OK, correct me if I'm wrong, but did McCain refer to EBAY as a Job Engine?

[RollWithIt]

I want to confirm this, I'm pretty sure that is what he said. But I'm not 100% sure. Maybe someone out there can find video on this and reply later, maybe bookmark this?

But if he did, someone might want to point out the following:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2227588/ebay-announces-job-cuts

Auction giant eBay has announced widespread job cuts, along with three acquisitions designed to boost its position in the marketplace.

EBay said today that it is laying off some 10 per cent of its workforce, which is likely to amount to roughly 1,000 full-time employees and hundreds of temporary workers. The company will also close what it described as a number of "open" positions.

[renie408]

1. Yep. And it 'employs' 1.3 million people, according to McCain. n/t

[anigbrowl]

3. What an idiotic, retarded comment that was.

[politicallore]

4. This includes me!!! hahaha

[BuelahWitch]

2. He wants us to run a garage sale economy

:eyes:

[rateyes]

5. That's what he said. nt

[baldguy]

6. He wants Meg Whitman as Sec Treas.

[Enthusiast]

14. Yeah, that's what I took from it.

This is major gaffe. Think of the unfavorable press this could get McCain. What a fuck up!

[EC]

7. Yep..

and Chaney said it's a good way to make money...so I don't think these old men know what E-Bay is, much less that it's a fencers dream come true...

[Higher Standard]

8. What struck me was the context

He was proposing making the CEO of eBay the new Treasury Secretary. Well, that fits with Mr. Deregulation, I suppose.

[DontTreadOnMe]

9. you don't get it!!!

When you work for Ebay, and then you get layed off... you still get to sell stuff on Ebay... so in effect you still have a job... get it now? Duh. (sarcasm off)

[Fridays Child]

10. Maybe if you sell stuff on eBay, they'll give you a salary and a health care plan.

And then Fridays Child woke up.

[DontTreadOnMe]

12. But they do offer healthcare!

you just have to be the winning bidder.

[Historic NY]

11. hey they always charge me fees....WTF

[chupacabranation]

13. Yeah, eBay's a job engine, Hooters is a Women's Preparatory Academy, and Bojangles is Zagat-rated.

[54anickel]

15. It's a carry-over from Cheney and Rove back in 04 when job numbers were bad and it look like we were

tanking.

http://garthvh.com/post/2007/06/10/Karl-Rove-and-Dick-Cheney-on-eBay.aspx

On September 9th, 2004 Dick Cheney made a statement about the number of individuals who derived some of their income from ebay:

That's a source that didn't even exist 10 years ago," he said. "Four hundred thousand people make some money trading on eBay." It's unclear how many of those are making enough to support themselves.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-09-cheney-war_x.htm

Now, Karl Rove, the master of data for the republicans, has almost doubled the numbers used by Cheney:

There are two or three societal trends that are driving us in an increasingly deep center-right posture,” he said. “One of them is the power of the computer chip. Do you know how many people’s principal source of income is eBay? Seven hundred thousand.” He went on, “So the power of the computer has made it possible for people to gain greater control over their lives. It’s given people a greater chance to run their own business, become a sole proprietor or an entrepreneur. As a result, it has made us more market-oriented, and that equals making you more center-right in your politics.
So according to the republican leadership in less than two years the number of people whose job it is to sell on ebay has almost doubled, and has gone from “unclear how many of those are making enough to support themselves.” to “ people’s principal source of income is eBay”....

[msallied]

16. This is a campaign commercial right there.

McCain again proving how out of touch he is.