Making a different point

Updated Buzzflash's headlines over on the right margin here directed me to this story, but I think they missed the important point.

Washington (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. ...

When told the Prozac comment had been overheard, Sheybani said: "Oh, I was just kidding."

Buzzflash pointed to the Prozac remark, which certainly was insensitive. But I suppose I can believe Sheybani was kidding.

What struck me harder was the "just get new jobs" business. What a remarkable disconnect between Susan Sheybani's world and the world most of us have to live in. Just get a new job! Sure, why not? You can flip burgers for Wendy's as well as for McDonald's. You can get ripped off of your breaks and overtime at almost any big box store, you don't need to be stuck with Wal-Mart. You can not have health insurance most anywhere these days.

Don't like your dead-end, low-wage, no-benefit job? Just get a different dead-end, low-wage, no-benefit job. What's the matter with you?

These people have no f'ing clue.

Footnote, just a reminder: Nearly 1.1 million jobs have been lost since Bush took office in January 2001.

Updated to note that Sheybani apparently got her start through an internship with the American Enterprise Institute. I guess that's actually not that much of a surprise. Check out the comments for another bit of her background.