This is the most absurd take I’ve heard on Romney’s comment about ‘binders full of women’ the other night in the debate. And it comes from Jessica Yellin, who is supposed to be a reputable reporter at CNN. Bear in mind this is all Romney originally said:

And — and so we — we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. I went to a number of women’s groups and said, can you help us find folks? And I brought us whole binders full of — of women. I was proud of the fact that after I staffed my cabinet and my senior staff that the University of New York in Albany did a survey of all 50 states and concluded that mine had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state in America.

I hear that, you hear that and we think OK, sounds reasonable. But the left is SO DESPERATE that they’ve turned it into this (h/t: Jeff Poor at the Daily Caller):

“Look, Anderson, it was very unfortunate for Gov. Romney, because it sort of raises this question: Can he relate to working women?” Yellin said. “You know, it made it sound almost like working women are some mail-order product you can order out of colored binders. … And the problem for Gov. Romney is two-fold. One, if he’s trying to show, and he is, that he can relate to and understand the frustrations working women go through, this does not suggest that he understands the sense of ‘outsiderness’ many women feel when they work in largely male environments.”

“And, two, it raises a question, this is a man who, at the time he became governor, had been a top executive in the business world for multiple decades, and didn’t he already know qualified women that he could call upon?” Yellin said. “Why did he need to go outside and get a binder full of women to find some? Now, as Jim [Acosta] just pointed out, he actually did know women, and he had some on his staff, so he did himself a disservice with the way he phrased this, Anderson. But the Obama team is getting mileage out of it.”

My head wants to explode at the amount of stupid in this comment. Seriously, all he wanted to do was hire women and that’s what he did! That’s it. And it was women from the group MASSGAP that actually put the binders together.

Mark Levin responds to this ludicrous controversy this way:

Folks, I was an Associate Director of Presidential Personnel for a little over a year in the Reagan administration. We would gather resumes of individuals interested in non-career positions throughout the administration, computerize the information, and make the names available throughout the government. We also solicited resumes from prominent individuals who we wanted to recruit for positions in the administration and process them as well.

Most often, when President Reagan wanted to fill a senior administration position, including cabinet and sub-cabinet positions, top agency posts, and judicial positions, we would put together a binder filled with qualified candidates, as well as recommendations, from which the president would select a candidate.

So, I have a question: how, exactly, did and does Obama decide who to appoint to over 3,000 non-career positions in his administration, including his senior positions? How does his Office of Presidential Personnel recruit candidates? How does it process and collate resumes and present options to the president for selecting candidates for top posts? And if President Obama is not presented with a binder of qualified candidates, exactly how does he make his decisions?

It’s a common practice to collect binders full of resumes. This is so a nontroversy.

But hey, the bright side is that this is all the left has on Romney. So much for an October surprise.




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chatterbox365
chatterbox365

This is really stupid sh*t and it does show how desparate the Left is. What a friggin tool this woman is to go on national TV and justify her idiotic statements. Susan B Anthony is rolling in her grave.

Bryan Ewbank
Bryan Ewbank

"exactly how does he make his decisions?" On the golf course - use the score to indicate the candidate to be selected.

Erc Seitz
Erc Seitz

It's pretty obvious that Democrats think woman are items to be selected out of a book. After all they are the ones suggesting the ridiculous.

cheyennecowboy
cheyennecowboy

“Look, Anderson, it was very unfortunate for Gov. Romney, because it sort of raises this question:" SORT OF RAISES THE QUESTION? In her view she would like to have it raise the question....but only sort of. What a ditzy person, as she blathers on and on and on and on. DESPERATE! Yes, I would certainly say so, grasping at straws, as it were.

lcn1114
lcn1114

I have three children who have all been involved in student government in their respective schools. They ran better campaigns in 4th grade than this bunch.

ChelFL
ChelFL

Well, it is obvious what the label on her binder would say, ' willing to sacrifice integrity to push any agenda'.....that was truly pathetic....

NCHokie02
NCHokie02

If anyone truly believes that they are retarded. I mean to sit there and say that with a straight face is incredible. Anderson should have just said, "Really? You honestly in your heart of hearts believe that?"

