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Mike Meets Mitt: ‘Dirty Jobs’ Host Joins Romney for Jobs Discussion

Sep. 26, 2012 6:29pm Becket Adams

Host of The Discovery Channel’s popular show “Dirty Jobs” and the new “How Booze Built America” Mike Rowe on Wednesday joined Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Ohio to participate in a panel discussion on jobs and manufacturing.

“Mike Rowe as you know is, well he is a guy that has made a name for himself by doing things other people don’t want to do — really ugly, dirty jobs,” Romney said at the event featuring about a half dozen Ohio business owners and leaders. “Like standing with a politician, alright?”

Rowe joined Romney not to officially endorse the GOP candidate, as he has made quite clear, but to spread his message of the necessity of traditional, hands-on occupations.

“He’s non partisan, he’s not here to endorse me, he’s not here to add support to one campaign or another,” Romney added. “He’s here to talk about his ideas about how to help America create more jobs.”

The “Dirty Jobs” host talked about “the men and women who do the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us” and argued that the focus shouldn’t be on just opportunity and training.

“The conversation needs to start in the kitchen, around the table with moms and dads and kids, and when these kids start to think about what’s possible, mothers and fathers can’t immediately push options off of the table because they’ve bought into the idea that some jobs are better than other jobs,” he said.

“This gets right to a really, really, really, really big point that the things we used to consider to be inspirational — jobs that we used to consider aspirational, education that we used to consider aspirational — we now look at as alternative. I don’t even know what alternative education means, alternative to what?” he asked.

Rowe then addressed the notion that one must attend an institution of higher learning in order to be successful and happy in the U.S.

“There’s got to be a better way to be happy and successful in your career than simply assuming a massive amount of debt and exiting an educational program that gives you a degree without training,” Rowe said.

Now we want to stress that Rowe did not join Romney to endorse him. He accepted Romney’s invitation because he interested in spreading his pro-traditional, manual labor message.

“I really believe,” Rowe told Zap2it, “part of the reason that three million shovel-ready jobs entirely imploded is the fact that [President Barack Obama] was trying to sell that notion to a country that doesn’t want to pick up a shovel.”

Anyone who claims Rowe is somehow supporting Romney is engaging in “spin,” as the TV personality puts it.

“In fact, I’m going to be as clear as I can — this is the same message that I’ve been out there with for the last four years, same message I went to various states with,” he said, according to Zap2it, “It’s the same message that got the whole ‘Go Build…’ campaign off the ground in Alabama.”

Rowe added that he’d gladly join President Obama if it meant getting his message out.

“Look, if the president calls and says, ‘Hey, I’m having a jobs summit,’ I’ll be there, if he wants to talk about a PR campaign for work. I’m not beyond taking advantage of a presidential election,” he said.

“I’ve not heard from the White House. No, but standing by!”

The full story of how Rowe ended up on the same stage with Romney in Ohio is pretty entertaining and TheBlaze’s Meredith Jessup has been covering it since the beginning. Check it out.

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Patriot
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:13am
Do I smell a Dirty Jobs ( Washington DC edition) ?

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Individualism
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 8:13am
morally the presidency is a dirty job if your bought and paid for.

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HYPNOTOAD
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 12:31am
Did you notice that Mike didn’t endorse Mitt? I really like Mike, He seems like a nice guy. But it almost seemed like a speech he could have given anywhere.

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- wwwjr
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 12:55am
  Did you read the article? Obviously not.
  
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- HYPNOTOAD
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 1:14am
  No Einstein, I didn’t read it. I didn’t say that I read it, I watched every moment of the video and commented on the video. Sorry I didn’t get your holier-than-thou memo that I have to both read and watch the video before I can comment.
  
  Go back to your hyper critical liberal spider hole A.K.A. your parents basement.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 3:02am
  I like Mike Rowe too. He’s just a likeable guy.
  
  Now liberals want illegal aliens to fill those jobs that “Americans won’t do” all for the sake of “diversity.” Many conservatives want illegal aliens to fill those jobs to save their company money. I say pay people a decent wage and you won’t have to worry about “jobs that Americans won’t do.” There is no such thing actually. What they should say is “jobs that Americans won’t do for $.50 an hour.” You pay an American $10 or $12 an hour to pick apples or lettuce and you’ll get a ton of applicants. You want to pay them $.50/hour and all you will get applying are illegal aliens. We are becoming a feudal society once again with ultra rich advertising jobs that pay wages you can’t live on. We are becoming a two tiered society with no middle class. No society can survive long without a middle class.
  
