Iowa Governor Decries Bush on Job Losses

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http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040214_567.html

DES MOINES, Iowa Feb. 14 — Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack on Saturday cited the layoff of 1,600 refrigerator manufacturing plant workers in neighboring Illinois to illustrate the devastation he said Bush administration policies have created.

Iowa-based Maytag Corp. is phasing out the jobs in Galesburg, Ill., and moving much of the production to a new plant in Mexico.

Vilsack used the Democrats' weekly radio address to criticize the administration for suggesting in a recent report to Congress that the flight of factory jobs to other countries is a good thing.

"My fellow Americans, the president is trying to make election year lemonade out of a colossal lemon," Vilsack said. "President Bush is out of touch with Main Street and too worried about Wall Street."

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1. Vilsack

He's great with the metaphors, isn't he? I love the lemons and lemonade phrase . . .

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Jeanette

[Frances]

2. I like out of touch with Main Street

and too concerned about Wall Street

[Burma Jones]

3. this will damn near kill Galesburg

I went to College there and this is going to hurt very much