McCant

[shoes4t]

FIrst of all, I live in an area with a lot of migrant workers and they do NOT make $50/hr. Second of all, it is BACK BREAKING work! I don't know too many Americans that would be willing to do all that physical labor for just dollars an hour!

[rob32909]

Disgusting lies. I would do it for 20 dollars an hour!

[ObamaRamma]

OMG

[fendr323]

u lol im naked! n

[bigbigjohnlee]

50 x 8 =400 x 5 = 2000 a week x 52 = 104,000 a year hmmm that sure beats 22 bucks an hour busting knuckles fixen trucks! where is it that I sign up at john Mcsame?? you fucking prick!

[cunnelatio]

the whole season guys, not just one day

[Berkana]

Disgusting. After his remark about "the fundamentals of our economy are strong," he's been defending himself by claiming that what he meant by "fundamentals of our economy" are American workers. Bullshit. He obviously doesn't think very highly of American workers.

[Yankhadenough]

He thinks I wouldn't pick lettuce for fifty bucks and hour, FIFTY BUCKS AN HOUR? That is 4 times what I make now, he is crazy , of course I would do that! But that's not what migrant workers really get paid, he is a liar.

[Chrisrokk239]

This must be his economic plan.

[asdfglacey]

He's a liar

and a manipulative piece of shit

He's the governments puppet, and besides

"McCain shouldnt be in ANY type of chair unless he's paralyzed"

hahahaha

<3

Gotta love Luda

[backspace1224]

you must be able to spell lettuce to get $50

[xbox6six6]

50$ and hour JUST to pick lettace....

AWESOME

[SaintMarck]

I was never personally angry with Bush, I disagreed with his policies, but I thought he was personable. But McCain makes me so angry I can't even process this level of anger.

[clarisanoel]

I'd pick lettuce for $10/hour. That's a lot to me.

[dreamcquence]

I'd pick lettuce for $50/hour. I'd do anything ethical for that amount of money. I definitely wouldn't do anything McCain does for any amount of money.

[mxracer226]

mccain is way better than obama

[halogenC4]

*he believes everyone should own at least two or three slaves...*

[mxracer226]

fuck u

[jrebstock]

is this a distortion of what mccain said or believes?......or is it 'taken out of context', by the biased liberal press?

[LogicPro5]

I will say it again, America can not go through another Bush or McBush type administration.

I also enjoyed the music video:

Nowhere Man (Goodbye Mr. Bush) - INDIVO

[CourtyCourtney]

What group was he talking to?

[skids7682]

AFL-CIO BCTD

[Fire1Frog]

$50 an hour?!?

Did anyone take him up on it?

the man's brains have leaked out of his fundament...

[MsGeek703]

We can show your tired, old and busted ass the door. Yes we can, you idiot MF...

[ebraiman]

Let me understand what he saying. US workers are lazy? I suppose, his next comment on this subject would be he didn't work for 5 years because of you know what ... That's the excuse de jour for the next three months grandpa McCain.

[xxPotStarxx]

Haha. Jeez. McCain is so out of touch. His idea of the American Dream, is to divorce your very sick, and injured wife, to marry a millionaire. A man who defines wealthy as 5million dollars, and doesn't know how many homes he has. And he wants to work for us? Give us $50 an hour to pick lettuce? I've had far worse jobs than picking vegetables, but I do know, if we hire someone for $50 an hour to pick our produce, that would resort to $60 a pound for produce. Tsk McSame aka McBush

Obama/Biden 08

[copcorona]

McCain = Bush

[1776freedomfighter]

sign me up - I'll pick lettuce for 50 bucks an hour for the whole season

[SaintMarck]

The whole season? Guaranteed work? Heck yes, where do I sign up? I'll pick the fuck out of that lettuce.

[Textynn]

That liar wouldn't pay if you did it. He'd say I didn't say that, or find some loophole, or laugh it off like everyone knows his word means nothing.

***FREE AMERICANS FROM ELITIST TYRANNY!!***

Go OBAMA AND BIDEN !!! 0-8...CAN'T WAIT!!!

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[Organjic]

Ugh, I liked the video until the Obama sign. No Obama and No McCain!

[Organjic]

Ill sign up.

[vanpyre1]

This video should be posted to every MSM site until it spreads like wildfire.

[smbykowski]

McCain has a point that there are jobs Americans wont do--like working 16 hours a day for pennies a bushel under slave-like conditions. Its not that Americans dont work hard, it's that Americans demand certain rights, like OSHA protections & minimum wages. Immigrant workers ARE the backbone of our economy. Americans moan about not getting jobs but we also are not willing to pay the price & make the sacrifices (like paying the true price for tomatoes) it would take to pay Americans to do the job.

