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Politics

Democrats Push "Binder Full of Women"

Mocking Romney's comment in last night's debate

Reason Staff | 10.17.2012 11:32 AM

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It wasn't "there you go again" or "you're no Jack Kennedy," but one of the more quoted lines from the latest presidential debate might well be "binders full of women" -- at least ifDemocrats have any say in the matter.

Minutes after Mitt Romney claimed that he brought "binders full of women" to his cabinet in Massachusetts, the phrase was lighting up Twitter and had already spawned a new website.

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