  Obama’s “shovel ready jobs” were never there. Don’t say that they were offered and Americans refused. They were never offered to begin with. It was all a typical lie from that Kenyan born fraud of a president.
  
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- Melika
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:14am
  @ Silly: In your dreams. You can’t get “Americans” to work jobs at those wages under the table because they are just fine collecting welfare benefits. There is no reason to pay someone $12/hour for unskilled labor – that’s insane. Most city wage earners (unless they are government) are barely clearing that for skilled labor. The average wage in my area is around $9.00/hr – and the government knows every cent being earned and collects for SS, state/local taxes, and workers comp., so the take home pay drops considerably. What do the welfare whores want? $15/ hour for unskilled labor under the table, paid breaks every 30 minutes, all materials supplied and paid, gratuitous @ss kissing, if you’re lucky they’ll finish the job, and God help you if you call the welfare office to let them adjust the benefits. After years of hearing the BS you’re touting, all I have to say is F-U my fellow Americans. I’ll hire ANY illegal immigrant to work. They don’t work for $0.50 hour, they work for reasonable, unskilled labor prices and they do a d@mn good job of it. They show up on time, they finish the job, and they aren’t the stuck up snobs that compromise the welfare / “working” class. Americans have stupidly bought into the superhero complex. Some people don’t deserve to earn more than the bare minimum.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 2:34pm
  @Melika
  
  You are the typical traitor that is only looking out for your fat wallet rather than what you’re doing to this country. You want to let illegal aliens water down the natural labor pool. How? Because if $10 per hour is the real going rate for picking apples, you bring in an artificial labor force that doesn’t belong here and is willing to work for far below the going rate…..an artificial labor force. YOU ARE A GREEDY MODERN DAY SLAVE OWNER. The only difference between you and some Southern slave owner of the 1840s is you don’t have to feed and house your slaves like they did. You give them a few dollars and let the illegals pile into a hotel 20 or 30 deep to sleep for the night. You are the definition of a short sighted greedy capitalist who is only looking out for whatever benefits you…..F what happens to the US because of your greed. As long as your pockets are stuffed full of cash, that’s all that you care about. You don’t care that the US is being flooded by illegals who are driving down the labor pay scale. As long as you have your Mercedes or Cadillac, who cares? Traitor, pure and simple. What’s going to happen is your illegals will gain citizenship someday and then vote to secede from the US and go back to Mexico. But again, as long as your bank account is stuffed full of cash from your slavery, who cares? Right?
  
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loneindividual
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:21pm
Rowe was flashing that hand sign over and over again…what the hell was the point of that!?

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Trollkiller68
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:39pm
Mike Rowe, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, just a few great guys we’ve come to know and love. They’re great examples of family men that have lived their lives in a way that speaks volumes about the greatness and opportunities that are found only in America. Barry Sotoro, the silver tongued devil is the anti-American anti-Christ muslim foreordained to chastise and awaken good Americans to their duty. He has a firm intention and a demonic mission to disrupt, divide, sabotage and destroy. One more term is all he needs to complete his hellish mission. He must be voted out of office or he will set into motion plans for a socialist police state. History teaches us that freedom isn’t free at all. Armed conflict and the blood of patriots bought the freedom we now enjoy. How patient will Americans be when Barack Hussein shuts down coal fired power plants raising the average family’s electricity costs to $2,000 a month? Americans are experiencing unnecessary pain, suffering and misery, but it’s nothing compared to what lies ahead if Obama wins in November. God help us!

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:30pm
  You think you know Rowe, Romney, and Paul??? Why, because you have seen some promotional ads and read some articles? Nobody can know someone unless they know someone. Perhaps you are searching for a reason to latch onto them because you despise Obama. If this isnt making sense to you, please please watch this video
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R4KtYVF-74
  
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Rayblue
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:28pm
He’s a Union shill if I ever heard one.
So he’s dirty. Big deal. So he “apprenticed” for 300 jobs. And then went home and washed up after every one and then went on vacation for a month.

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- LB
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:17pm
  So if you won a multi-million dollar prize, say a lottery (if you play) or walked into a store and were the one millionth customer, long lost relative or stranger left you money and now you were a very rich person. Would you still work? or maybe take that nice month long / life long vacation. Why put down someone who has a job wether you approve of it or not, HE EARNED THAT. Maybe you would give it all away or wait for the government to tell you you have too much of it. Don’t be hatin success.
  
