and one -- two occasions and I think she's she's doing a good job.
It's -- good people.
-- -- This race and you're visiting you have to go into little campaigning thank have a throng of people here with the happened started -- hearing is junior husband.
-- -- If you lose.
Would you -- them.
You know I think what I will miss is the opportunity for my husband to do the things that we're at that I know he can do to turn this country around.
We won't miss our life is -- our life is wonderful.
We won't miss anything except for the opportunity that Americans will be better off if Mitt wins but you don't think that's.
Not in doubt I I believe.
I believe we're gonna get there.
All right and Romney dismissing the polls of the campaign -- already tried to make greater use and they find that she's.
Better on the stump and her husband -- to debate but the bottom line she's a weapon and they do want to use of these next two months and so Citi.