And how else would he find qualified candidates if not by looking through tons of resumes and by assuming an assistant took the time to organize those resumes and didnt' just throw a bunch of loose papers on his desk?? Heaven forbid that assistant organize those resumes in a....BINDER!!!

Non-issue and just shows how absurdly weak the left is and that they are grabbing at straws and trying to get anything to stick.

kong1967
kong1967

Oh, I get it. Romney has to be your freaking psychiatrist, too? How about your hairdresser? Or a shoulder for you to cry on?

It is not Romney's job to understand your frustrations as a woman. If you want a job you show up and work. Keep your personal problems to yourself.

Suzyqpie
Suzyqpie

I'm to embarrassed to compose an actual comment. I can't write when I'm suffering from embarrassment. Coming up next Big Bird has an abortion.

iHeartLife
iHeartLife

Big Bird's a female??!!! I never knew that!!! LOL!!!

Shelly Sands
Shelly Sands

When I heard about Bindergate this morning I think I truly recognized how bizaro bammy world has become. I've heard some really stupid things come out of the bammy campaign. But good Lord in heaven, they've used the little bit of brains they have left from their doping days and are using them for slinky toys and/or throwing them against the wall.

kong1967
kong1967

Lol, I thought they were throwing silly putty. Now I know the rest of the story.

Mike Lee
Mike Lee

This is so pathetic. Women should be so embarrassed over this kind of nonsense. Make up your minds women. Are you really so weak that you have to feign offense and outrage at everything a man says? What is important here is Romney's record on women - and it is excellent. Too bad you leftist females are so delusional, hateful, and brainwashed that you cannot admit the truth to yourselves.

ladyjk
ladyjk

I don't know why these women go out on national TV and make such stupid remarks. It makes them just look silly and no one can take them seriously then.

mediaaccess1
mediaaccess1

Basic Economics - why women generally earn less

bobemakk
bobemakk

How else can resumes be sent besides in a binder or on line? The total message is nonsense. They have nothing on Romney and will TRY to discredit his image with anything.

james
james

Barry's gonna need medical choom for depression

Linky1
Linky1

I wonder if that's covered under Obamacare.

james
james

Big Bird and Binders- it's all they've got. Have a nice life, Barry

SPELL9
SPELL9

Creative Writing Major??

warpmine
warpmine

The subject or subject matter in hand rarely if at all follows the meme of what the left is gunning for.(did I say that? Could be used as an intent at violence. Hmm, gunning, what was I thinking?) So once we can acknowledge that we therefore can move past any expectation of logic or truth from them

Dana Garcia
Dana Garcia

Leave it to the Opravda media to completely reverse Romney's excellent record on hiring women and complain about how he discussed the issue.

SKL53
SKL53

These women have got to be kidding! By the way...where are all the women's libbers of yesteryear??? These suck-ups and kiss-ups who think all women are stupid and who imagine women are buying into this stupidity they spue endlessly! Ain't happening!!! Women care about the same things men care about but with much more compassion! Because it is women who are the family caregivers...the shoppers...the gas pump operators...the equal bread winners!!! This CNN idiot should go do her reporting in Iraq, follow sharia! Come back six months later, kiss the ground of the USA and appreciate a country where women are FREE to be whatever they wish to be! Let's face it CNN may not be around to much longer the way they spin things! Just look at Newsweek...

Diane Graybeal
Diane Graybeal

Whenever I have applied for a government position I have had to submit a resume. I believe it's standard practice. Apparently Obama is out of that loop, showing his ignorance once again.

Randall Pickard
Randall Pickard

CNN needs to get their own binder full of qualified women.

David Rodden
David Rodden

Getting Mileage??There is No There, There..You have Nothing so go ahead and Create Things out of Nothing..You Obama are really becoming more and more incoherent...Keep Up the Blather...

Deborah Clemence
Deborah Clemence

So... CNN sees no problem with Candy Crowley's performance and Romney supporters are responsible for all the fuss, because of course, they had no problem with Candy Crowley mismanaging that debate to Obama's benefit ... yet they are making an issue out of Romney's binder comment?

