It’s inevitable. Nothing really happens in this world that truly big if you can’ t turn it into a meme of some kind. After the first debate, we had the Big Bird meme. Though liberals had some chuckles, it didn’t stop Obama from taking a dive in the polls.
I’ll try to collect them here as they emerge. But the first one out of the gate seemed to be the #bindersfullofwomen:
Injustice.Binders full of women sold for $0.77 at Staples.Binders full of men selling for $1.00.#bindersfullofwomen
— Big Bird (@BigBirdRomney) October 17, 2012
There was the tumblr account. As CNET reports, the URL was quickly registered and the @RomneysBinder Twitter account quickly gained 5,000+ followers.
The #bindersfull of women was also trending on Knowyourmeme.com.
Another emerging meme: #getjeremyajob
@evanmwatt “@pjarvisoh: @kairyssdal This just in: Jeremy named the new head of Citibank.#getjeremyajob #debate”
— sengelking (@sengelking) October 17, 2012
Then there are the gifs, nice collected by the Guardian here.
(That would be US gymanist McKayla Maroney, famous for the “McKayla is not impressed meme.”)
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Peter Delevett
Now Slate is reporting, after talking w/ women’s groups who worked with Romney’s transition team and with Boston journalists who covered him, that the story’s not even true: http://www.salon.com/2012/10/17/mitts_binders_full_of_women_not_even_true.
Oct 17, 2012
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Oct 17, 2012