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Quinn on Ted Kennedy: "this fat drunk who kept raising the minimum wage until every entry-level worker couldn't find a job"

September 01, 2009 12:30 pm ET

From the August 31 edition of Clear Channel's The War Room With Quinn and Rose:

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QUINN: Hurricane Press 2 for Spanish is headed for Mexico with -- it says -- itsaid on Fox News winds of 220 miles an hour. That can't be right. It's got to be 120 miles an hour, it's a Category 4. It's on its way to Mexico and as such could probably cause damage in excess of hundreds of dollars. So we'll let you know, and we'll keep an eye on that. 1-800-507-1047, the web page is warroom.com

Oh, yeah, don't worry, Ted Kennedy is on the agenda today. Ted Kennedy, of course -- are we done lionizing --

TENNENT: Oh my gosh

QUINN: -- this fat drunk who kept raising the minimum wage until every entry-level worker couldn't find a job?

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    • Author by dexteritas0071418 (September 01, 2009 12:33 pm ET)
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      Have another cigarette, Jim.
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    • Author by dr. matt (September 01, 2009 12:40 pm ET)
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      More contempt and hatred for the working class of America from the teabagging hicks. Keep it up.
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    • Author by pete592 (September 01, 2009 12:41 pm ET)
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      And what have you done for wage earners Mr. Quinn?
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    • Author by snoopy (September 01, 2009 12:43 pm ET)
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      If minimum wage goes up, entry level workers can't find a job? Wow, how does that work?
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      • Author by shaggles (September 01, 2009 1:26 pm ET)
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        What does the min wage have to do witht he availability of entry level jobs. My state (WA) has a min wage well above the Fed min and there is no shortage of entry level jobs.
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    • Author by wookie (September 01, 2009 12:44 pm ET)
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      So how long until he blames Lincoln for black unemployment?
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    • Author by captfoster2 (September 01, 2009 12:45 pm ET)
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      In a thread the other day... some of the right-wing trolls that actually argued that 'we' liberals claiming that many of the right-wing leaders / radio hosts / TV personalities will at some point in the near future, if not already doing so up to that time, make fun of, name call, or disparage Ted Kennedy or that it was or would be hypocritical and wrong for us to be so presumptuous about the possibility...

      Whether it was a legitimate argument or not at the time... I think it is safe to say that at this time... it is no longer a matter of if or when... but for how long and to what degree!!
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    • Author by dab55555 (September 01, 2009 12:52 pm ET)
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      Oh another fact based and informed remark from the Right I'm sure. Why are they never held accountable.
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    • Author by PurpleState (September 01, 2009 12:53 pm ET)
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      "Fat":

      Okay, so Ted wasn't waifish and thin, but neither are many politicians and pundits out there. I dare say that Quinn could be getting a phone call from Rush Limbaugh regarding that, but he doesn't care how much he weighs. Neither should Quinn care about how much Kennedy weighed. (Postscript: Kennedy usually trimmed himself in preparation for the re-election cycle.)

      "Drunk":

      Yes, he had problems with alcohol, but I'm wondering just how many times we saw him with a drink since 1991, when his nephew William Kennedy Smith almost got jailed for rape. I won't argue that he was a slosh in the past, but he did quite a bit to work on his image since then.

      The minimum wage deal:

      Really, Quinn? Really? You wanted to keep the minimum wage low? You know what that would have done to the poverty line, right? Of course, it's so easy to say that when you have a secure well-paying job.
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      • Author by craig98607271 (September 01, 2009 1:32 pm ET)
           
        there is a lot of debate on the minimum wage whether it hurts or helps (here in Oregon you could make a point that it hurts) but the "fat drunk" and other comments just make it so childish that it does no good except raise there ratings, man i hate that.
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        • Author by bintx (September 01, 2009 1:37 pm ET)
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          There are more minimum wage jobs to go around than there are workers here.

          I will agree with your assessment regarding this guy's childishness.
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        • Author by MiddleLeft (September 01, 2009 1:55 pm ET)
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          there is a lot of debate on the minimum wage whether it hurts or helps

          I ask those who think it hurts to vote to repeal it entirely.

          Cowards.
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          • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (September 01, 2009 2:15 pm ET)
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            Don't worry, even the right wing crackpots that think the minimum wage is bad won't vote to repeal it, just like they won't vote to repeal Medicare, that government run, socialist medical insurance.

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    • Author by Doug-Life (September 01, 2009 1:52 pm ET)
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      i always thought that raising the minimum wage was just a trick. sure you're making a little more money but now you're also losing a little more in taxes. why wouldn't the government just lower the taxes for the bracket that included people who make minimum wage?
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      • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (September 01, 2009 2:59 pm ET)
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        Most people making minimum wage are only paying payroll taxes and Obama did cut them a bit, and the right wing crackpots made fun of it because it was only about $800.00 a year.

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    • Author by pros2pros2940 (September 01, 2009 2:27 pm ET)
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      minimum wage is another canard from the right with no data behind it. In fact many studies outright refute it.

      The right believes in "slave wages" so as not to trouble the "landowners"
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    • Author by John Paradox (September 01, 2009 5:32 pm ET)
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      I have for years suggested that The Minimum Wage and Congressional Salaries be tied together. When Congress votes (or doesn't vote down an automatic) pay increase, the MW goes up. It would be set to MW x Constant multiplier = Congressional Wage.
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