Why doesn't the O/P provide the full video instead of a carefully edited snippet?
Because then the GOP scripted lie would be obvious! The choice to which Obama referred to was for women to fairly have the option of deciding whether to remain in the workforce or to stay at home with their children, without, in the latter case, having to lose their place on the employment ladder and thus be relegated to earning lower wages for the rest of their working lives.
From the full transcript:
THE PRESIDENT: True. (Laughter.) And too often, parents have no choice but to put their kids in cheaper daycare that maybe doesn't have the kinds of
programming that makes a big difference in a child's development. And sometimes there may just not be any slots, or the best
programs may be too far away.
And sometimes, someone, usually mom, leaves the workplace to stay home with the kids, which then leaves her earning a lower wage for the rest of her life as a result. And that's not a choice we want Americans to make.
And?
Mothers staying home for the care of their kids is not a choice he wants Americans to make. They're better off in the
programming provided by state regulations
No, mothers choosing between second rate child care or earning a lower wage for the rest of their life is not a choice he wants Americans to make, but the Right does.
To the Right, stay at home moms, part of the 90+ million not in the labor force, are government leeches!
October 15, 2013
RUSH: We've got a lot of people -- look, 90 million Americans -- I love to put it this way 'cause I think it's the proper perspective.
Ninety million Americans are not working, Donna, but they're eating. What does that mean? That's over 10 New York Cities that are not working. But they're eating,
which means somebody's buying their sustenance, and that somebody is somebody else, is the government. They are eating.