I've got news for you - when a high level boss wants to look at candidates for employment, an underling goes through all the resumes and picks out the best candidates and presents them to the boss in a folder or a BINDER... BIG DEAL!!! Clearly they missed the point as they always do... Romney always considered numerous female applicants... enough to put in a binder!!!

James
James

They have nothing. I' m glad Romney took off the gloves this time around. In the next debate, Romney will devour our clown in chief.

Beal
Beal

The country is faltering, the economy is in the tank, and we are facing a debt cliff and all that Obama and his fools are talking about is "binders"...what a joke.

Beal
Beal

The LSM is panicking--they may say and do almost anything before we kick their boy out of the WH.

Jimmy
Jimmy

I'm so fed up with CNN's bias. Told my bank today that I will be changing to another bank if the keep CNN is on the TV. They can put on the Cartoon Channel for all I care but CNN and my business is gone. The only thing CNN understands is it's bottom line.

badbadlibs
badbadlibs

"It’s a common practice to collect binders full of resumes. This is so a nontroversy.

But hey, the bright side is that this is all the left has on Romney. So much for an October surprise."

Exactly! I heard someone say that Romney doesn't have any skeletons in his closet, he doesn't even have a closet!

This is the most pathetic desperate attempt to slam Gov. Romney to date!

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

I can't even begin to say how silly this all is. If this is all the Democrats have two weeks before the election, they're sunk. Really, I didn't know we were doing THIS well. Keep it coming, folks. Are you still going to talk about binders when Obama gets his head handed to him on Monday when they talk about Libya during the foreign policy debate? After all, who wants to talk about four dead Americans when you can really have an in-depth conversation about Big Bird, right? Obama is going to lose and, at this rate, he's going to lose big.

GiantM
GiantM

Boy oh boy. Like Gerald Celente has said before; “When People Lose Everything, They Have Nothing Left To Lose, And They Lose It!"

This story is a classic case of the LIB's having lost all their ammo on Romney and now they try to destroy him with Big Bird and Binders!!!

Myyyyyy gosh, whata bunch a yahoo's. Lol...

Landscaper
Landscaper

I have this one Scoopers. The White House and CNN both have the same hiring method; they go to FACEBOOK.

ChicksLoveRight
ChicksLoveRight

The aftermath of this election will be the demise of CNN as 'independent news channel"!

Faye H
Faye H

Has CNN gone and found the stupidest women on earth? Between this one and Soladad O'Brien, it's like they found a gaggle of Junior High girls to report news. This is just idiotic.

Justin Wax
Justin Wax

This CNN babe is a Democratic hack masquerading as a journalist. CNN seems to have a lot of these. MSNBC is inundated w/ them.

Betsey_Ross
Betsey_Ross

Obviously the Left thinks this tact is a good idea. They think that because they don't have anything else, but seriously I don't seem them trending upward with this. It just doesn't make any sense.

Justin Wax
Justin Wax

This CNN babe is a Democratic loon masquerading as a journalist. CNN has quite a few Dems running around w/ press passes.

opinionatedhermit
opinionatedhermit

A very good friend from Bain Capital tells me that Bill Clinton keeps his female "resume's" on Craig's List....

K-Bob
K-Bob

They gone put y'all in binders!

Rshill7
Rshill7

The Five's Tantaros just said something very pertinent to this thread. I paraphrase:

"Wasn't Obama the one man glass ceiling which stopped the sole woman candidate from becoming President?"

That was excellent. She was of course referring to that woman who ran against, and starred with O' in those recently released Pakistan-run, video apology commercials...which we paid for.

The O' reelection team is increasingly mirroring Forrest Gump when he ran in the wrong direction and scored one for the opposing team.

Keep it up. What else ya' got? Bring it please :-)

Seabee
Seabee

Before al gore invented internet, most employers keep a library of "resume" binders of applicants that did not make the cut. I know, because i was one of those that in one of those binders as potential employee. This woman probably never heard of Link.com, which is today's descendant of "binders".. This woman IMHO is a "sexist".

stage9
stage9

Oh this is ridiculous! Everyone knows you don't have to order them through the mail anymore! You can order them right off the internet!

I'M KIDDING!

Oh c'mon, we've got to be able to laugh at the silliness of all of this sometimes.