Thanks, RD, it did make me giggle, esp the wife who got a special binder for first anniversary. And couldn't be more happy (-:
________________________________ From: raunchydog <raunchy...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 11:01 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Binders Full of Women" LOL --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > Despite all the fireworks over taxes, oil and Libya, the most > > buzz-worthy social media moment of Tuesday night's presidential > > debate was Republican nominee Mitt Romney's comment about > > "binders full of women." > > > > The inadvertently funny comment came in response to a question > > about pay equity for women from a member of the audience of the > > debate between Romney and President Obama at Hofstra University. > > > > Romney was explaining that as the governor of Massachusetts > > searching for qualified women to fill cabinet posts, women's > > groups brought him "binders full of women" who were good > > candidates. > > > > "And I said, `Well, gosh, can't we — can't we find > > some — some women that are also qualified?" Romney said. "I > > went to a number of women's groups and said, `Can you help us > > find folks,' and they brought us whole binders full of women." > > Aside from the ridiculousness of the phrase, Romney was-- > surprise!--lying. He didn't go to women's groups. Rather, > *before the election*, 40 women's groups got together and > compiled a "binder full of women" who were qualified for > positions in the administration. They gave it to Romney > when he was elected; he didn't ask for it. They'd have > given it to whoever won. They put it together in the first > place in an attempt to remedy the very low percentage of > women in Massachusetts state government leadership. > > Good discussion of all this here: > > http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2012/10/16/mind-the-binder.aspx > > http://tinyurl.com/9ol9bbw > > Yep. If forty women's groups had just stayed put in binders, baking cookies and ironing shirts, as they're supposed to, Romney would have had zero women in his cabinet. Amazon's Three Ring Binder Reviews `Romney-Fied' Screen Shots. Just for giggles: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/18/amazon-three-ring-binder-reviews-get-romney-fied-images/
