The Bush Administration Jobs Plan: Prozac
From Reuters:

A campaign worker for President Bush 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.

Later, she said she was "just kidding." I know nothing about comedy (see last 300 posts for evidence), but exactly what kind of joke is that? Sarcastic, poking fun of that point of view, held, presumbaly, by more conservative Republicans?

I've decided the Republican Party is made of 4 kinds of people(enlighten me if I've left some out): people who have been swayed by simplistic black-and-white "religious" arguments; very wealthy people; people who could become very wealthy with the help of corporate tax-giveaways; and the worst of all is the category I'd put Ms. Sheybani in: people who scoff at the barriers others face in life, either because they managed to overcome theirs and think they did that on their own (like Clarence Thomas), or because they haven't really faced any to speak of. These are the folks that think that what keeps people poor is really just a failure to plan, or act. Why don't they get new jobs? That's really what Republicans think...