Posted on 12/31/2009 10:06:18 PM PST by 4rcane
I wish McCain would shut up and retire. Or retire and shut up.
He *lost* the election, he has a lot of bad ideas, and someone else has already mentioned the Keating deal, he should have been happy with that and shut up and retired then.
I respect the man for being a pilot, flying in combat, and going through being a POW. But he is even more poorly suited to being an elected representative of the people than I am, and he needs to disappear.
I would freaking pick lettuce for $50/hour and I have a graduate degree!
Crud, this idiot is the head of the GOP? What freaking LOSERS!
It should be something that we remember this year as McCain seeks re-election.
Its as much a part of his record as Arlen Specter’s “guilty but not proven” vote was at the Clinton Impeachment trial 10 plus years ago.
What a maroon. No one I know would turn down that much money per hour to pick lettuce. Well, one would but he’s - shall we say - not motivated. < eye roll >
There was a day when migrants came and left during season. By throwing out 50 bucks an hour was just stupid. He also cannot live in the past and expect that time to return, not much reality on his part to make a reference to it.
related obama will make sure they become legal
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010642357_immig31.html
Why are you posting a speech made by McCain in April, 2006 today?
This stuff is almost four years old.
Since the A-hole is running for reelection, people need to be reminded of his "great" statements.
Yes it is. I’ve done that work, for a lot less. For $50 an hour I’ll do it again, in a minute. Americans work. That’s what we do best. Our governing class does not understand this. They don’t work, in fact they will dodge it any chance they get. Name one honest job obama’s ever had and I’ll eat every word. He is famous for avoiding anything which might be categorized as difficult, but that tendency is seen as a virtue by people like McCain. They and their supporters are a load on all working people in this country, from produce pickers to industrial designers. Too much of their labor is wasted to support a system which is clearly their adversary.
ping
$104,000 a year to pick. That’s some high priced lettuce.
I agree; but somehow these crooks go unpunished.
$50/hr?
Where the hell do I sign up?
FU McCain.
It’s from 2006.
“McCain responded by saying immigrants were taking jobs nobody else wanted. He offered anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona.
Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain’s job offer.
“I’ll take it!” one man shouted.
McCain insisted none of them would do such menial labor for a complete season. “You can’t do it, my friends.”
Some in the crowd said they didn’t appreciate McCain questioning their work ethic.”
The article is dated “4:11 p.m. MT, Tues., April 4, 2006”
Deja Vu.
Do I get a 401k?
:)
You may be correct but he said that in 2006, don’t think Obama was in the picture yet.
He’s nuts, I charge my customers $25/hr and have $20k of tools to do work with and have 55 years experience in construction.
gross wages.
after taxes and union dues you have net wages
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