Cabinet of White Men: Twitter Users Slam Hypocrisy of Obama's Picks

As President Barack Obama continues appointing his cabinet for his second term in office, critics are noticing a pattern: White males are being appointed to all the positions.

The cries of hypocrisy are mounting, as memories of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" bubble up. Twitter users took up a crusade against the new cabinet and the way it leans away from diversity.

Obama makes fun of Romney's#bindersfullofwomen but now he is appointing #cabinetsfullofmen

— Jonathon Kippler (@JKippler) January 9, 2013

When Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced her resignation yesterday, it left only seven women in Obama's cadre of top advisors.
Even its many friends in the news media say the administration has, at the least, an optics problem. A photo posted by the White House that ran in the New York Times caught the attention of the right. In it, Obama sits with senior advisors, and all of them are white men. Only one woman, Valerie Jarrett, was partially in the picture — and it was only her leg.
The photo just urged on Twitter users.

George Bush had more women AND minorities in his cabinet than Obama. O's #CabinetsFullOfMen is just disappointing.

— Raqueli Cisneros (@RaqueliCisneros) January 9, 2013

Where are #womenforobama over dear leader's #CabinetsFullOfMen ? Romney's #bindersfullofwomen =sexist but O's all male cabinet=fine. Got it.

— Kimberly (@CakeAndCountry) January 9, 2013

Obama: "Bringeth me yet MORE binders FULL of MANLY parts!!"#cabinetsfullofmen

— tree hugging sister (@treehuggingsis) January 9, 2013

Obama, you can have your #Cabinetsfullofmen as long as you stay away from my cabinet full of guns #2ndAmendment #tcot

— Danielle (@ND_Huntress) January 9, 2013

Obama must think women care too much about their #ladyparts to have a cabinet position in the WH! #cabinetsfullofmen

— Veronica Cantana (@Conservatana) January 9, 2013

Women are fleeing Obama's cabinet left & right #cabinetsfullofmen - so much for diversity!

— Emily Gulbransen (@Gulbransen) January 9, 2013

So the Senate is more diverse than ever but Obama's cabinet is full of boring, old white guys. #cabinetsfullofmen

— corinnec (@corinnec) January 9, 2013