Embarassing, but true. I think he really dropped the ball here.

Looks like Chet needs to recheck that ban toggle switch of his, Billy.

Fuck you, Scrotum. I'm not Cena_Mark, and you know it. You're just a fascist, brainless retard who doesn't like hearing opinions other than the ones he has, mostly because you don't like to think.

Chet's banning me because I'm unpopular, not because I have two profiles.

Dissenting opinions are always welcomed, just not from those who's grasp of politics stems solely from talk radio and the Funny Network. If you're hellbent on saving democracy from the Communist Nazi Liberal front of PoeTV, could you at least do us all a favor and hang out in PoeNews to glean tips on how to express your concrete thinking into something creative and a bit witty? Stop devolving every fucking political ad into a 9th grade English writing competition that makes us look like fucking YouTube.

Its been obvious to everyone for ages that you intentionally troll. Whether the hardcore racism is real or not, you've made statements solely for the purpose being inflammatory.

I do kinda hope you don't get banned, but you've long forfeited the right to act indignant about it.

I dunno I always thought Billy's trolls got some interesting conversations going. And if his argument was bad then the opposing argument won and he does his side a disservice. Maybe I haven't been here long enough but Billy was always fine by me, and occasionally even funny.

Also if McCain wins this America is officially retarded.

On the other hand, ten pages of boring because baleen can't keep his dick in his pants makes it harder to get to the funny comments.

Irish and Fatatty: THANK YOU.

I have the feeling the price of lettuce is going to go up

it's like what i make now... +.00/hour x 50.

Hell yes, where's the lettuce? I'm ready.

I'm an elitist liberal ivory tower academic, and I would happily, HAPPILY, drop everything to go work for an hour for a season. Even in Arizona, which is one of the worst places in North America.

Yeah, but for the WHOLE SEASON?????

Seriously, you have to pick lettuce for the whole season for just an hour!

Still interested now, smart guy?

Yes?

O.K., how about this: The lettuce is made of baby corpses!

First of all, I know we've had our differences but I wish you could stick around. Anyway.

... so wait, this was his example of a low wage? Fifty an hour? Prohibitively low? This man lives on the moon.

Cleaner, supposing I am banned, I want to let you know that I never hated you for one second, and enjoyed sparring here with you on POE. Same goes for the rest of the people who took the time to engage in controversial conversation and enjoyed it.

To the rest of you who wanted me banned: you're brainless. POE will be ten times less entertaining without me here.

i'm thinking we need an 'out of touch' tag.

Well said.

Oh this is just beautiful. There's a banner ad above for McCain, asking people to donate to his campaign.

How can we possible afford to do so when we are unwilling to pick lettuce!

For the WHOLE season? You can't do it, my friend.

He was trying to defend his pro-amnesty position with regard to illegal immigration by saying that the Mexicans were doing jobs that US workers weren't willing to do.

Of course he's a little out-of-touch with what workers make, and it backfired. So he instead just flipped his position, caved to the far right, and now opposes his own immigration reform plan.

It is possible that he meant to say " a day". On the other hand its just as likely that a person with butlers, private jets, and more houses than they can keep track of, might be a little out of touch with a farmworker's wage. He certainly didn't correct himself after.

Either way the whole idea that we shouldn't care about lost jobs as Americans are too lazy to do them anyway, fits in with the McCain campaigns general attitude that the economic problems facing American families and workers aren't serious, and the result of whiners and wimps.

Hahah.. I was thinking of the comparison of McCain to Lucille Bluth as I was reading the comments.

Beautiful. That was like watching an Ali G clip.

Don't you think that the ability to carry a cohesive, compelling, rational thought from start to finish is an important quality in a presidential candidate?

If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Republicans and the conservative media are willing to attack Obama for numerous personal reasons. For instance, he's a "celebrity." Now besides implying that this makes Obama unable to understand the common man, I have no idea what they're trying to argue. And of course this is sheer nonsense. He is a "celebrity" because people like him and his politics (at the very least despise our current administration and are fearful of any similar administrations gaining power). He doesn't do coke off bars and forget to wear panties when exiting limos. On the other hand, the fact that McCain is so wealthy has been shown to bear directly on his politics. He is so (and I hate to use cliches) "out of touch" with the plight of the average American that when he does make a gaffe like this, we take advantage of it, but only in good fun.

I agree it was a slip of the tongue, though.

I can't help wonder if he meant / day. Most Americans wouldn't pick lettuce for a whole season for minimum wage although I'd bet a lot of them would do it for minimum wage + health insurance.