'Modern Family' Creator Steve Levitan Takes Shot at Ann Romney: Fair Game or Uncalled For?

by SodaHead Celebs Posted 2012/08/29 20:00:00

Related Topics: Modern Family, Ann Romney, Steve Levitan, Entertainment Tonight, Gay Marriage

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	Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.	235 votes	59%
	Uncalled for. She just said she liked the show, nothing more.	166 votes	41%

The Republican National Convention is in full swing, and everyone watching waited in anticipation for Tuesday's critical speech by Ann Romney -- wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. She talked passionately about her respect for the moms in this country and “a love so deep only a mother can fathom it.”

One day earlier, Mrs. Romney told “Entertainment Tonight” that her favorite TV show was “Modern Family.” The potential future first lady can clearly equate her life mothering five boys to the trials and tribulations of the Pritchard-Dunphy clan. But the comment had many wondering about the big, glaring, gay, white elephant in the room.

Since the show features two same-sex men in a relationship, raising a child, where does this show fit in to Romney’s belief system? Both she and her husband have repeatedly spoken out against gay marriage.

Creator and writer of “Modern Family,” Steve Levitan was happy to hear that he had such a high-profile fan, but could not let the issue slide. He tweeted, "Thrilled Ann Romney says ModFam is her favorite show. We'll offer her the role of officiant at Mitch & Cam's wedding. As soon as it's legal." What do you think: Was Levitan’s response to Ann Romney fair game or was it uncalled for?

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mwf122090 2012/08/29 20:50:35

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

+16
Totally fair. He wasn't being hateful either, it was just a good witty comment.
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strawberry to Grizzle 2012/08/31 02:06:42

Now you really are being hypocritical. Look what Conservatives usually have to say. I have not only voted Democrat. I did vote Republican, also Independent. I take a close look at the candidates. No way would I ever vote for Mitt Romney, he has blinded so many from who he really is. Conservatives are so narrow minded and thick headed, cannot see truth in front of them.

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Grizzle to strawberry 2012/08/31 12:12:01

No hypocrisy at all. I won't be voting for Romney or Obama and if you took your partisan blinders off and believe in what you say you couldn't possibly support Obama but you're ALL in aren't you? and if you want to talk about blinding the people from who he really is then Obama needs to be at the top of the list.

This is what drives me crazy about the Left. They hate and I mean HATE the right for doing something but if someone with a D after their name does it you try to justify it or ignore it.

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strawberry to Grizzle 2012/08/31 02:02:20

I call it as I see it.! Phony liars all of them.

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DavidK to strawberry 2012/08/30 18:01:52

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That's your defensive silly opinion! Wait until November and see! Don't want to wait that long? Listen to his acceptance speech tonight! You'll see how much they give a damn or not!

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MiMi 2012/08/30 03:27:04

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

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Lol

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strawberry to MiMi 2012/08/30 05:38:36

Fair game, is fair game!

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gvc 2012/08/30 03:14:03

Uncalled for. She just said she liked the show, nothing more.

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So she won't be getting an invite the the wedding then. Awwwww what a shame :'( LOL

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smitty to gvc 2012/08/30 13:08:18

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"You may now kiss the bride." Everyone looks around because there is no bride.

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LucidLoon to gvc 2012/08/30 17:09:08

Actually, the comment made it seem like she WOULD get an invitation...

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gvc to LucidLoon 2012/08/30 21:51:49

Really? I didn't get that from his comment.

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PC Gamer Name "Angry Assassin" 2012/08/30 02:41:29

Uncalled for. She just said she liked the show, nothing more.

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All Steve Levitan had to do was to "thank" Ann Romney for the plug for the show that Ann Romney gave Steve Levitan's show. He didn't have to be an A** about it! I guess that would've been asking too much from Steve Levitan.

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TisSheilah 2012/08/30 02:41:20

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

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Why not? Wouldn't it be fun if she accepted the role? Who knows....she may hold Levitan to that.

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carlton999 2012/08/30 02:01:06

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

+2
every time she opens her mouth something wrong comes out.

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DavidK to carlton999 2012/08/30 03:33:02

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like what? I DARE YOU!

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smitty to DavidK 2012/08/30 13:10:10

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"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii,"

Oh wait that wasn't Ann speaking.

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Mae to smitty 2012/08/31 09:06:05

If Oblamer had been a white Republican, you could bet every dollar you have that the liberal idiot media would be keeping a daily running tally on all the stupid things he and his court jester of a VP's said over his term. Certainly the DNC liberal shill David Letterman would be running clips nightly to run them down. I mean these rabid dogs beat poor Dan Quayle to death in the media for spelling potato with an e at the end. (Which, by the way, has been spelled both ways for as long as I can remember.) Our idiot of a president we have now doesn't even know how many states are in the country, and Joe Biden can't keep the states he's in straight, and doesn't even know what century we're in! You have to wonder how many other juicy tidbits the media have recorded over the past four years that they never bothered airing, because they don't want to make their messiah look bad.

