youboob debate

Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:42 AM

<<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER No. 1733 -- 7/23/2007 >>>>>

If you missed the Democratic debates on youtube you didn't miss much. Read
this newsletter and you will know everything you need to know about these
miserable louts.

You can read the transcript at these two links because it's in two parts.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/23/debate.transcript/
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/23/debate.transcript.part2/index.html

CNN has an online video if you want to watch.

Probably the most important part of the debate is what they didn't talk about
-- which is just about anything of substance. Listed below are just a few of
the topics that were avoided or obscured.

Did they say something about H-1B?
No.

How about guest workers, visas, or other issues dealing with out border?
No.

Did they say something meaningful about any immigration issue?
No, but what they said is worse than terrible, and since it's slightly off
topic for this newsletter I'll cover it at the end.

Did anyone connect immigration with declining wages or job opportunities?
No, but everyone but Dodd said they would be willing to work for minimum wage.
Good thing, because that's more than they are worth!

Was anything said about offshoring?
No. Not a single question about free trade or offshoring was asked but
Kucinich slipped in about a 5 second blurb on the issue of trade.
Apparently nobody that uses youtube cares about free trade.

KUCINICH: So we're not going to be borrowing money from China to
fight wars in Baghdad. We're going to lower our trade deficit by
ending NAFTA and the WTO and going back to trade based on
worker's rights.

What about jobs?
Youtube audiences are young, so perhaps it never occurred for them to ask
about jobs, or perhaps the Democrats told CNN to screen out all about jobs.
The dearth of questions is rather odd, especially since so many labor and
immigration activists sent questions to youtube. About the only platitude we
heard was that Obama wants to create millions of jobs by saving the
environment, and Clinton thinks energy and global warming will create millions
of jobs.

Did they have an excuse why the Democratic majority has looked the other way
while Bush continues to give our jobs away by making insane "free trade"
agreements?
No. So just what Trade Promotion Authority got to do with anything?

The CNN commentary following the debate was probably more interesting than
anything the candidates had to say. A psycho-analyst talked about why all the
guys grabbed the podium (they were nervous), and why Clinton wore feminine
colors (she is a woman).

***** Off topic about immigration *****

Immigration was totally ignored, except for one thing -- Dodd and Richardson
want to give universal health care to illegal aliens. The other candidates
like Obama and Clinton lucked out because Anderson Cooper somehow forgot to
make them answer the question (Ooops!). Cooper's dismissal of this question
before the other candidates were required to answer is all the evidence I need
to see that the entire debate was scripted.

This is an excerpt from Part 2 of the transcript, SO GET YOUR BARF BAGS READY!

QUESTION: Hi, this is Lucia Ballie (ph) for a group of friends on the east
side of L.A. And our question is: Does your health care plan cover
undocumented workers?

QUESTION: Thank you.

COOPER: Senator Dodd?

DODD: First of all, I hope all of us get a chance to comment on this issue.
This is a huge issue that deserves the attention and every candidate here
ought to have the chance to talk about health care.

[snipped Dodd dodging the issue]

COOPER: Would your plan cover undocumented workers?

DODD: It would. People who live in this country -- children certainly would be
covered. And I'm in support of the immigration policy here that requires them
to contribute so that...

COOPER: So that's a yes?

DODD: If they're paying part of that thing, then they also get covered.
Because, frankly, I don't want them contributing disease problems and health
issues to the rest of the...

COOPER: Let's try to answer the question.

COOPER: Would your plan, Governor Richardson, cover undocumented workers?

RICHARDSON: Yes, it would. It should cover everybody.

(APPLAUSE)

In this country, no matter who you are, whether you're a ditch- digger, you're
a teacher, you're a CEO, you're a waiter, you're a maid, every American
deserves the right to the best possible quality health care.

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