[jaakkok]

In this very video, he is arguing that Americans are unwilling to do certain jobs even when paid exceedingly well.

[smbykowski]

You're right, but my point is that Americans WON'T do it--they won't allow themselves to be treated like slaves. But we are perfectly willing to let those companies treat immigrants like slaves--that is, until we round up the "illegals" and treat THEM like criminals, and not the corporations that are abusing them. And not the US consumers who refuse to pay living wages for their lettuce at the grocery store.

[bamboo555]

Many US citizen work slave like jobs, and sure as hell make less that 50 bucks an hour.

[CatAtomic99]

Talk about out of touch. This wealthy prick actually thinks people won't work for $50/hour? I've had jobs that were a lot worse than picking lettuce for a lot less money.

This guy doesn't know or care what life is like for people who don't have a wealthy woman paying their bills.

[fawazr]

McCain's such an ass. He probably lights cigars with hundred dollar bills.

[maxx1000]

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Dear Senator Johnny McCant,

How you can talk down to hard working Americans and yet expect that you're capable of running America, is beyond reason. You aren't providing HOPE for the American worker when you say...

... NO YOU McCANT!

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[DillonX]

We have more'n a million workers in the USA who'll work for $50 per hour.

We have guys, even white guys, in Texas who'll work for $22 per hour putting down hot tar on roofs.

Sure, I'll admit McCain wouldn't do it for even one hour for $50 per hour, but he needs to realize we have other people in America who actually need to work for a living rather than just live on interest & dividends.

[cminmd0041]

Truth in Politics- I think you read the other comment incorrectly. I don't think the poster was saying McCain makes 24 million a year. I think the remark was directed towards the moderator- the head of the mega church. I think it was Rick Warren.

[cminmd0041]

Has he ever watched Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe? Americans do plenty of tough, dirty jobs in tough locations. I have seen Mike out with Americans working on floating fish factories, up to their knees in cow manure working on methane to electricity converters and don't get me started on the slaughter houses. Americans are hard workers. I am so sick of Republicans calling Middle Class Americans lazy whiners!

[stewart0312]

Typical Neocon bullsh!t to undermine American wages.

[impete82]

$50??? fuck.... sign me up

[hohcakes]

Well that statement goes right along with him telling George Stephanopoulos recently in an interview "Look, I'll find you 100 billion tomorrow" for the budget. The guy is reckless and will say anything.

[FreedomFries999]

I want my $50 an hour!!

I'll pick up poop for those wages.

[plebiscite]

Well McCain sure has been spewing a whole lotta shit, maybe he can hire you to clean up after him.

[normlsparky]

saying that americans can't do jobs that require hard work is total bullshit. if there is a strong enough incentive, like decent wages, americans sure as hell would do them. it is the corporations that have no incentive to offer decent wages. immigration laws that are ignored insure a steady supply of low paid illegal immigrants who will fill their labor needs. corporations have more $ to contribute to mccain than middle class people.

[sariks]

The guy is a geezer. He has no idea what he's talking about.

[DillonX]

OMG -- McCain says he'll pay them $50 per hour but they won't do it.

Let him put that in writing.

That's $400.00 per day, $2,000.00 per week, $6,000.00 per month (the equivalent of $72,000.00 per year).

I know a # of people who'd do it!

[slatkin]

$2000 a week * 52 weeks in a year is $104,000.

[slatkin]

However, a head of lettuce would cost $50 at the grocery store. Only guys married to rich women like McCain could afford that.

[skids7682]

Are you saying it takes a whole hour to pick one head of letteuce? Yeah, food would be a little more expensive if we payed better, we know.

We also know that doesn't make debt servitude morally right.

But my point which most people here seem to get has nothing to do about immigration, or minimum wage, or peonage.

My point is that McCain actually thinks Americans are incapable of doing tough jobs. Well, maybe the Americans he invites to his BBQs, but I know plenty of hard American workers.

[todde7]

Ahh, those are pumpkins moron! Could'nt even get lettuce for your joke? Hey at least we know that Mccain knows how to be successful financially. Which means? He knows how to handle economy.

[slatkin]

He knows how to be successful financially by marrying a very rich woman who inherited her money from her father.

todde7's definition for how to be successful financially: marry a wealthy heiress. Now that's a economic plan.

[todde7]

Sounds good to me.

[AnnoraxKI]

He'd marry America to the first rich country that came along...

[todde7]

Yeh, and what rich country would that be?

[sariks]

Knows how to leave his crippled wife and marry an heiress.

