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laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 12:38 AM Apr 2017

Romneys infamous binders full of women surfaces

Source: NY Daily News

Finally, there's an answer to the 2012 elections most perplexing three-ring mystery.

Mitt Romneys much-mocked binders full of women soundbite delivered during a presidential debate as the ex-Massachusetts governor tried to tout his efforts to hire females has resurfaced in the form of actual, physical binders.

The two binders, weighing a cumulative 15 pounds and 6 ounces, came to the Boston Globe via an anonymous former Romney aide. They contain almost 200 rsums and cover letters, the paper reported Tuesday.

Romneys October 2012 quip set the internet ablaze, spawning Photoshopped memes and even a jab from his opponent, former President Barack Obama.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/politics/mitt-romney-infamous-binders-full-women-surface-article-1.3044212



Romney is (purportedly) considering to run for Senator (again); and UTAH Senator Hatch is on the record stating he will step asise, if Mitt is going to run.

Thus "womens binder" release, appears to be a move to quash a negative about Mitt.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/522096/

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/04/10/romney-binders-still-full-women-are-unearthed/NTdYraj1yQ53uVklgnHZtL/amp.html

Remember Mitt Romney’s ‘binders full of women?’ They’re real. And we got them.

A former Romney aide recently exhumed the files and shared them with the Globe. Two white three-ring binders (weighing in at an aggregate 15 pounds, 6 ounces) are packed with nearly 200 cover letters and résumés, along with a few handwritten notations.



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Romneys infamous binders full of women surfaces (Original Post) laserhaas Apr 2017 OP
Mitt needs to bite the dust laserhaas Apr 2017 #1
Creepy! StarryNite Apr 2017 #2
Yup laserhaas Apr 2017 #3
Yes scary blueseas Apr 2017 #12
The shakey bag is sooo apropos laserhaas Apr 2017 #19
Ewww not fooled Apr 2017 #4
Exactly! laserhaas Apr 2017 #20
I didn't realize it was a mystery Bradical79 Apr 2017 #5
Not to mention "PATRONIZING"....... lastlib Apr 2017 #6
wooden man runs again. nt Javaman Apr 2017 #7
Bizarre! machoneman Apr 2017 #8
any time I see him trying to relate to normal people I'm expecting a Montgomery burns moment where.. Javaman Apr 2017 #10
With Mitt...normal "people" are corporations laserhaas Apr 2017 #15
touche'. well put. LOL nt Javaman Apr 2017 #17
What do the actual binders have to do with anything? hughee99 Apr 2017 #9
Elevator tiptonic Apr 2017 #11
Ahhh, for the good old days when our biggest fear was fleur-de-lisa Apr 2017 #13
It is a sad state of affairs, to thibk a POTUS RMoney laserhaas Apr 2017 #14
Why did I read the story as pertaining to "binders of wooden surfaces"? Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2017 #16
Well, Romney was involved, so flat and wooden would naturally come to mind. JHB Apr 2017 #21
Interesting burrowowl Apr 2017 #18

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
4. Ewww
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 07:40 AM
Apr 2017

Although if he's a senator from Utah the damage will be limited (they would elect someone of his ilk if not him).

But, just for the record:

machoneman

(4,007 posts)
8. Bizarre!
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 08:50 AM
Apr 2017

Rmoney has always struck me as a social misfit, unknowing in the ways of the world, insulated likely by his Mormon faith from a lot of norms, behaviors, ideas and such of most Americans. This trait, not a good one for sure, would have served him poorly outside of the business world. Maybe "social dunce" or an "inept world-view" best describes him.

Javaman

(62,531 posts)
10. any time I see him trying to relate to normal people I'm expecting a Montgomery burns moment where..
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 08:52 AM
Apr 2017

he says, "let's play some of that favorite sports ball that you enjoy!" LOL

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
9. What do the actual binders have to do with anything?
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 08:51 AM
Apr 2017

The whole "scandal" was in the way he phrased it. The actual binders with a bunch of resume in it are really irrelevant.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,627 posts)
13. Ahhh, for the good old days when our biggest fear was
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 09:47 AM
Apr 2017

that the blockhead Romney, with his binder full of women, would be president. Good times, good times.

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