Pic Of The Moment: The GOP Plan To Close The Gender Pay Gap

[EarlG]

What That RNC Aide's Equal Pay Blunder on MSNBC Says About Her Party

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[Zambero]

1. This would have been a better answer:

"I think we need to start figuring how to address this type of question with as many buzz words as possible that, in a larger sense, create rambling sentences but do not begin to offer resolution to this ongoing problem in any way shape or form".

[rhett o rick]

21. And arbitrarily stick in a few "Uhms". nm

[chknltl]

25. The Palin solution to all of our problems. nt

[riqster]

27. Palindromes

[Jackpine Radical]

30. PalindroNes.

Palindrone (noun) [PAY-lin-drone]

Recited verbage which is so generic, it means the same thing whether you listen to it forward or backward.

[riqster]

32. Even better.

[Jackpine Radical]

33. Stolen.

http://wikiality.wikia.com/Palindrone

Well, pretty much, anyway. The term popped up in my head when I saw your post so I Googled it to see if I'd been beaten to it, and sure enough…

[yeoman6987]

51. What happened to the Lilly Ledbetter bill?

Did they decide to dump it? I thought that took care of all this.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009

[bettyellen]

54. It has a lot of restrictions, it's not enough.

[berni_mccoy]

2. The GOP is fucking pathetic.

[mindwalker_i]

7. But the people who vote for the GOP

are even more pathetic. Women who vote for the GOP, at this point, should be in therapy.

[chervilant]

11. Those who would assert

that the Sheeple are not easily led should consider this issue.

[Eleanors38]

52. She looks like she's in treatment for something.

[yuiyoshida]

37. woman voting against their best interest...

So if the GOP said, we want to make all WOMEN slaves... THAT'S okay with them?? So na baka na! Neboken ja Neyo!!!

[LuckyLib]

3. This is the GOP in a nutshell: bloviating obstructive

BS that is devoid of any solution whatsoever. The market has been horribly discriminatory against women. Only legislation can fix this.

[IronLionZion]

4. I'm amazed they are still so successful as a political force.

Hopefully it won't last much longer. Their messages are usually short, simple, and emotionally charged. I'm sure this woman will be fired very soon.

[progressoid]

5. You go girl?

[JohnnyRingo]

6. Yes... Appeal to the compassion of multinational corporations

This follows the GOP belief that corporations are people too. All republicans have to do is have a conversation with the corporations and ask how they'd feel if someone discriminated against them.

Make them think about it, and they'll put fairness ahead of profit.

[Jackpine Radical]

34. Yeah, Geez, that oughtta work--

It's so obvious when you mention it! Why didn't someone already do that?

[alp227]

8. Just READING this reeks of Miss South Carolina.

She working as Republican spokesperson now?

[WhoIsNumberNone]

10. ALL women who support the Republiclowns remind me of Miss South Carolina.

OK, maybe not all of them. The Fox News Barbies don't stammer when they read off the teleprompters.

[catbyte]

53. My favorite was the blonde Einstein who chirped, "CONGRATS TO THE NAACP CHAMPS, THE UCONN

HUSKIES!"

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/fox-news-anchor-calls-uconn-huskies-naacp-champs-article-1.1749922

[JoePhilly]

13. Had the exact same thought.

[Enthusiast]

18. If they only had more maps.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

9. Their plan to close the gender gap is to eliminate the minimum wage

Then everyone will get paid 77 cents on the dollar.

[Voice for Peace]

14. I think you've got it!

by george you've got it!

[JoePhilly]

12. "... U.S. Americans don't have access to maps .. "

[elleng]

15. GREAT solution!

How about trying to do it the way the Federal government does it.

http://gogovernment.org/government_101/pay_and_the_general_schedule.php

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Uh, sweetheart, it's the large companies who are most guilty of having

wide differences in what they pay men vs. women. When I started at IBM in 1973 as a single working mother I was told outright that my starting salary was $150 a month less than that of newly hired males because , "They have a family to support."

[bettyellen]

55. I was told a single man should make more because he was dating!!

And had to buy women dinners and gifts.
And the boss wasn't kidding! I quit and Prince Charming was fired six months later for incompetence. That's what you get when you hire a swinging dick to shoot the breeze with instead of someone with actual skills.

