This is a lie

I'm calling out John McCain and any surrogates who claim that he was talking about "the American worker(s)" when he declared that the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

We can certainly argue about whether the indicators that economists use to measure the economy can be considered strong or not. Alan Greenspan, for one, appears to disagree but certainly it's open for discussion. But I don't see how anyone can reasonably argue that McCain was talking about the workers. It's a complete lie. Here's the quote:

You know that there's been tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street and it is, it's.. People are frightened by these events... Our economy... I think still... The fundamentals of our economy are strong. But these are very very difficult times.

Watch it here.

No mention of the workers or the workforce. The "workers" bit was clearly contrived after the fact in an attempt to cover his a$$. But I'm guessing I'm not the audience he's trying to fool.