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Obama: Don't come over until women have 'settled down'
The Washington Times ^ | April 6, 2012 | Susan Crabtree

Posted on 04/06/2012 11:25:47 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

President Obama's conference on women got off to an awkward start Friday when Mr. Obama seemed to play on some throwback stereotypes about women lacking professional decorum in his opening remarks.

"I was going to head over here earlier, and they said, no, no, this place is full of women and they're still settling down," Mr. Obama told the room. "I said, what do you mean settling down? What are they doing over there? Just creating havoc."

It wasn't clear from his remarks who told the president to wait until the women had "settled down" before coming over to the conference, but the comments caught the attention of Republicans who posted the clip on YouTube under GOPICYMI.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: misogynistinchief; misogyny; mysoginistinchief; obama; waronwomen
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1 posted on 04/06/2012 11:25:49 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
It's all he knows.


2 posted on 04/06/2012 11:28:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

His staff will now assure us that the women just didn’t understand him because ‘women don’t go to law school’.


3 posted on 04/06/2012 11:31:56 AM PDT by ransomnote
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Penny, are you menstruating?

4 posted on 04/06/2012 11:32:28 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He’s using shorthand again, isn’t he?


5 posted on 04/06/2012 11:36:51 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This guy is truly the President of Idiots and he shows it every time he opens his mouth!


6 posted on 04/06/2012 11:40:15 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (Have a Blessed Good Friday)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

All I know is, I wouldn’t want to be around when Michelle gets excited.


7 posted on 04/06/2012 11:48:57 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I don’t think women are going to “settle down” until this Marxist a$$ is out on his a$$.

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Since President Obama Took Office, The Nation Has Lost 740,000 Jobs And The Unemployment Rate Has Increased From 7.8 Percent To 8.2 Percent. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

Including 161,000 Private Sector Jobs, 1,007,000 Construction Jobs, And 624,000 Manufacturing Jobs. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

The Unemployment Rate Has Remained Above Eight Percent For A Record 38 Straight Months. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

The Average Duration Of Unemployment Has Nearly Doubled From 19.9 Weeks To 39.4 Weeks. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

There Are Currently 865,000 Unemployed Workers That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

The Number Of Workers Not In The Labor Force Reached An All-Time High Of 87,897,000. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)
Jim Pethokoukis: “10.9%: The Unemployment Rate If The US Labor Force Participation Rate Was Where It Was When Obama Took Office.” (Jim Pethokoukis, Twitter, 4/6/12)

The Real Unemployment Rate, Including Those That Are Working Part-Time Due To Economic Reasons, Is 14.5 Percent. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

There Are Currently 12,673,000 Unemployed Workers. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

There Are Currently 7,672,000 Workers Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

Read more: http://www.gop.com/index.php/briefing/comments/obamas_gender_gap/#ixzz1rHrUN7I5


8 posted on 04/06/2012 11:50:59 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: ransomnote

Did those women know they were just used as props today


9 posted on 04/06/2012 11:52:48 AM PDT by molson209
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Were they cackling?


10 posted on 04/06/2012 11:53:05 AM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: Lucky9teen

WHITE HOUSE FORUMS WON’T DISTRACT FROM THE FACTS: WOMEN AREN’T FARING WELL IN THE OBAMA ECONOMY

Since Obama Took Office, The Unemployment Rate For Women Has Increased From 7.0 Percent To 8.1 Percent. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

Since The Stimulus Was Passed, The Unemployment Rate For Women Has Increased From 7.3 Percent To 8.1 Percent. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

Since Obama Took Office, The Number Of Female Employees Has Declined By 683,000. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

Since Obama Took Office, The Number Of Women Unemployed Has Increased From 5,005,000 To 5,863,000. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)
In March, The Number Of Women Employed Fell By 82,000. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

The Female Labor Force Participation Rate Fell In March From 57.9 Percent To 57.7 Percent. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

The Number Of Women Not In The Labor Force In March Increased From 52.8 Million To 53.1 Million. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/6/12)

“The Poverty Rate Among Women Rose To 14.5 Percent Last Year, Up From 13.9 Percent In 2009—The Highest Rate In 17 Years.” (Leslie Bennetts, “Women: The Invisible Poor,” The Daily Beast, 9/14/11)

The Extreme Poverty Rate – Income Below Half Of Federal Poverty Line – Is The Highest Ever Recorded Among Women. “The ‘extreme poverty rate’ among women was the highest ever recorded, climbing to 6.3 percent in 2010 from 5.9 percent in 2009. ‘Extreme poverty’ means that your income is below half of the federal poverty line—and by 2010, more than 7.5 million women had fallen into that dire category.” (Leslie Bennetts, “Women: The Invisible Poor,” The Daily Beast, 9/14/11)