[Aldo Leopold]

17. I hereby propose a new acronym: WINO

Woman in Name Only

[Enthusiast]

19. You win!

[DocMac]

28. Mitt had a WINO binder.

Maybe all Republicans do?

[Aldo Leopold]

35. Darn. You mean to tell me the term's already been coined?

[DocMac]

45. No, it's yours.

It's so good that I had to try it out.

[riqster]

29. DUzy!

[red dog 1]

42. Good acronym; but it impunes the good name of skid-row winos,

who are probably much smarter than the Foux News Barbies

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

20. Bugs Bunny was better at the song and dance

[rhett o rick]

22. She is using the Georgie Bush double-talk method. nm

[Rex]

23. Yeah...they love to talk and talk and never want to do anything.

The GOP makes me

[DebJ]

24. Corporatist answer is to cut male pay down to the female level.

Can't very well announce that!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

26. How much does she get paid to be an idiot?

Less than Rinse Penis?

[spooky3]

31. Not to nitpick, but the Paycheck Fairness Act will NOT "end the travesty..."

It simply provides one more set of legal tools that could be used to challenge some disparities. Technically, you're probably right that it will eventually bring that 77 cents up somewhat. But there are many things that will have to change before the gap is substantially reduced or eliminated.

[JackInGreen]

36. I wonder sometimes

if they shoot themselves in the foot by hiring the stupid in any group just so they can indulge some perverse confirmation bias.

[LynneSin]

38. You don't think it was an accident that they put a woman out there who doesn't have a clue.

Imagine if they put a woman out there who would have spoken clearly - she doesn't use many pauses or stumbles over her words. People watching it would see this smart, intelligent woman and wonder 'Why shouldn't she be paid equally as a man'.

Instead by putting out a bumbling idiot of a woman what the GOP is subconsciously trying to do is say 'Look how silly this woman sounded, you think she deserves the same pay as a man. A man wouldn't have been as confusing.'

GOP wants to look like they support women but in the end they want the voters to think 'why? they aren't as equal as men'

[Thinkingabout]

39. For the most part jobs women was able to get pays much less than traditionally

It is time to change some of the traditions.

[JDPriestly]

40. Republicans don't care about women (or education). Republicans don't care about families.

I'd like to see Senator Warren speak to this. She, better than any other person, knows why we need equal pay for equal work.

Elizabeth Warren Picks A Fight With Paul Ryan

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12651167

Elizabeth Warren blasts "obscene" US profits on school loans

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12651095

Gender equality in medical studies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12651146

Elizabeth Warren meme for FB use -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12651171

Elizabeth Warren: "So here's my question ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12651157

Elizabeth Warren, Kingmaker?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12651172

Lots more on the Elizabeth Warren group (which I just discovered yesterday). I joined. Why don't you?

Best news of all.

Elizabeth Warren Pens a Book, Is Still Totally Not Running for President

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/elizabeth-warren-book-senate-cfpb

We need to change her plans. She should run. I think she could win. Elizabeth Warren accusing a Republican of corruption is believable. Some of our other potential candidates accusing others of corruption is just a joke.

God bless Elizabeth Warren. My opinion: Backing Elizabeth Warren is the patriotic thing to do. I hope she keeps fighting for economic justice.

[Bossy Monkey]

41. Worst thing is that that's the most sensible thing the GOP has said in decades n/t

[opiate69]

57. Sad, but too true

[awoke_in_2003]

43. they will close the gender gap....

by lowering men's pay. Well, at least men that aren't management.

[awoke_in_2003]

44. ...

“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.”

[SummerSnow]

46. Women voting Republican..

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

47. Sad thing is

you can't make this shit up.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

48. What is she? Porky "friggin" Pig. . .Abid, abid, abid. . .that's all folks, for the GOP

Why are their positions given such treatment? And their plans looked at as great.

Give me a damn break.

[AllyCat]

49. She hit so many of the catch phrases in one fell swoop

[father founding]

50. star struck

Um, maybe they should um, find Nancy's astrologer and consult with um, her and um, try to find a um, solution to this um, vexing um, problem.

[onehandle]

56. Tool Says Thing For Money. nt