Wow, I didn't realize you Nebraskans were so scary and foreign!

[LynneSin]

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/24/505188/romney-adviser-hits-back-on-bain-offshoring-obama-is-outsourcing-jobs-to-nebraska/

Gillespie said that he was “not aware” if companies tied to Bain shipped jobs overseas, before adding, “what happened in the story as near I can tell is that the reporter confused the notion of outsourcing.” “Now a lot of American companies outsource, they outsource domestically,” he said, noting that the Obama campaign outsources jobs to Nebraska and CNN contracts out video editing projects.

Never thought Omaha was so exotic. Do I need special vaccinations to visit your foreign world?

Oh and

[pinboy3niner]

1. When you call Customer Service, Omaha Steve answers the phone...

... (in a heavy Nebraskan accent) "Customer Service. My name is Peggy. How may I help you?"

[frogmarch]

2. hahahaha! Brilliant! nt

[Omaha Steve]

12. I did outbound telemarketing sales for 2 years

Left it to go to work for the city.

OS

[pinboy3niner]

13. OMG! Omaha Steve really WAS 'Peggy'!

It must have hurt that your customers had no appreciation for those ESL courses you took. Still, I have little sympathy for a foreigner way out in Omaha who steals a telemarketing from a REAL American.

[frogmarch]

15. But...but...

you could have really gone places with that thick Nebraska accent, Peggy!

[pinboy3niner]

17. He didn't want to quit, but Marta put her foot down

Jealousy finally reared its ugly head when Marta discovered there were waaaaay too many guys hitting on 'Peggy.' Peggy just had that...je ne sais quoi...

[taterguy]

3. Why would you want to visit Nebraska in the first place?

[frogmarch]

4. No, we Nebraskans aren't

foreigners, but a lot of us are sure scary.

Anyway, I'd recommend vaccinations if you come for a visit.

[etherealtruth]

5. I hear they have special training schools ...

... teaching Nebraskans east coast and west coast accents, so they may work effectively in call centers.

On a serious note ... WTF is wrong with the rMoney campaign?

[tammywammy]

6. He's right that outsourcing does not equal off shoring.

The company I work for outsources janitorial services, but it's not offshored. If a company moves their entire production line to China, that could be off shoring but not outsourcing. Outsourcing means another company is doing it for them. They could move their production to China by getting an entire new company to do it - that's both outsourcing and off shoring.

[JHB]

7. He split so many hairs in that clip

Speaking of a longer clip available here:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/albatross-named-bain.html

Limiting it to offshoring, limiting the timeframe to when Romney was running Bain, etc.

It was still losses of good-paying jobs, and just because Mitt may have left doesn't mean the conditions put on a company during his tenure (i.e., the debt load of the leveraged buy out) didn't cause job losses later.

He also split hairs over Bain profiting from those companies as to whether it was profit (as defined by the financial industry) vs fees for handling the takeover and running the company. To the rest of us, that difference is semantic: they were still pulling money out of "underperforming" companies rather than reinvesting it in the company to strengthen it.

[GeorgeGist]

8. You'll need this ...

[frogmarch]

9. It's actually

pretty good stuff.

[pinboy3niner]

10. Really? When I had it, I got sick.

But then, I might have used the wrong mixer.

[frogmarch]

11. Either that, or

your ice cubes were bad. If you didn't use any, then, yes, you used the wrong mixer. Fer sure.

[treestar]

14. Do we need work visas to go get jobs there?

I wonder if they've sealed their borders.

[LynneSin]

19. To the naked eye you can't tell Nebraskans from regular Americans however....

If you get one naked you'll see superfluous nipple and extra long toes.

Nebraskan DUers!

[shcrane71]

16. Nebraskan call centers who specialize in outsourcing pay 8-10/hr.

High turn around jobs. Don't take too many bathroom breaks. Make sure you have a "smile" in your voice.

I'm not a fan of Romney, but Dems are losing a golden opportunity to talk about the necessity of providing living wages in the US if they let this one slip by. Please talk about outsourcing. I'd welcome hearing about that on our FCC regulated airwaves.

[Woody Woodpecker]

18. I drove past Cozad, NE

last March, and I'm wondering where the hell did that name come from?