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October 17, 2012

"Binders full of women" comment not just creepy -- it's another lie!

Mitt Romney's remarks that he made a concerted effort to find qualified women for his cabinet as governor and how he went to women's groups for help and that's how he ended up with "binders full of women" is another big, fat lie. From The Phoenix:
What actually happened was that in 2002 -- prior to the election, not even knowing yet whether it would be a Republican or Democratic administration -- a bipartisan group of women in Massachusetts formed MassGAP to address the problem of few women in senior leadership positions in state government. There were more than 40 organizations involved with the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus (also bipartisan) as the lead sponsor.

They did the research and put together the binder full of women qualified for all the different cabinet positions, agency heads, and authorities and commissions. They presented this binder to Governor Romney when he was elected.

I have written about this before, in various contexts; tonight I've checked with several people directly involved in the MassGAP effort who confirm that this history as I've just presented it is correct -- and that Romney's claim tonight, that he asked for such a study, is false.
Also, as yet, he has refused to say he's for equal pay for women. At this point, one would need to assume that he doesn't say it because he's not for it. (But, he is of course in favor of flex time because it allows the ladies to go home early to make dinner.)

9 comments:

Nine-El said...
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Nine-El said...

The MV Obama has struck a....a...a ..failed record...women and children put on your life jackets ...men...into the boats...

Beyond-The-Spectrum said...

Nine-El, show me a single president (or even politician) who has managed to keep every promise they made, and I will show you an alien, a ghost, and a unicorn in the same room.

EdHeath said...

BTPS - coooooool.

Nine-El said...

BTPS

List his triumphs...money to green bidnes ..bankrupting for how many? GM a large rathole?.but saved union stuff, energy nothing new there,,move on....many successs in foreign affairs...no that's not right. Libya , Syria Egypt, EU BREAKUP...that's good... Swiss smart ?. didn't join..

Of course they cannot keep their campaign promises. King and dictators can work their wills ... We have gridlock on many issues...good ....where is the Reid budget...oh yeah ... none during O's term....Yada, yada?

We are doomed ... Attributed the B Franklin. And I paraphrase... Democracy is two wolves and a rabbit voting on what to have for lunch. .

Nine-El said...

We are running short on rabbits!!!

Nine-El said...

Wow .... forgot to mention the stimulus boondoggle and Obamacare ..takeover of 16% of the economy
..wow

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