No more Texas governors for president
“Binders full of women.”
That’s what Mitt Romney offered up as his solution to leveling the playing field for women in the workplace.
A binder didn’t help me get equal pay for equal work at Goodyear, and it’s not helping the women across the country who are making 77 cents for every dollar a man gets. That’s no plan for equality — and American women deserve better.
The “binders” comment is new, but leveling the playing field has never been part of Romney’s agenda. He was opposed to the Fair Pay Act that bears my name. He refuses to take a stand on the Paycheck Fairness Act. Romney wants to defund Planned Parenthood and put a politician between a woman and her health decisions — he’ll drag our rights back in time.
President Obama gets it. He has worked tirelessly to make sure women have a fair shot. His comment Tuesday night shows the stark contrast between him and Romney: “These are not just women’s issues. These are family issues. These are economic issues. And one of the things that makes us grow as an economy is when everybody participates and women are getting the same fair deal as men are.”
We’ve got 19 days left to make sure every single woman understands the clear choice in this election.
Use the campaign’s call tool right now to reach out to other women. Get them to vote and fight alongside you for the candidate who’s got our back:
http://my.barackobama.com/Call-Women-Today
Thanks,
Lilly
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Gee, thanks, Mittens!
From fact-checking Mitt Romney’s views on equal pay to highlighting key moments from the night, here’s what people are saying about President Obama’s debate win:
“Obama won the debate decisively. The president had a simple formula: Defend and explain his record while insisting that Romney wasn’t being truthful. He kept Romney on the defensive and came prepared with counter-punches to nearly every topic. It was devastatingly effective.”
—Taegan Goddard“ … If you’re scoring it on points, Obama wins on points.”
—Charles Krauthammer“Instant polls by CNN and CBS both found that President Obama came out ahead of Mitt Romney in the second presidential debate.”
—Politico.com“When George H.W. Bush looked at his watch in a 1992 debate with Bill Clinton and Ross Perot and absolutely bungled a question about how the national debt had affected him personally, he cemented the impression that he was out of touch with real Americans’ lives. When Gerald Ford denied in 1976 that there was any ‘Soviet domination’ of Eastern Europe, he cemented the impression that he was out of touch with pretty much everything. Tonight, Mitt Romney may have had a similar moment, during a back-and-forth about the attack on the Benghazi Consulate.”
—Andrew Rosenthal“Mitt Romney’s solution on leveling the playing field tonight was to point out he once had a binder full of women applicants. That binder didn’t help me at Goodyear, and it’s not helping the women across this country, making 77 cents for every dollar a man gets. If Romney was truly concerned about women in this economy, he’d take a stand against paycheck discrimination. Instead, he has remained silent and refused to speak out for equal pay for women and their families. Simply put, Romney doesn’t get it.”
—Lilly Ledbetter“‘Binders full of women’ was certainly an awkward phrase to say and it failed to even work as an answer to the question. Instead, it reminded people of a time when women wore girdles or women in China bound their feet as status symbol that allowed them to marry into money … Obama talked seriously about contraception in health care plans, Planned Parenthood, and fair pay, and such a discussion was desperately needed.”
—The Washington Post“What’s very clear is that President Obama dominated the debate last night and you know that because both sides are talking about the President’s performance. I thought he drew very sharp and clear contrasts between policies that are actually causing us to recover jobs, versus the policies of the past that Governor Romney wants to take us back to because of the job losses in the first place.”
—Governor Martin O’Malley
Romney did a great job alienating half the country last night, from “binders full of women,” to steamrolling debate moderator Candy Crowley, to not endorsing pay equity.
Joe Biden’s face while watching Lilly Ledbetter’s speech at the DNC yesterday.
my face during all political speeches ever
Bidening. :)
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Lilly Ledbetter at the DNC (via stfusexists)
ohhhhh SNAP
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The first two days of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Tuesday, September 4 and Wednesday, September 5, will be held at Time Warner Cable Arena. President Obama and Vice President Biden will accept the Democratic nominations for President and Vice President on Thursday, September 6.
- Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
- Congressman Xaiver Becerra of California
- Newark Mayor Cory Booker
- Congressman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina
- Former President Jimmy Carter (via video)
- San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who will be the first Latino keynote speaker at a Democratic National Convention
- Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee
- Congresswoman Judy Chu of California
- Congressman Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri
- Former President Bill Clinton
- Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina
- Former Republican Governor of Florida Charlie Crist
- Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Walter Dalton
- The Honorable Arne Duncan
- Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado
- Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth
- U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois
- Congresswoman Donna Edwards of Maryland
- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
- Georgetown Law School Graduate Sandra Fluke
- Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx
- Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts
- Former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt
- Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
- Congressman Charlie Gonzalez of Texas
- U.S. Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina
- California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris
- Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper
- Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland
- Former Governor of North Carolina Jim Hunt
- DCCC Chairman Congressman Steve Israel of New York
- Montana State Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau
- Former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
- Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy (ret.)
- Congressman John Larson of Connecticut
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California
- Congressman John Lewis of Georgia
- CarMax co-founder and former CEO Austin Ligon
- President of NARAL Pro-Choice America Nancy Keenan
- Caroline Kennedy
- U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts
- Women’s rights activist Lilly Ledbetter
- Obama Campaign Co-Chair Eva Longoria
(via barackobama)
If you think that sucks, here’s where to say so.
Misty from Seattle is in. Here’s why:
I’m in because: from Lilly Ledbetter to health care reform to marriage equality - I’ve seen progress with President Obama as our leader.
How about you? Join Misty and thousands of volunteers across the country who are helping re-elect Barack Obama in 2012.
Mitt Romney: Extreme on Women’s Issues
(via demnewswire)
Mitt Romney has not publicly stated his opinion on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the reauthorization of which Republicans are delaying this year because of added provisions for marginalized communities.
But Romney’s absence from comment may not be an attempt…
(via voicesoftheempowered)