In 2010, 17 Million Women Lived In Poverty, Compared To 12.6 Million Men. “What all those statistics add up to is that more than 17 million women were living in poverty last year, compared with 12.6 million men. As usual, things were worse for older women; twice as many women over 65 were living in poverty, compared with men.” (Leslie Bennetts, “Women: The Invisible Poor,” The Daily Beast, 9/14/11)

The Poverty Rate Is 25.6 Percent For Black Women And 25 Percent For Hispanic Women. “And those numbers just represented the population-wide average. For Hispanic and black women, the poverty rate increased even faster and rose higher—to 25 percent for Hispanic women and to 25.6 percent for black women.” (Leslie Bennetts, “Women: The Invisible Poor,” The Daily Beast, 9/14/11)
More Than 40 Percent Of Single Mothers Live In Poverty. “As usual, single mothers are having the hardest time of all. More than 40 percent of women who head families are now living in poverty. With more than half of poor children living in female-headed families in 2010, the child poverty rate jumped to 22 percent.” (Leslie Bennetts, “Women: The Invisible Poor,” The Daily Beast, 9/14/11)

The Failure Of Obamanomics Could “Put A Dent” In Female Support For Obama

“Women Aren’t Faring As Well As Other Groups In The Job Market’s Recovery And That Could Put A Dent Into Their Support For President Obama.” (Vicki Needham, “Slower Job Growth For Women Voters Could Cost Obama In Election,” The Hill’s “On The Money,” 3/25/12)

Democrats’ Advantage Among Women Is Narrowing. “While Democrats have charged that the Republican position amounts to a ‘war on women,’ the poll indicates that they aren’t benefiting from it in respondents’ perceptions of the two parties. The survey also suggests that the advantage Democrats have historically enjoyed among women may have narrowed.” (Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Republicans Losing On Birth Control As 77% In Poll Spurn Debate,” Bloomberg, 3/14/12)

This Is “Despite A Significant Outreach Effort To Female Voters.” “Despite a significant outreach effort to female voters and Democratic accusations of a GOP ‘war on women,’ a new Bloomberg poll shows Obama losing ground among women from his 2008 vote share.” (Byron Tau, “Poll: Obama Down Among Female Voters From 2008 Results,” Politico’s “44,” 3/14/12)

Only 37 Percent Of Married Woman Would Vote For Obama. “Now look at what married women say: 56 percent said they would vote for Romney, and only 37 percent for Obama, with virtually no change from January to February.” (Matt Negrin, “Put A Ring On It: Obama Wins Women, But Not The Married Kind,” ABC News’ “OTUS,” 4/3/12)

49 Percent Of Women Would Support Obama In The Election, Down From 56 Percent In 2008. “Forty-nine percent of women say they would choose Obama over Romney, the front-runner in delegates in the Republican primary, compared with 45 percent who say they’d pick the former Massachusetts governor. In 2008, Obama won 56 percent of the women’s vote to 43 percent for the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, according to national exit polls.” (Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Republicans Losing On Birth Control As 77% In Poll Spurn Debate,” Bloomberg, 3/14/12)


11 posted on 04/06/2012 11:55:49 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Is it possible that the Ancient Greeks where right, that women are wild and unstable creatures? That they are given to wild and lustful voting patterns based on wealth, good looks, and promises?
12 posted on 04/06/2012 11:56:51 AM PDT by Little Bill (Sorry)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

did he speak about the fact that under his leadership women have incurred a higher level of job loss than men?


13 posted on 04/06/2012 11:57:49 AM PDT by GotMojo
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To: freedumb2003

let’s hope he uses the word hysterical in more of his speeches


14 posted on 04/06/2012 11:59:23 AM PDT by GotMojo
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To: freedumb2003

SHELDON FOR PRESIDENT!


15 posted on 04/06/2012 12:04:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Free ThinkerNY

You can’t get more “respectful” of women than an African Muslim man like Obammy... Yuck. Are the demoncrats stupid or evil?


16 posted on 04/06/2012 12:05:01 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson
He's not pleased that women are allowed to drive in this country, but for now there is nothing he can do about it.

After the election, he will have more flexibility.

17 posted on 04/06/2012 12:07:36 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
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To: SaraJohnson
You can’t get more “respectful” of women than an African Muslim man like Obammy...

Correction:

You can’t get more “respectful” of women than a gay African Muslim man like Obammy...

18 posted on 04/06/2012 12:08:35 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obviously, democrat/lib women are an easy fluke.


19 posted on 04/06/2012 12:28:27 PM PDT by FrankR
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To: Rebelbase

His campaign slogan?


20 posted on 04/06/2012 12:41:44 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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