Romney's 'Binder full of women' comment

[truebluefan]

From last nights debate he said:

"We took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet," he said. "I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks,' and they brought us whole binders full of women."

But it's also misleading, as David Bernstein of the Boston Phoenix pointed out:

What actually happened was that in 2002 -- prior to the election, not even knowing yet whether it would be a Republican or Democratic administration -- a bipartisan group of women in Massachusetts formed MassGAP to address the problem of few women in senior leadership positions in state government. There were more than 40 organizations involved with the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus (also bipartisan) as the lead sponsor.

They presented the binder to Gov Romney. He did not seek them out. And...he never really answered the question about equal pay for women. Many employers employ women, but with less pay per dollar than men.