And the Internet seized on the binders, too.ĬORNISH: There were Facebook pages and Twitter accounts like and countless Halloween costumes that year. SHAPIRO: Democrats seized on Romney's awkward turn of phrase as a way to criticize the governor both for weakness on women's issues and for his robotic demeanor. Hard to believe now, but back then, this was a full-on gaffe. 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.ĬORNISH: Oh, yes, the binders full of women. ROMNEY: We took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. SHAPIRO: When he was asked to discuss women's pay issues, Romney tried to describe his effort to hire more women into his administration. The setting - October 16, 2012, the second presidential debate between then President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. MITT ROMNEY: Thank you, and important topic. An update now on a political scandal that once rocked the nation.ĬANDY CROWLEY: Governor Romney, pay equity for women?
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