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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:42 PM
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Didn't you know? You're a "fundamental"

McCain: 'Fundamentals' = American people

McCain, in Florida, suggests he was referring to American workers as the "fundamentals" of the economy, a rather unorthodox use of the term:

“My opponents may disagree, but those fundamentals of America are strong…. Our workers have always been the strength of our economy, and they remain the strength of our economy today.”




http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/McCain_camp_Fundamentals__American_people.html#comments

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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:44 PM
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1. He is more ignorant than Bush.n/t
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:49 PM
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2. "Too bad I've supported outsourcing millions of "fundamentals"overseas for 5 years, but my friends,
Edited on Mon Sep-15-08 12:52 PM by blondeatlast
I was denied the right to be "fundamental."
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:51 PM
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3. Why yes I am. I've been eating my Wheaties.
But HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT HELP THE ECONOMY, MR. MCCAIN?!
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cyndensco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:59 PM
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4. I was a Georgian one day in August, too.
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:59 PM
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5. "Y'all are doing great... just keep worken and Dion the same thing and everything will be alright!"
BTW, didn't I tell you that I'm a "maverick" and a reformer and that I going to change things!

But you all are great. Just keep on.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:00 PM
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6. Those lazy, lazy American workers who wouldn't pick tomatoes at $50/Hour?
Those workers, Senator?

:eyes:
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:01 PM
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7. Them and those thousands of "fundamentals" whose jobs were sent o'seas by his BGF Carly Fiorina...
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:31 PM
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11. Where do I get one them tomotoes jobs?
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VWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:04 PM
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8. You may be a fundamental. I'm a 3rd harmonic. nt
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:07 PM
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9. Oh, musician joke.
N'yuk.
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VWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:30 PM
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10. Nerdy engineer joke, actually. nt
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Curtland1015 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:34 PM
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12. So McCain's lie now is that he was "obviously" talking about the workers...
...and Obama was "obviously" mocking the workers?

That's going to be a super hard sell, J-Mac. Maybe it would be easier to tell the truth for once?
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