Nice.

[todde7]

Yep I'm sure you feel soo bad for her too. Can't poke at stuff that actually matters can ya?

[uN00b]

McSame is a crusty old half-wit. May his (P.O.S) P.O.T.S. campaign crash and burn before he continues W's legacy of destruction and runs the country into the ground any further.

[thx1200]

Right now I work as a network engineer (easy desk job) and I get about $35/hour and I feel DAMN lucky I get paid that well. I would pick lettuce for $50/hour any day of the week! That's SIX FIGURES for crying out loud! I could actually get out of debt...

[leeburl]

Yeah, Johnny Mc how many illegals do you have on your household staff? After all you did report a budget of $270K for that staff on your income tax reports.

[xython]

What a wanker.

I'd give up my entire career to go pick fruit for $50 a hour. That's like 100k a year -- over 4 TIMES what I'm making at Dell.

[drqshadow]

Dude, you're getting reamed.

[realpointz]

50 dollars x 8hours

thats 400 dollar a day

thats real out touch

[realpointz]

i do it for 15

[rebrane]

oh man, look for this in an ad near you soon.

[LordXmen2k]

Someone should tell John McCain Americans CAN do anything.

YES WE CAN!!!

OBAMA 08

[SinzyG]

Count me in

[jakedsnake]

Please sign me up for the $50/hr job.

Thanks.

[JenniferInMo]

I'm sure he was making the point that immigrants do the jobs that American's won't do. I agree with that statement but McCain is SO out of touch with the reason why.

Americans are hard workers, but it is not economically feasible to work for $4.00/hr to pick lettuce. It isn't the type of work that Americans won't do it is the type of jobs that most of us won't do. In fact, if lettuce picking paid $11/hr there would be many Americans lining up to apply.

[Paulginz]

It would be cool if only he weren't lying.

Heck, I'd make a career out of picking lettuce for 50$/hr.

[bigmommalurka]

$50 an hour?  SIGN ME UP!

[gqmodel818]

obama should air this

[TruthnPolitics]

John McCain for President. Last Saturday at Saddleback Church McCain showed America who is the best qualified for the job. He beat Obama like a redheaded stepchild. McCain 08.

[leeburl]

Obama walked into a forum of mostly evangelicals, who are mainly supporting McCain. Obama held his own quite well.

McCain was pandering because if didn't say right buzzwords, this crowd will abandon him in droves.

But it's obvious you prefer snappy answers and soundbites in place of thoughful policy.

[TruthnPolitics]

leeburl

It's obvious you didn't watch the program. McCain's answers were thoughtful and to the point. Obama danced around the questions,or his answers were idiotic. He clearly showed America he is inexperienced. To answer a question on abortion..well, ugh, duh, "that's above my paygrade". Obama should have been right at home in this church. Doesn't he claim to be a christian. Is he not a member of a mega church. Make excuses if you want. Even the liberal press said he bombed.

[slatkin]

Well everyone knows McCain had the questions.

[sariks]

I can't wait til the debates. With a real moderator that doesn't play to his ultra-conservative audience and ask faux-pious questions while he makes $24 million per year fooling people into thinking he knows the way. (eye of a needle, kingdom of heaven. etc.) McCain graduated at the bottom of his class and can only talk about WAR. He's a war monger. Obama is brilliant, and measured in his speech, unlike "Senator Hothead". How did talking about being a POW come to the "point" of any question?

[TruthnPolitics]

sariks

McCain tried to get Obama to have several debates, but Obama turned him down. Obama knows he performs badly in debates as it shows he is inexperienced. He is only good as long as he has a teleprompter, and a prepared speech. McCain doesn't make 24 million a year either. You really show your ignorance making statements like that. Obama eqauls change? He just picked Biden for VP who is part of the system and has been a senator for 35 years. Same ol, same ol.

[brabon]

your presidential candidate put down every american...and you want to discuss debate styles?

why does mccain hate america and americans

and where is the app to pick lettuce for 50 bux an hour for a season? sign me up

repugs hate america

[leeburl]

I did watch it and there is no liberal media, it exists only in the minds of people like you.

McCain's answers were right out of his stump speeches. There was no thought to it.

Experience? You mean experience like Carribean vacations at Charles Keating's estate or adultery?

Any one with a working brain knows that "above my paygrade" was a reference to God. Abortion is a tough question, best left to the individual and their God. Even that audience understood the remark.

[TuesdayAug4]

McCain told Americans they can't do a job that foreigners can?

Obama said it's good to learn another language, and the media went nuts. McCain says Americans are not as good of workers as Mexicans, and why wasn't this a news story for weeks?