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[apocalypsos]

Gacked from jrosestar, as written in The Drudge Report:

While talking with audience participants, the president met Mary Mornin, a woman in her late fifties who told the president she was a divorced mother of three, including a 'mentally challenged' son.

The President comforted Mornin on the security of social security stating that 'the promises made will be kept by the government.'

But without prompting Mornin began to elaborate on her life circumstances.

Begin transcript:

MS. MORNIN: That's good, because I work three jobs and I feel like I contribute.

THE PRESIDENT: You work three jobs?

MS. MORNIN: Three jobs, yes.

THE PRESIDENT: Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that. (Applause.) Get any sleep? (Laughter.)

*gapes*

... the hell? Yes, how cool and wonderful and patriotic is it that this woman has to work three presumably low-paying jobs just to get by? *heavy sarcasm*

*headsmack*

EDIT: In happier news, Yay! CBS has the website for TAR 7 up! I would find that link right as I have to go to work. Grrr.

Comments

[copernica3.livejournal.com]

Arrgh. Also, "Uniquely American"? The hell? Americans are the only hard workers in the whole wide world, yes siree. I hate being represented by this idiot.

[t3andcrumpets.livejournal.com]

*glares*

I hate that man. Stupid fucktard.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Dude, if SS is killed, she's gonna need to work FOUR jobs.

Oy vey.

[lisaofdoom.livejournal.com]

You know what would be "fantastic," Mr. Bush? If she didn't HAVE to work three jobs. >_

[raisedbymoogles.livejournal.com]

I think that bit of verbal diarrhea was just the result of his brain shutting down around the idea that people have to actually WORK for a living rather than just coasting along on daddy's money. *facekeyboard*

[elessar.livejournal.com]

Because, you know, she just up and decided to work three jobs purely out of the goodness of her heart. ::rolls eyes::

[hail-atlantis.livejournal.com]

No no no. How can he think that is FUNNY?

[malhablada.livejournal.com]

*seething*

I don't want to say anything much more explicit than that, because I'm feeling violent today, and I don't have enough coffee in the house for the Secret Service to drop by.

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

That's kind of like the time he said that it's not fair for African Americans to pay as much to Social Security because they die sooner. Because yes, the thing you want to look into there is the numbers, and not the reason why African Americans are dying earlier than their white counterparts.

[hemlock-martini.livejournal.com]

The things I could do with a tattoo machine, the president's forehead, a bottle of chloroform and five quiet minutes in the Oval Office...

[caudelac.livejournal.com]

Mighty christ. Yeah, it's all jolly good, until it's time for taxes. And then you're fucked right in the 'how dare your greedy ass work three jobs when most people can't even manage one' goatass.

[nadmonk.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I get the feeling that his entire presidency is an elaborate frat prank (or at least hope).

[florahart]

...If I thought he had a brain, I might think perhaps he wsa trying to discourage immigration, but clearly, that would involve, you know, intent and planning and shit, so, can't be that.

Mmm fantastic, yes. I imagine that's exactly what she thinks, every morning when she staggers out of bed on four hours of sleep: FANTASTIC! Another sixteen hour day! Followed by doing the laundry! And cleaning the toilet! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

The thing about his verbal diarrhea thing is that I'm sort of afraid he'll spill critical information to someone who shouldn't have it, and not even realize. I mean, not that he'll do so all in order in one go; that seems improbableonaccounta the whole need to remember it that way issue. But I mean, if I were a bad guy with interests counter to US national security, I'd probably invest some energy in Bush-interpretation. In a few weeks, I'd probably have a map of US security. It would be more complicated than the one Nic Cage found on the back of the constitution, but the information would all be there.

[sasscat.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that myself, as a New Zealander with, um, four current jobs and a university degree in progress.

Mind you, Bush probably thinks NZ is somewhere near New Mexico. :-)

[pescivendolo.livejournal.com]

Ahh, yes. Dubya, the Compassionate Conservative.

Fucking asshole. If I'd been there I think I would be in federal custody now for bitchslapping the president.

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

....

I would like to leave the Matrix now.

[akacat]

I don't know. I'm pretty sure there'd be so many holes and contradictions in the information that it'd be pretty much unusable.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

I'm betting that for those three jobs she probably still makes less than the president's non-taxable expense allowance, let alone his actual salary.

We are paying that fucktard $400,000 a year plus a $50,000 non-taxable expense allowance. Because there are so many extra expenses when you live in a god-damn mansion for free with a cleaning & cooking staff & can fly for free on Air Force One.

I think the president should be paid the Federal Minimum Wage. Period. It is supposedly enough to live on so it should be good enough for him! Of course $5.15/hr at 40 hrs a week is only $10,712 before any taxes, soc security, health insurance, 401k, etc are taken out... Hell, working 24/7 for $5.15 an hour would still be less than his god-damn expense account!

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Too many bugs.

[genepool23.livejournal.com]

This from the guy who took 42% of his first year in office as vacation.

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

Hmph. And here I thought being worked to death was more like a third-world thing.

[musyc]

I'm firmly convinced that politicians in Washington (and likely, everywhere else) have no concept of how people actually live. Much like how CEOs have no idea what the cashiers go through.

I was watching CSPAN one time, for lack of anything else on TV, and one of the delegates said something about needing to protect the middle-class American. "Those who make one-hundred- to five-hundred-thousand per year." YES, that's with five zeroes.

Middle-class American, my ass.

[namey.livejournal.com]

Desperately need a link to this...

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

My wish is that it was impossible for Congress to be able to raise their own goddamn salaries! Yep, that's right; pretty much every year, someone introduces a bill to increase the salary of Congress members, and it almost always passes. The few times that it hasn't, they've touted it as "staying in touch with the average American". ::spit::

And while I agree that it would be nice for the Prez to only earn minimum wage, that would just mean that no-one would run unless they had a pre-existing multi-million dollar fortune. Oh, wait....

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Yay, new Race!

Is it just me, or are Megan&Heidi going for a flower-power look? All I can say is that it looks like someone tried and failed to clone Farrah Fawcett.

And we have the return of official HoYay!! Although, wouldn't it be nice to see a lesbian couple one of these times?

[musyc]

Heh. Wish I had one for you - this was probably eight to ten years ago. I'd imagine the "Middle-class American" makes even more money now.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

...I know there's sheepies there.

Do you have llamas or llama-likes?

beause llama = teh_cute, yo.

[muffytaj.livejournal.com]

You work your fingers to the bone for below minimum wage! HAHAHA!

...Yeah. Monkey with a banana as a hat over its arse.

[vass]

Or unless they had a truly horrific lust for power.

Oh, wait...

[stevie-jane.livejournal.com]

Looking after 3 kids alone, working 3 jobs to get by, and likely not getting that sleep she'd need after a hard day, yeah, that's hilarious, isn't it Mr President?

How can anyone doubt this man is an idiot?