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- Lunertic
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:24pm
  Rayblue, get back to Huff/Po and the New York Times or maybe Yahoo. Or stay here and Troll. We;ll tolerate you.
  
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bennyfranklin
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:55pm
Mike Rowe is an idiot. He just lost his Ford endorsement. Should’ve kept his mouth shut and collected the fat checks from the industry Obama saved and Mitt wanted to let die.

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- 68Patriot
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:08pm
  You are truly dumb…
  
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- backpews
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:17pm
  Dude cut the guy some slack, most likely he just doesn’t have that much experince dealing with toaliarian freaks like Obama. I mean let’s get real Chicago is the most corrupt political machine in America, what is it there are three ex-govenors of illinois in prision right now.No thinking person can believe a corrupt cesspool like Chicago produce the supposed boy scout O is supposed to be. Rowe was suffering under the idea he was still living in a free republic. but if Rowe, or Congress, don’t cooperate……….O rolls Chicago style.
  
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- Aceofshades
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:08pm
  The Ford company didn’t take any money if I remember correctly. But I have been known to be wrong *a lot
  
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PatrickOra
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:50pm
I’ve always liked Mike Rowe, seems like a real guy to me, someone I’d naturally hang with.

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- backpews
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:02pm
  Yeah well maybe the reason he seem like a “real guy” we all would hang out with ,is because he’s an “actor” being hired to play a “real guy” if he wasn’t a good “actor” they would hire somebody else to play at being the “real guy”.
  
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preservefreedom
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:25pm
By the way, Rowe wants to be clear that he is not endorsing Romney!

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Inkmage
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:51pm
Rowe’s awesome, Romney’s awesome; get your butts out there and vote for him- go on his twitter page an encourage him to get and stay strong- or else don’t complain if he doesn’t win.

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- roagie1
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:24pm
  don’t know how to twitter ,,, drat
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:11pm
  Rowe is awesome, but Romney is a progressive
  
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backpews
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:42pm
What does it say about ourselves as Americans, when we continue to have actors “stand in for the real workers”. There was a time when people like Jack London, people who really did do the dirty job were read and allowed a voice in our nation.
Now we as workers have to have our voices sanitized by both the left and the right to make sure we are either the united army of socialist drone marching to some totalitarian eye candy, or poor but proud serfs who are content with a pat on the head,a scratch behind the ear and a word of warm thanks from the corpratist lords as we send our sons off to senseless wars and our jobs, and national wealth off to Mexico and China.I wonder if Mike Rowe will play our part in the unemployment lines, souplines,or God help us riots.
Neither party is interested in helping the people.

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- From Virginia
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:37pm
  It started in the 60s when the morons who are in charge now were in college and had nothing but utter contempt for their parents who were blue collar, down to earth folk. Part of the wonder of the American experiment was the ability for upward social mobility. We didn’t have the set class structure of Old Europe. Anybody, by the sweat of their brow or the cleverness of mind could produce a product or idea that would propel them past what their parents acheived in their lifetime.
  
  Somehow, somewhere, those 60s snobs got the idea that people who worked with their hands were beneath them. People, who we call artisans now, just weren’t worth what the ceribral were. They decided that EVERYBODY should be college educated even though not all people have that inclination. Not all men wanted to be a business major – some wanted to be grease monkeys. Not all women wanted to be doctors – some just wanted to be housewives and mothers. This wasn’t good enough for those who knew better than we did.
  
  They truly MESSED STUFF UP!
  
  Now we don’t have the grease monkeys and moms at home to raise our kids. Dads can’t teach their sons to build a bookcase. We have no more iron workers. Lumberjacks are almost extinct.
  
  We NEED these people. There ARE people who really want to do that work. It’s not just a necessity – it’s something we need to VALUE as a culture again.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:09pm
  its all about finance and service industries now. The debt and federal reserve have made it unfeasible to have real professions in this country – everything comes from somewhere else now.
  
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ktmrider1
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:26pm
poor mike rowe just being near romney means you support him and must be destroyed as far as the left wing wacos are concerned. he will soon see the ocupooper profesional protesters at his house. and will be ignored by hollywood

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JimCS
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:02pm
Alabama passed a law barring illegals from working in the State. The illegals fled the state. No American workers stepped in to fill the labor void (primarily harvesting crops) so Alabama farmers sued the state to overturn the law. That makes the point that Americans out of work would rather take a check for government benefits than take a job picking crops. It says something great about the work ethic of illegals and something terrible about the work ethic of Americans.

