Unhappy Workers Should Take Prozac --Bush Campaigner

July 30, 2004

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Thu Jul 29, 2004

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A campaign worker for President

Bush (news - web sites) 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.

The comment was apparently directed to a colleague who was

transferring a phone call from a reporter asking about job quality,

and who overheard the remark.

When told the Prozac comment had been overheard, Sheybani

said: " Oh, I was just kidding. "

While recent employment growth has buoyed Bush's economic

record, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news -

web sites) has argued the new jobs are not as good as those

lost due to outsourcing in recent years.

Nearly 1.1 million jobs have been lost since Bush took office in

January 2001.

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