As Bethany noted earlier this afternoon, the White House’s hypocrisy about the treatment of women gives the lie to their criticisms of Mitt Romney’s “binders” comment at the presidential debate. But the administration isn’t the only liberal entity that has not been practicing what they are preaching about equal pay for equal work. During an interview broadcast today on her “Andrea Mitchell Reports” show on the MSNBC network, Mitchell admitted that men are paid more than women at the hardline liberal outlet.
While interviewing Romney advisor Barbara Comstock about the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the following exchange took place:
“I mean for Lilly Ledbetter, this was not just a legal issue,” Mitchell said. “This was the fact that she was not permitted to sue for equal pay because the statute had ran out and the law said if you didn’t know the men you were working with were making more money, which many of us don’t know, we don’t have access to those confidential —
“We know here at MSNBC the guys get paid more,” Comstock jumped in, laughing. “We know that.”
“We certainly do,” Mitchell replied.
“So this is one of the places where you need to be a little bit more public with it,” Comstock said.
As, Politico reported, at the close of the interview, Comstock returned to the issue.
“You get after MSNBC here, Andrea,” Comstock said. “Make sure the women make the same here.”
“Thank you very much,” Mitchell replied.
Mitchell later issued a statement to Politico saying it was all a misunderstanding: “I was referring to the industry as a whole. This remark has been taken out of context.”
Like heck it was. This is just another illustration of how liberal concern for women is often nothing more than mere posturing. Mitchell has already compromised her integrity in this campaign by becoming just another liberal talking head, and was even outed as a shrill partisan by the Democrats when they included her misleading post-debate comment about Romney’s tax plan in an ad. But even she knows that taking potshots at Romney exposes MSNBC to criticism for its own “war on women.”
The much-vaunted Lilly Ledbetter Act is itself an example of this hypocritical behavior. Equal pay was already the law of the land before Obama signed it. Rather than an advance for women, the Act was a lollipop for the president’s trial lawyer bundlers. It was about making it easier for them to sue companies long after the statute of limitations had expired–meaning that it was about lawyers making money, not ordinary women seeking fair employment.
Mitt Romney is being roasted for his “binders” comment even though the anecdote in which it came up demonstrated that, unlike the president, the Republican candidate means what he says about treating all persons equally. Another point that is omitted from that discussion is that Romney didn’t need to be prodded to include women in his administration after the fact since he had already chosen a female, Kerry Healy, to be his lieutenant governor.
But don’t expect liberal talking heads on networks that don’t give equal pay to women for equal work to mention that.
We are more than just financially bankrupt if our major discussions center around how much news entertainers make. I don't care for Michael Savage, but I think he's the one that called liberalism "a disease."
Andrea Mitchell bends over for the Obama liberal lefty lemming loons, whoring herself out for their cause, and has the nerve to try to call Romney the misogynist.
The VP Joe Biden called the moderator "honey" durng the VP debate and women groups were silent but Gov. Romney uses the word binders and they go viral
Women in Binders is like treating women as possessions or objects. Progressives are trying to advance the rights of all women, while people like Romney and his religion try to keep women "in their place" raising children and getting home from work to cook. I lived in Utah, and women are simply treated like trophies (Mormon state). The sad thing is that when I moved to TX I though I was moving to a more progressive state and run into the same issue (perhaps worst lead ny Southern Baptist). The religious right and their anti women, anti minorities and anti gay agenda totally turn me off. And sadly while I like Romney's economic policies, I'm afraid that my rights as part of two oppressed minorities is going to be furthered.
Romney asked for a list of qualified women candidates. What's wrong with that? Isn't that what he should do? So you are taking issue with the fact that the women's groups delivered the list of names in binders? That doesn't make any sense. If Obama had said the exact same thing, he would be praised for it in the media. n nThe other part of your statement doesn't make sense either. If Romney was really trying to keep women "in their place", why would he go out of his way to hire them. Not only did he hire them but he worked with them when they expressed concerns about needing to do things for their families and adjusting their work schedules to accomodate that request. How many employers would do that? Again if Obama said the exact same thing, the media would say what a great thing that was.
Will the inanity never stop? Women's organizations have been submitting resumes of potential female candidates for senior positions. Typically these are compiled into binders.But I guess anything, even a three ring binder can trigger a psychosis in a brainwashed leftoid.
How else would you keep a resume? nI got this from another blog, it struck me so funny but almost appropriate: n"The Obama campaign has regressed to an adolescent state. I see Beavis (Biden) and Butthead (Obama) in my cartoon bubble. n nButthead: Whoa! Romney has binders full of women. Cool. nBeavis: Yeah, yeah, hey, hey, you said "binders" nButthead: Uhh, huh, huh, we can like, use this against him nBeavis: Yeah, yeah, yeah, heh, heh, are they biker chicks? Yeah, yeah? nButthead: If we just, like, keep saying, uh, "binders", and like, uhh, huh, huh, "Big Bird", we will kick Romeny's a$$. nBeavis: Yeah, yeah. Binders, binders, binders, yeah, yeah, heh, heh, yeah. Binders and Big Bird, yeah."
LOL! A spot-on summary, that!
it's like the dnc slogan says, "vote with your lady parts, not with your brain."
The travesty in the Lilly Ledbetter act is the idea that market wages can be enforced in court, after hiring two 300$/hr attorneys and a judge to resolve the issue. What Lilly Ledbetter should have done is put out some resumes, and get a better paying job, or a job that offered growth potential, or a job that was closer to her home, or a job that had more/fewer hours. n nIf (1) women were as productive as men, and (2) the market paid them less, then (3) any smart businessman would hire a lot of women, pay them half the difference between the women's market wage and men's market wage, and make a profit by splitting the difference between him and his employees. The market self corrects that way. When the market doesn't correct, over many years, there must be a problem with propositions (1) and (2).
How many women played golf with the President during his 100 rounds.
Zero played with Zero.
very good point, that most people don't look at both sides and thus an un-informed opinion
The questions of misogyny and antisemitism are linked, and both have to do with illegitimate curiosity in "the lower orders." I wrote about it here, and have many related blogs on the Woman question. We have yet to come to grips with the pluses and minuses of the "gender revolution."
Nobody watch this channel.
If MSNBC had any women working there then they would probably pay them less but until they hire a woman we will never know.
Looks who is calling someone a coward. Hey Ellenstein wouldn't just feel better if you and lib friends just admitted what a bunch a rats you truly are. Just admit your support for Planned Parenthood is because of the ghetto locations that abort all those "dark" babies. You like a homosexual hiding his needs, never coming out of the closet. You want to talk about Romney at Bain as if making money is bad. Well to it's bad because you are not smart enough to make what you desire.Then you want to hark on Mormonism but you hate all religion so that not unusual, except Islam, you keep your yellow trap shut there, less your head be removed from your neck. Now we get aroung to equal pay for women, yet at ll the lib bastions of fairness, you and your collaborators treat women worse than than those you demagogue. Even Obama pays women less than the boys but thats the joke. Liberals always project their behavior onto others. _Your cowardice is only overshadowed by your hypocrisy and I wish I could see your psychological implosion on Nov 6 when Barack has to start packing.
Ha ha ha ha ha! n nStick around, Pete, tell us more about how you feel. You're our window into the angst of the Obamamuppets.
Projection, thy name is Peter…
Obama pays the women in his administration 70% of what he pays the men. My God! Leftist Totalitarians are the most gullible people on the planet.