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Washington senator slams Alabama workforce
WSFA ^ | Dec 14, 2009 | John Shryock

Posted on 12/15/2009 7:24:59 AM PST by SonnyBubba

WASHINGTON, D.C (WSFA) - A U.S. Senator from Washington state is drawing heat from numerous Alabama representatives after a morning radio interview took aim at Alabama's workforce.

Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) was interviewed Monday morning on NPR's "All Things Considered" program in regards to the contentious Pentagon contract for a new fleet of refueling tankers.

"I have stood on the line in Everett, Washington," she told NPR," where we have thousands of workers who go to work every day to build these planes. I would challenge anybody to tell me that they've stood on a line in Alabama and seen anybody build anything."

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41 posted on 12/15/2009 5:44:15 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: A. Morgan
maybe the idiots at redstone or Marshall could accidentally mod the next missile or space shuttle guidance and aim for her fat head.
42 posted on 12/15/2009 5:54:34 PM PST by rlbedfor
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To: geezerwheezer

“What a nitwit she must be.”

Nailed it!! She believes the economy benefits more from people standing on a picket line than on a production line.

We here in the Peoples’ Republic of Washington are a sort of California-lite. Instead of Boxer-Feinstein, we have Cantwell-Murray.


43 posted on 12/16/2009 9:27:14 AM PST by beelzepug (This administration is a tagline-rich environment.)
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To: SonnyBubba

This Gator would love to go up to Patty and tell her “Roll Tide”. (Or for you Auburn fans, “War Damn Eagle!”)


44 posted on 12/16/2009 9:30:20 AM PST by dfwgator
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