Posted on 07/28/2010 5:10:12 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
If only women ruled the world . . .
Striking a blow for her sex, the Morning Joe co-host today claimed that the Wall Street meltdown "simply would not have happened" if more women had been in charge.
Mika was reacting to news that the Dems managed to slip into the recently enacted financial regulation bill a provision--authored by Rep. Maxine Waters--that would create "at least 20 new Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion" with the power to kill government contracts with financial firms not meeting new "diversity standards."
Tina Brown seconded her sister's sentiment, blaming the financial industry's woes on "all this phallic obsession."
View video here.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
If there are not as many women accused of theft in high financial places, it’s only because they haven’t been given the chance. As the stories of embezzlement by women rise, the thought that women will be more honest than men and less prone to financial misdealings and outright theft is ludicrous.
Headed by 20 Shirley Sherrods...
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