"Women need flexible schedules so they can make dinner. -Mitt Romney

[Bennyboy]

the line that needs to go viral right now....

[vanlassie]

1. No shit.

[LondonReign2]

2. KICK KICK KICK

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. And who's gonna do the laundry?

Mitt is an asshole.

[enough]

4. Did he actually say that? I'm not watching (too nervous). (nt)

[sad sally]

54. You know who gets off work and has flex schedules? Those hated government employees. He was

talking about State workers. Here's what he said:

"...get home at 5 o'clock so I can be there for making dinner for my kids and being with them when they get home from school. So we said fine. Let's have a flexible schedule so you can have hours that work for you. "

[Patiod]

67. I'm glad I'm not the only gutless wonder here

Plus I'm getting sick, so I rationalized going to bed early and checking in with DU in the morning!

[ColumbusLib]

5. What a sexist pig!

He is still living in the 1950s.

[femrap]

90. Typically the

wife didn't HAVE to work outside the home. Today women have 2 jobs...the one outside the home (8 to 5) and then the one at home (6-midnight).

I can understand why some women get hooked on Meth. There are just not enough hours in the day.

I remember as a kid I was told, "Life is not fair." Today, I've decided, "Life is torture."

[nobodyspecial]

6. I was only half paying attention

Those were his *exact* words?

[hatrack]

14. Paraphrase - it was about one of his cabinet officers in MA when he was governor

He described how she needed to be home by 5:00 to cook dinner and be there when her kids got home from school.

(More or less)

[bdamomma]

33. has

Ann ever worked???????

[hatrack]

36. It's hard work, directing the stable hands and grooms . . .

Beyond that, outside the home? Not as far as I know.

[lindysalsagal]

7. So they can be home to wipe the kid's noses

Unbelievable.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Did he really say that? Really??

Not watching debate right now. Did he honest to god say that?

[NYC Liberal]

9. Wait...did he say that? I know they've killed satire so I know it's possible.

[cynatnite]

10. Did he seriously say that? I missed some of the debate. n/t

[Lucy Goosey]

11. Direct quote or paraphrase?

I don't doubt Romney believes it, but did he literally say it?

[Care Acutely]

12. Amen. Women, by Nit Romney.

[Windy]

13. I admit to watching the tiger game because I was nervous about the debate but did ROMNEY ACTUALLY

SAY THAT??????????????????????????????????????????

[JenniferJuniper]

15. That was incredible. I hope to hell the press picks up on this.

[Barack_America]

16. WTF, he SAID this??

[tawadi]

17. I really thought I was hearing things

Really.

[Pachamama]

22. I heard it too...

[Robyn66]

18. We women are special creatures

he never mentioned equal PAY but we do need special schedules.

[etherealtruth]

25. Gee duh ... we do not work hard, we are not educated, we are not competent ...

we don't support ourselves or families ... oh wait we do all that ! F'ing imbecile

[Pachamama]

27. I want equal pay - but men should have flex schedules to make the dinner too...

[a la izquierda]

75. I want equal pay...

but I'd prefer my husband not make dinner, lest he kill us all

[marlakay]

82. Yah special schedules so we can go home to our second job. Nt

[Coexist]

19. Tweet: Too many women on Twitter - get back in your binders!

[chowder66]

20. Maddow tweeted it!

"Women need flexibility in the workplace because they're the ones who have to cook dinner?"

[txwhitedove]

21. Yes, that is essentially what he said - and never answered the question about equitable/fair pay.

[aletier_v]

23. no way. is there a youtube clip?

[Fawke Em]

24. What's funny is that I do like my flex-sched to do it, but it's only because

my husband has to travel 40 miles each way to do and I work too! He cleans up the dishes.

And, he thinks this is because we WANT to do it after working at a job all day.

[EarthGurl2012]

26. When they say flexible schedules they mean . . .

Part-time, or On Call workers, little or no benefits, for low wages. I know all about that double speak Mitt, you suck!

[calimary]

49. Welcoem to DU, EarthGurl2012!

Glad you're here! The man speaks with a forked tongue. We need you because this thing isn't nailed down yet, regardless how well Obama is thought to have done.







Now get to work.

[EarthGurl2012]

61. Thank you

[beac]

78. Also flex-time has been mandated by law since the 70's in MA.

Mittens tried to pretend he invented a wonderful dinner-cooking-friendly schedule just for his little ladies.

[Rob H.]

28. Glad I'm not the only one who WTFed at that

That really tells you everything you need to know about how he really feels about women.

[fishwax]

29. k/r

[LiberalElite]

30. I just posted it to Facebook n/t

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

31. Whoa....he said that???

Honestly, he's back to Rmoney Coma Speak, I'm not even listening.

[bullwinkle428]

32. Is Don Draper running for President?

[JenniferJuniper]

38. Bingo!

[Kablooie]

64. Golly, yes!

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. Well, after a recent conversation

nope not shocked at all. I mean, next they will want equal pay and voting rights... HORROR!

[riderinthestorm]

35. Wow! wow! Needs to go viral! nt

[newspeak]

58. well, it can go viral

but i do not have faith in some of the american people, not after little boots, especially the second term. i have a book full of bushisms, and the thing is i believe when he was saying his faux pas that it was actually the truth. like telling a room full of workers "if we do this we shall surely fail" (i mean succeed) or the obscenity of joking not once, but more than once after 9/11 how he hit the trifecta. or how about joking about looking for wmd's under a desk as thousands of people including soldiers have been wounded or killed.

i guess i just see some americans now have lost empathy, compassion and reason. some don't want facts or truth, they just want their team to feed them the bullshite to make them feel good about what they've already been told to believe and that includes who to blame.

i'm just hoping when i say some americans, that it's the same twenty something per cent who still think, even after he gutted the economy, allowed wealth disparity not seen since before the great depression, lied-lied-lie, screwed labor (after all it's the american way to have three jobs to survive), that they'd just love to have a beer with him.

i think they are so hard wired that nothing will move them.

