This has been bothering me for a while, and I have not been on TPM for a while, at least not enough to know what has, and has not been asked or followed up on. So if I tread on ground that has already been paved, I offer my sincere apologies.

On April 4th, 2006 McCain gave a speech at the AFL-CIO. He was challenged by a member of the audience that said they would take a Job picking lettuce for $50 an hour. McCain in a stern voice said that Americans could not/would not do a job such as pick lettuce. It's as if they/we are not hard workers, or to elite, or not strong enough to handle it. http://mrsensible.com/?p=37

Then as we all know on Sept 15th, he again pointed out that the American worker is the fundamental of the economy and I quote:
 "My opponents may disagree, but those fundamentals of America are strong," McCain said this afternoon in Orlando. "No one can match an American worker. Our workers sell more goods to more markets than any other on earth. Our workers have always been the strength of our economy, and they remain the strength of our economy today."
So here is the question, and I wish someone on the campaign trail, or even one of the pundits would point this out, if the American worker is so strong in McCain's eyes and he is so strongly and utterly resistant that they are anything less than that, why is it he thinks that Americans would not pick lettuce, or oranges, or whatever for $50 dollars an hour? Does he think that migrant workers are stronger than the American worker? Im just asking the question and wonder why his own words (audio)  have not been thrown in his face about this. I think if most Americans knew what he said and heard him say these things that totaly contradict themselves, they would be even more convinced that McCain is out of touch.