White House hypocrisy on equal pay?

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Equal pay? Not at the White House, report says

President Obama will sign two executive orders concerning equal pay for women, but a report finds female White House staffers earn only 88 cents on the dollar compared to men.

Democrats have made equal pay for women a huge priority. As President Obama took pen to paper on “Equal Pay Day” Tuesday to sign two orders that would make it easier for federal contract workers to find out if they are compensated fairly, a recent report shined a light on White House practices.

Is it do as I say, not as I do?

The conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute, found that women working at the White House made 88 cents on the dollar compared with male staffers. Average salaries? Men: $74,000 Women: $65,000.

The chairwoman of the College RNC cried foul.

Conservative columnists are making the argument that the equal pay failure is not deliberate discrimination against women -- saying past work histories, quitting to raise kids, or purposely reducing workloads could be factors in the pay scale. Or, as syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer says, “It’s demagoguery.”

The Week’s Matt Lewis invokes the old saying: “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

The White House claimed victory for women with Nancy Pelosi using the hashtag #NoMadMenPay, referring to the popular drama set in an advertising office in the '60s.

CBS scribe Mark Knoller stuck to the sartorial summary.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton is getting his fair share of media attention for helping the FBI get to the mob. I ran across  the New York Post headline in the drug store:

The Rev turned into Dr. Seuss to defend himself saying that he was threatened by music industry “goons” and needed the government to protect him.

The flap led Drudge -- who took the opportunity to slam the media.

Now back to writing my other column for … oh, never mind.

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You may need Urban Dictionary to help with the next tweet: OH SNAP (exclamatory phrase) a playful indication of surprise, misfortune, or insult.

I’d say she was going for the insult part of the definition.