Regarding my earlier posting about how I didn't think the Bush administration wanted to force us into antidepression treatments to make us go along with their sinister plots... maybe they actually do! Via Yahoo News:
Unhappy Workers Should Take Prozac --Bush CampaignerThu Jul 29, 1:50 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A campaign worker for President Bush (news - web sites) said on Thursday American workers unhappy with low-quality jobs should find new ones -- or pop a Prozac to make themselves feel better.
"Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?" said Susan Sheybani, an assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt.
The comment was apparently directed to a colleague who was transferring a phone call from a reporter asking about job quality, and who overheard the remark.
When told the Prozac comment had been overheard, Sheybani said: "Oh, I was just kidding."
O.K., it wasn't an official policy statement or nuthin'. But it's funny how just below the service of all these Bush people, nastiness lurks. It's like those cartoonish Hollywood bad guys. You wouldn't think evil callousness would be so obvious, would you? Yet it clearly is.
Changing the tone...
Edited to add: someone on Daily Kos points out that a Bush spokesperson expressed similarly cold sentiments, on the record this time: "'The Democrats have one answer to every problem, and that is more money and a big federal government, one-size-fits-all program,' Dickens said. 'The president believes Americans should have more choices and more options.' Dickens said Bush has proposed different solutions to help the uninsured. He added, 'Most Americans who don't have health care don't have health care by choice.'
Would that be the old choice between food, a roof over your head, and health insurance? Motherfuckers.
