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kpete

(72,904 posts) Tue May 9, 2017, 02:11 PM May 2017

Come for the affirmative action---stay for the cynical rationale

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Come for the affirmative action---stay for the cynical rationale (Original Post) kpete May 2017 OP

Yeah! Bring in a couple of "token women" True Dough May 2017 #1

They could fix the optics with a little Giuliani makeup, wig, and wardrobe. spooky3 May 2017 #2

I dunno. Does this really qualify as "fixing" optics? True Dough May 2017 #3

LOL!!!! Is he taking "her" furniture shopping next? spooky3 May 2017 #5

Maybe so True Dough May 2017 #6

I'm not surprised to learn that athena May 2017 #4

True Dough

(27,299 posts)

1. Yeah! Bring in a couple of "token women"

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2017, 02:15 PM

May 2017

Damn optics!

spooky3

(38,859 posts)

2. They could fix the optics with a little Giuliani makeup, wig, and wardrobe.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Tue May 9, 2017, 02:17 PM

May 2017

Wonder why they didn't think of that?

True Dough

(27,299 posts)

3. I dunno. Does this really qualify as "fixing" optics?

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #2)

Tue May 9, 2017, 02:19 PM

May 2017

It hurts my eyes more than anything.

spooky3

(38,859 posts)

5. LOL!!!! Is he taking "her" furniture shopping next?

Reply to True Dough (Reply #3)

Tue May 9, 2017, 02:49 PM

May 2017

True Dough

(27,299 posts)

6. Maybe so

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #5)

Tue May 9, 2017, 03:02 PM

May 2017

Hopefully he doesn't buy "her" one of these. But that's their business, I guess.

athena

(4,187 posts)

4. I'm not surprised to learn that

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2017, 02:21 PM

May 2017

women are just "optics" to these people. In every sense of the word.

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