Binders and Blinders: You Didn't Build That Binder

by: Publisher

Fri Oct 19, 2012 at 08:43:54 AM EDT

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— by Steven Bradley

How to make a lie look like a reality - take a poll

• Say a lie that engenders people to you.
  
• Get a "focus group" to hear your lie during a Debate.
  
• Poll the effect of your lie on their opinion after the Debate.
  
• Declare the lie as insignificant and the Poll representing a shift in women's opinions.
  
• Use the Poll later to sway opinions and discount further examination of the truth.

Has anyone been following this "binders of women" issue on the news? It has begun to have a life of its own hasn't it?

But does pointing a lie out after the fact have the same effect as pointing it out at the time it occurs? Will conservative pundits point out lies by their own kind or just cover them up?

About 65 million people watched the second Debate where Mitt Romney lied about the "binders of women" as being one of his own initiatives to hire and place women in his Cabinet.

Most people who listened to the Debate will never know the truth. The truth that, both candidates during the race for Governor in Massachusetts were given binders and signed an agreement with a woman's action organization to hire women in their administration. They were both given binders of women to draw from in filling positions at a time long before the election occurred. It wasn't Mitt Romney's initiative at all that put women in his administration...

More after the jump.

MSNBC might be progressive at night but it isn't in the morning.

The exchange between Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on "Morning Joe" (MSNBC) October 18, 2012 is a prime example of what these "Conservatives" really think of women.

Mika was an "island of reason" surrounded by an "old boy network". She was attacked for speaking out about Mitt Romney's lies. I could just picture these guys saying dumb blond jokes in the locker room later after the show.

Joe Scarborough the host of Morning Joe belittled Mika Brzezinski and her opinion as not being representative of women in general regarding this binder issue and its importance to the election. Joe based his argument on an MSNBC poll taken right after the second Debate on Romney's popularity among women by NBC.

"A Poll of a lie used to perpetuate and justify a lie, is still a lie."

The MSNBC focus group Poll was based on women hearing Mitt Romney's presentation at the Debate and not knowing about his blatant binder lies.

In sales terms this is called; "Closing the deal before they figure out the truth."

This is how Conservatives do it. They lie and then back their lie up with another lie and discount the value of you, your opinion, or even the truth. Pretty soon you don't know what to believe anymore.

How can you ignore the impact that the truth would have had on a women's opinion had they known?

Conservatives use lies and double down on them and then challenge anyone who would dare speak out against them. It's called "being a bully" and it was clearly demonstrated on the Morning Joe Show.

Also, have you noticed Mitt Romney's pattern when it comes to public appearances lately?

After the Republican Convention and each of the Debates Mitt Romney has held off his appearances until his "morning conservative allies in media" have had a chance to spin the story his way and build up momentum. They don't want anyone questioning Mitt Romney too soon and spoiling their marketing plan.

It looks like people within NBC are exploiting their own polling to shape opinion rather than report it.

Joe Scarborough has no shame.

That should be a clue to you women out there about listening to him and any of these "conservatives."

I find the Conservative disdain for women absolutely disgusting.

More power to you Mika Brzezinski for speaking out and trying.

It looks like Joe Scarborough is Rush Limbaugh's surrogate now.