Topic: mitt romney

The Top Ten Worst Sexist Remarks of 2012

Misogynists say the darndest things, don’t they? And by “the dardnest things”, we mean “the most rage-inducing things that make you wish you had the crafty Rube Goldberg-esque skills of a young Kevin McCallister and the home address of every … More »

9 Jobs For Mitt Romney Now That He’s Not Going To Be President

9 Jobs For Mitt Romney Now That Heâ��s Not Going To Be President

As of Tuesday night, Mitt Romney is out of a job. Where should the now-unemployed billionaire go from here? We came up with 9 potential jobs for him. More »

Romney Is Finding Jobs For His 400 Campaign Staffers

A lot was said about Mitt Romney over the course of the election, but I think we should commend him for saying his first priority is to find his 400 campaign staffers new jobs. More »

HR Mistake Of The Week: The Guy Who’s Firing All His Employees Because Obama Won

HR Mistake Of The Week: The Guy Whoâ��s Firing All His Employees Because Obama Won

So it goes after every election, the losing side of Tuesday’s contests have had to eat a lot of crow this week. Conservative pollsters who predicted a Mitt Romney landslide had to admit they were way off. (“Nate Silver was right, and I was wrong,” one said yesterday.) Others just had to admit they were disappointed. And then there’s the guy who vowed to fire all his employees if President Obama won re-election. More »

Women’s Best Election Reactions in Tweets

When President Obama was re-elected for another four years in the wee hours this morning, you took to Twitter. There were cheers for impending change, fears of socialism, travel discussions on one-way tickets to Canada, pleads for people to shut up already – and the always entertaining #TrumpChump discussion. More »

Obama Won Because Of Female Voters

President Barack Obama has been re-elected as the 44th president of the United States. And he got there because of women. More »

The Women From Sex & The City “Would Do Something Terrible” Before Voting For Romney. Even Charlotte?

According to Cynthia Nixon, the characters from Sex & the City are all staunch Democrats. Nixon who played attorney Miranda said in a recent interview:

“I think Miranda Hobbes would rather shoot herself in the head than vote for Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney is so terrible on women’s issues.” More »

How to Network Like the Presidential Candidates

While becoming President of the United States isn’t your typical employment situation, even our presidential candidates know their success lies in networking. Although your dream job may not be in the White House (or maybe it is!), even everyday job seekers can take a page out of the presidential candidate playbook when it comes to landing their ideal position. More »

My Election Obsession Is Getting In The Way Of My Work

There’s an election today, have you heard? If you haven’t, this post is not for you. This post is for those of us who are refreshing FiveThirtyEight every 45 seconds to see if any new polls have come out, hopping over to Twitter to read dispatches from political reporters and pundits all over the country, and then hopping over to Facebook to post passive aggressive comments directed at our Gary Johnson-supporting cousins. In other words, those of us who mayyyybe haven’t been “working” on our “jobs” quite as hard as we could have been lately. More »

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Wild Card: Women Can Still Change This Election Outcome

Women have always been one of the biggest groups of supporters in President Obama’s corner. In 2008, women supported Obama 56% compared to John McCain’s 43%, according to Reuters. But this time around, the president’s hold on female voters isn’t as strong, and the floundering support has the potential to be the difference between a second term for Obama and a first term for Romney. More »

10 Female Celebs Who Show Big Support For President Obama

Supporting President Obama for re-election seems to be the hip thing to do in Hollywood, especially among women. Some of the most prominent female celebrities have publicly voiced their support for Obama in this year’s election. Whether they do it officially through a campaign PSA, or not so officially through a not so subtle fashion statement like Katy Perry, famous women have been voicing their opinion left and right, well, mostly left. More »

Lena Dunham PSA For Obama: ‘Your First Time Shouldn’t Be With Just Anybody’

Lena Dunham PSA For Obama: 'Your First Time Shouldnâ��t Be With Just Anybody'

Girls is several months away from returning to the airwaves, but Lena Dunham is making headlines and raising eyebrows today with a new PSA for President Obama’s re-election campaign. The ad opens with Dunham looking into the camera and saying, “Your first time shouldn’t be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy.” She’s talking about voting! It’s cute. Click through to watch the video. More »

Presenting The Grindstone’s Election 2012 Masks For Lazy Halloweeners

You have probably been so busy this fall watching the Presidential and Vice Presidential elections that you forgot to come up with a Halloween costume. Well, don’t worry. The Grindstone has taken your favorite players from the debates and turned them into easy, realistic masks that you can wear on the big day! From Obama to Candy to Big Bird! We’ve got them all and if you click on them and print them out, you can wear them! Take a look!
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