POTUS Debate II: The Empire Strikes Back at the Wrath of Electric Mittensaloo

[Neil]

I didn't read Romney as saying that women should be at home. What I read it as was that women needed special treatment in order to be able to work at the level as men.

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Hush, you. 

I'm just saying, have you ever worked with a woman?

[garbon]

Those who sell a canard get identified with it.

You're the one who brought it up, you canard-monger you.

Weren't you the one who started a thread about it?

[merithyn]

I'm just saying, have you ever worked with a woman?

Yes, and men. There have been some of both genders that have required special accomodations for a variety of reasons.

And now that you've managed to troll me (Anger and Seedy are going to be annoyed that you got to me before they did), I'm done.

[garbon]

I didn't read Romney as saying that women should be at home. What I read it as was that women needed special treatment in order to be able to work at the level as men.

...

Hush, you. 

I'm just saying, have you ever worked with a woman?

Yes, my boss is a woman.

[CountDeMoney]

Never had a problem working with or for women before (except for the long-forgotten Cpl. Reuters, if you long timers remember), but women that have to work with other women have my sincerest sympathies.

[Phillip V]

Wisconsin continues to look like a toss-up. Should Romney visit the state?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html

[The Minsky Moment]

The binders thing has taken off because it just sounds a little weird - the very idea of a "catalog" of women just doesn't call the right imagery to mind.   Every now and then Romney has a habit of expressing himself in a way that while not exactly wrong, sounds "off" - like the heights of the trees comment.

Mitt seems to be the kind of person that works hard to be master of his brief, in part because he does best when he can rely on his meticulous preparation, and isn't as comfortable talking off the cuff.  I get the impression he wasn't 100% prepared for that question.  Because the right way to deliver that answer would be something like:  When I was elected Governor of Massachusetts, I made it an immediate priority to identify the best and most qualified women in the State for appointment to senior cabinet positions.  Then cite to the UNY-Albany study. 

Instead he starts off by saying:

had the — the chance to pull together a Cabinet and all the applicants seemed to be men. And I — and I went to my staff, and I said, how come all the people for these jobs are — are all men?

Which if you think about it, is bizarre.  Senior cabinet positions aren't usually filled by solicitation of applications.  An incoming administration usually generates its own short list.  The idea of Romney just sitting back passively and waiting for applications to roll in doesn't make a lot of sense.  What really happened is that his staff had a short list and the short list had men on it because those were the people his staff put on the list.

[Josephus]

I just want to point out that when i was responsible for hiring interns, I always hired women.

[HVC]

I didn't read Romney as saying that women should be at home. What I read it as was that women needed special treatment in order to be able to work at the level as men.

...

Hush, you. 

I'm just saying, have you ever worked with a woman?

Yes, my boss is a woman.

[HVC]

I just want to point out that when i was responsible for hiring interns, I always hired women.

young attractive women need experience too, I agree

[Neil]

I didn't read Romney as saying that women should be at home. What I read it as was that women needed special treatment in order to be able to work at the level as men.

...

Hush, you. 

I'm just saying, have you ever worked with a woman?

Yes, my boss is a woman.

He's gay, so his boss is in a worse position than he is.

[garbon]

I didn't read Romney as saying that women should be at home. What I read it as was that women needed special treatment in order to be able to work at the level as men.

...

Hush, you. 

I'm just saying, have you ever worked with a woman?

Yes, my boss is a woman.

I've no problem with it. She's pretty good.

[HVC]

I didn't read Romney as saying that women should be at home. What I read it as was that women needed special treatment in order to be able to work at the level as men.

...

Hush, you. 

I'm just saying, have you ever worked with a woman?

Yes, my boss is a woman.

I've no problem with it. She's pretty good.

you wouldn't settle for pretty good if she were a dude. See, Romney was right, we must coddle female employees.



I have officially entered the race to get a rise out of meri

[garbon]

you wouldn't settle for pretty good if she were a dude. See, Romney was right, we must coddle female employees.

I have officially entered the race to get a rise out of meri

My first boss was a man and we saw how well that worked out.

[Martinus]

I wish Herman Cain was running. He is a hoot.