Since it was released, the photo below, which even got the notice of the New York Times, has been the cause of much controversy.
The Times' account:
WASHINGTON — In an Oval Office meeting on Dec. 29, 11 of President Obama’s top advisers stood before him discussing the heated fiscal negotiations. The 10 visible in aWhite House photo are men.
In the days since, Mr. Obama has put together a national security team dominated by men, with Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts nominated to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the secretary of state, Chuck Hagel chosen to be the defense secretary and John O. Brennan nominated as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Given the leading contenders for other top jobs, including chief of staff and Treasury secretary, Mr. Obama’s inner circle will continue to be dominated by men well into his second term.
And of course since that time, Obama has nominated only men to fill cabinet level positions. To combat charges of being anti-woman (in other words, a Republican), the White House released the following picture:
I assure you, this story did not come from The Onion. This is not satire. The picture above was not doctored.
It's interesting when the tenants of modern liberalism (e.g., egalitarianism run amok a la Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron) come back to bite them. And from reports I've seen, it looks as though Democrats do have something against women after all.
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