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CezAztroBruh 2012/08/30 01:42:31

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

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I hate her

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DavidK to CezAztr... 2012/08/30 03:33:42

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but you aren't sure why, right? Oh, because she has class and you don't?

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CezAztr... to DavidK 2012/08/30 05:16:09 (edited)

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That's funny, do I know you? haha....no. How could possibly know a think of my life?

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strawberry to CezAztr... 2012/08/30 05:51:03

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Amazing how they come out of the woodwork to attack personal opinions. They must have learned this from being Republicans. That whole Republican Convention is so boring. Romney looked his usual zombie like self. He needs his wife to say how great he is. LOL! Listening to Ann Romney is like reading a love novel.

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CezAztr... to strawberry 2012/08/30 13:14:10

That's my opinion and you're attacking it, way to support your theory there Watson. haha, I really don't care for your political drama. goodbye strawberry. (:

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strawberry to DavidK 2012/08/30 05:47:09

Why do you have to attack someone's opinion.? Just give your own. You sound like the Conservative attacking ads. Money does not always make class. Ann Romney was boring, unless you love soap operas.

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strawberry to CezAztr... 2012/08/30 05:43:53

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I agree. Ann Romney tried so hard to appeal to American women voters, what a joke.? She said nothing about women's rights. Who wants to hear about how fabulous her husband really is; maybe because she spends all his money. She appeared a bubble head, and could never appeal to American Middle Class working women. She came across more as a goody two shoes.

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CezAztr... to strawberry 2012/08/30 13:11:06

^_^ Thank you dear!

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smitty to strawberry 2012/08/30 13:14:01 (edited)

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If you were expecting something else. You never would have got it. Bottom of the page is Michelle Obama's speech from the 2008 DNC. She said what every other politician's wife of any political party would have said. Word up their husband.

Please you sound jealous.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com...

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Max7 2012/08/30 01:27:08

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

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They have been taking unfair popshots at Michelle Obama for almost four years. God forbid she get a compliment, they try to deliberately destroy her and her husband just for GP

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Spidey59 2012/08/30 01:23:02

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

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As long as it not distasteful or hateful a little comic relief is good for everyone, I have no problem as long as it's a joke or a tease, it's the hateful lace that is meant as an insult That I detest, Like the latest twitter rants of Cher, Rosanne Barr and Elllen barkin, whos lastest tweet is an insult period " Hollywood elite Ellen Barkin retweeted, “C’mon #ISSAC! Wash every pro-lie, anti-education, anti-woman, xenophobic, gay-bashing, racist SOB right into the ocean! #RNC” This is just plain ass dum. Steve Levitan's was tasteful yet a little funny. Come on Hollywood keep the Hate out of your tweets or any other forum you choose to use, The only damage you're doing is to yourself.

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**StarzAbove** 2012/08/30 01:13:31

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

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That's funny. I'm sure she's never even watched the show.

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strawberry to **Starz... 2012/08/30 05:54:17

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Most likely not. Ann Romney would have said anything at this convention to make her husband look good. I don't think she was very successful with very many American women whose votes she wanted to gain.

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**Starz... to strawberry 2012/08/30 12:00:50

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I don't think she got the job done. Most women can see right through comments like that. And the feel sorry for me that she talked about. Living in a basement, yep, that would certainly be hard to take............NOT She has no clue how the average american people live.

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Dugard 2012/08/30 01:10:51

Uncalled for. She just said she liked the show, nothing more.

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Fags can get married! Just in certain states... Thank you God that Florida is not one of those states! In fact, we just didn't vote no against it, we BANNED it!

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SundayS... to Dugard 2012/08/30 13:13:02

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Cigarettes can get married? Why did I not hear of this sooner?! It's good to know that all those lonely tobacco-paper rolls in the off licence can finally fulfill their dreams of having long happy lives together. :D

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Inquisi... to Dugard 2012/08/30 23:41:22

Once that old prune of a population dies off, Florida will move forward with other states.

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Tannenberg1993 2012/08/30 00:52:51

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

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I support the Romneys but this is a matter of free and fair speech.

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Sister Jean 2012/08/30 00:51:29

Fair Game. She opened herself up to it.

+1
funny

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DM Twin to Sister ... 2012/08/30 03:49:44

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Phoney nun.....that's hilarious....

There is NOTHING funny about a hollywood douchebag liberal being disingenuoaus to a woman...ANY WOMAN who says she likes his worthless show...

a REAL nun would be horrified at the way this woman was treated....PHONEY...

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SundayS... to DM Twin 2012/08/30 13:13:40

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He wasn't even being nasty though. .3. He was kidding around. What exactly did he say that could be construed as a personal attack?

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mich52 to SundayS... 2012/08/30 14:54:12

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Nothing, neanderthal man was just trolling..

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SundayS... to mich52 2012/08/30 15:10:50

Ah okay .3.

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Inquisi... to DM Twin 2012/08/30 23:40:09

Or perhaps a real nun actually bothered to read the quote and saw that it wasn't mean or insulting.

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