Right after the second Presidential debate women became the
demographic target du jour for both
parties. Just think, if you were a
black, Hispanic, evangelical lesbian you would be constantly bombarded with
solicitations aimed at the category vote every day. I
found it somewhat ridiculous that Romney’s idea of proof that he supports
women’s issues is that he appointed women to his cabinet in Massachusetts . Wow! Millions of women are paid less than men for
the same job, they’re worried about their health care, their right to choose,
right to obtain contraceptives, victims of abuse and Mitt Romney appoints women
to his cabinet. Did you need more proof
that he cares for women than that? He claimed he intentionally solicited names
of qualified women which produced the now famous “binders.” Chalk up another lie to Romney. Prominent women’s groups in Massachusetts had already compiled the
binders to give to whoever became governor.
He did not solicit them they were given to him. He put women in his cabinet because he
already knew he was going to run for President and it would look good. His
popularity in Massachusetts
plummeted in his last year because voters felt he was spending too much time
out of state preparing his Presidential run.
In case you forgot, here is the actual debate question: “In what new ways do you intend to rectify the
inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72
percent of what their male counterparts earn?” Romney replied he appointed
women to his cabinet in Massachusetts . Obama replied that the first bill he signed
was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Play Act which extended the statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay
discrimination. You figure it out.
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