The McCain campaign is getting more absurd by the minute. Now they're claiming that when he said "the fundamentals of the economy are strong," he was referring to “the American worker and their innovation and their entrepreneurship, the small business." Not to GDP growth or stock market earnings or inflation or median wages. But to the indomitable spirit of the proletariat. Atrios parses John McCain and admired what is a fairly novel formulation: "If you suggest something is wrong with the economy, you’re insulting workers." The right response to all this came in Biden's speech from earlier today. Want to know what's an insult to American workers? Voting against increases in the minimum wage 19 times. If McCain's voting record had prevailed, the minimum wage would be at $3.35 an hour. Another insult: Getting your economic advice from a guy who calls the recession a mental disorder. Another insult: Voting to privatize Social Security and toss workers at the mercy of a financial sector that you admit was insufficiently regulated. These are the fundamentals of John McCain's economic record. They are not strong.