[MadrasT]

37. Kickity-kick!

Unfriggenbelievable..

[alarimer]

39. Yes

I wonder if his campaign manager had been a guy, would he have been allowed to go home early? Or is it just women that have to be home by 6 to tuck the kids in or whatever?

It's a great line and should be all over Twitter by now.

[smirkymonkey]

40. What a stupid-ass f***tard! God, I really hate that guy.

He has absolutely no clue. He's living in a world that has no resemblance to the current real world.

How on earth this guy can even be CLOSE to rivalling Obama just baffles me.

[southmost]

41. yeah that really bothered me too

what a dumbass

[progressivebydesign]

42. OMG. he REALLY said that? I thought it was a joke on twitter. OMG viral. nt

[Digit]

43. I was watching when he said that and the hair on the back of my neck stood up

Where is it written that that is the rule, where Mitt, where?

[JenniferJuniper]

44. "Get out of that binder and go make me a sammich, girl!"

[SmileyRose]

56. omg

Get out of that binder and come clean this keyboard

[HipChick]

45. This is befitting..

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[mcar]

46. I actually shouted at my TV at that point

Startled my husband. Jeez what century is this guy in?

[Whisp]

47. wow. I missed that - the doofus actually Said That?

oiy

[mnhtnbb]

48. Yeah work outside and inside the house...no sharing of domestic chores

for Romney.

[uponit7771]

50. DID HE REALLY SAY THAT?!!?!? OMG!!

[Snarkoleptic]

51. I'm a man that does all of the cookin'.

I'm the sole breadwinner and have had no complaints about the cuisine from my bride and 15-year old son.
I'd have it no other way as the kitchen is my domain and the creative outlet helps me unwind.
FU Mitt

[barnabas63]

52. Yeah i was really impressed with that statement...

NOT! pig

[hifiguy]

53. He didn't really say that, did he??

Holy fking shit.

[Bobbie Jo]

55. I told my husband...

Did he really just say that? WTF???

[onenote]

57. Since several people have asked,here is the exact quote

"She said, I can’t be here until 7 or 8 o’clock at night. I need to be able to get home at 5 o’clock so I can be there for making dinner for my kids and being with them when they get home from school. So we said fine. Let’s have a flexible schedule so you can have hours that work for you."

[nadine_mn]

59. That offended me as much as the damn binders full of women

Not all women are moms ... We don't need special treatment..we need equal pay

[renate]

60. exactly!

And I think you've nailed another way his viewpoint is so incredibly objectionable.

How infuriatingly patronizing he is.

[Warren DeMontague]

62. they need to be flexible to FIT INTO THESE BINDERS!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Heidi]

63. Recommended.

:kick:

[Kablooie]

65. Here is what he said from the transcript:

Now one of the reasons I was able to get so many good women to be part of that team was because of our recruiting effort. But number two, because I recognized that if you’re going to have women in the workforce that sometimes you need to be more flexible. My chief of staff, for instance, had two kids that were still in school. She said, I can’t be here until 7 or 8 o’clock at night. I need to be able to get home at 5 o’clock so I can be there for making dinner for my kids and being with them when they get home from school. So we said fine. Let’s have a flexible schedule so you can have hours that work for you.

[jsmirman]

66. I agree

that's not verbatim what he said, but man if he didn't give up the goods on his world view.

[Zalatix]

68. He must have been playing right to his base when he said that... n/t

[sfpcjock]

69. Only if there aren't 5 nannies, dude!

[unhappycamper]

70. The actual quote is:

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-national/2012/10/live-second-presidential-debate-2012-transcript/

Rmoney: She said, I can’t be here until 7 or 8 o’clock at night. I need to be able to get home at 5 o’clock so I can be there for making dinner for my kids and being with them when they get home from school. So we said fine. Let’s have a flexible schedule so you can have hours that work for you.

[bunnies]

71. imho, this is much less flammable than the OP suggests. nt

[txwhitedove]

72. The flamable part is that was his answer on question of Lily Ledbetter Act and equal pay.

[beac]

79. Exactly.

"I can't pay you the same if you gotta go home and make dinner, for Pete's sake!"

[HappyMe]

73. That's way, way different.

[hughee99]

84. Yes, but it's much more compelling when you tell people he "essentially" said

"Bit**, get back in the kitchen and make me some pie"

[Delphinus]

74. You got to be

f*%$#@g kidding me!!!

[eShirl]

76. MAKE ME SOME PIE, WOMAN!

[hrmjustin]

77. oh my God, did he really say that.

[Rose Siding]

80. I want the Hillary phone pic to read "get in the kitchen and make your own damn sammich"

[L0oniX]

81. The Rmoney dream.

Rmoney home reality...

[skygazer]

83. Frankly what I thought was worse

Was saying that employers had to be so desperate that they'd actually hire women. Paraphrasing of course, but that's the gist of what he said. As if hiring women is the last possible resort.

[Blue Owl]

85. A good woman is hard to bind, Mitt

n/t

[barbtries]

86. did he say that?

in the debate?

i think i am going to have to watch this one.

[RiffRandell]

87. My husband said he would get hammered for saying this.

Right after he said it.

[Javaman]

88. a perfect example of the teeny tiny world lost mittens inhabits. nt

[Quantess]

89. Good DailyKOS post here

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/17/1145889/-Romney-Forget-equal-pay-ladies-How-about-more-time-to-cook-dinner