Hey, GOP ‘wimps’: Here is your minimum wage position in one sentence

Posted at 2:35 pm on February 20, 2014 by Lori Ziganto

@charlescwcooke Because feeeeeeeeeelings.
— The Real Bepo (D) (@TheRealBepo) February 20, 2014

Snort.

What prompted that question from National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke?

@charlescwcooke link?
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 20, 2014

@ThePlumLineGS Rob Portman said it on “Morning Joe.”
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 20, 2014

Just how “controversial” is it?

@ThePlumLineGS Right. I’m not sure how that’s a controversial statement. He didn’t even give a number, just a principle!
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 20, 2014

@charlescwcooke also, Portman's quote seems to fit comfortably with proposal to raise to 10.10 and then index to inflation
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 20, 2014

@ThePlumLineGS Indeed so. My position is “controversial”; his is pretty mainstream.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 20, 2014

Cooke then offered up some pointed snark:

“Personally, I think it should be much too high, causing havoc and unemployment and making us all feel great. But that’s just me.”
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 20, 2014

Snickering madly.

Then he rightly gave the business to some spineless Republicans.

Republicans are such wimps with their “the minimum wage is about right” nonsense. Admit that you don’t believe in one; explain why.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 20, 2014

@charlescwcooke Politics: When you're explaining, you're losing. The left knows this is an easy, b.s. topic to swing ignorant people.
— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) February 20, 2014

Bingo.

What should the GOP do? Cooke has the answer.

“I came to bury the minimum wage, not to praise it.”
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 20, 2014

Bingo. RT @jonmunce: @charlescwcooke “It’s none of a politician’s business what two parties agree a fair wage is.”
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 20, 2014

Ding, ding, ding! Take note, GOP. There is your simple talking point. The science is, in fact, settled.

By the way, what happened to this?

Not Too Long Ago, The New York Times Sought To Abolish The Minimum Wage: http://t.co/5YV31cpCRj via @Avik
— Forbes Opinion (@ForbesOpinion) February 20, 2014

Cooke brings it back home with this exit question:

Serious question for progressives: Is the case for the minimum wage different now than it was in 1987 when the NYT opposed it?
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 20, 2014

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