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- Caballosinnombre
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:36pm
  Really? I’m currently working a job that ‘nobody’ wants. I work the graveyard shift at a food processing plant for minimun wage, six days a week. At the end of the shift I’m almost too tired to drive home. Why? Because thats the American way. Work hard, play hard. Its in the Bible. B’)
  
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- backpews
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:25pm
  Great conculsion, guy…..Or here’s one. Maybe all these farmers who are taking all sort of federal loans, federal help, could let’s see maybe they could join the capitalist system, and could oh I don’t know let’s just say under the laws of supply and demand, be forced to pay higher wages in order to attract the available labor, actually compete for workers instead of buying off politicans into ignoring the law and allowing the farmers to control the supply of labor,as well as controling the price they will pay for labor.
  
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- Lunertic
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:29pm
  Actually what it shows is Alabama Farmers don’t want to pay scale. Illegals work far cheaper.
  
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- Melika
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 11:19am
  As a person who regularly tries to hire “Americans” to do manual labor, I absolutely agree with you. They are on welfare, have been on it all their lives, their children & parents are on it, and they see any kind of work that requires them to be up at a certain time beneath them. It doesn’t matter how much you are willing to pay – it just isn’t worth it to them because they are lazy.
  
  As for all the comments about how cheap and greedy farmers are – you are showing your Union mentality ignorance. Farmers would LOVE to sell their products for more money. The great American people are UNWILLING to pay more for what American farmers produce. American farmers not only have to compete with each other, but they have to compete with the price fixing from other nations, where the labor truly gets $0.50/hr. Anyone running a “hobby” farm (~20 acres) isn’t breaking even. It’s why “organic” got such a huge push – it bloats the price for hobby farmers enough that they can either break even or maybe even get a little above water. I don’t know any hobby farmers that don’t have a primary earner that brings cash into the endeavor and many went from advanced farming techniques to “organic” simply to bring in the bucks. No one likes to hear that Americans have largely become a lazy, indolent, blood suckers – it ruins our Union inspired self image. Well, we are, and until we recognize it, we’ll never correct it.
  
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cdavis411
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:34pm
that is probably the best talk I have heard in relation to any political event in a long long time.

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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:33pm
The problem with Romney is that no matter who stands next to him – i find myself wishing it was him running instead of Mitt Romney

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:00pm
  Soyburger: As a wise man once told me, “You can wish in one hand and $hit in the other and see which one fills up faster.”
  
  Again a reality check for you: There are two people in the race. One is a marxist, anti-American, POS, serial liar who loves golf and an occassional special night in the local gay bathhouse, and he wants nothing more than to see you and every other American suffer like his third world brothers. The other is Mitt Romney. Vote for one or the other, but stop “wishing” for someone else to come along. No matter how much you “wish” it just isn’t going to happen. Get over it and make your vote count.
  
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- therealconservative
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:25pm
  @2Minutes
  
  Soy, is voting for one or the other. He will be voting for Obama, just like 2008.
  
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- FunFunFun
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:58pm
  Soy, I was born in Asia, don’t know if you are an Asian. But, count your blessings being here in America, living among law abiding people.
  
  Don’t forget Confucius could be listed by the Homeland Security as “an Extreme Right Wing Terrorist” today. What were Confucius’s teachings? Family, Respect your role in society, work hard, be honest, be humble, do your best to contribute to your family and society.
  
  Soy, don’t get messed-up by the Liberals. Everything the Liberals are pushing are anti-nature.
  
  Look at the world and its long history, many have people died, just so that we can live comfortably now.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:38pm
  @twominutes
  @thereal
  
  There are 5 people on my Virginia ballot. Therefore, I have 5 people to choose from
  
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republitarian
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:18pm
“Mike Rowe as you know is, well he is a guy that has made a name for himself by doing things other people don’t want to do — really ugly, dirty jobs,”

Well, sort of… He made a name for himself by making fun of them. His TV persona rubs me the wrong way but I’m sure he’s a good guy.

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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:53pm
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-udsIV4Hmc&feature=youtube_gdata
  
  Actually I think he is supportive of the jobs he shows.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:06pm
  @REPUBLITARIAN
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:18pm
  “Mike Rowe as you know is, well he is a guy that has made a name for himself by
  doing things other people don’t want to do — really ugly, dirty jobs,”
  
  Well, sort of… He made a name for himself by making fun of them. His TV persona
  rubs me the wrong way but I‘m sure he’s a good guy.
  ___________________________________________________________________
  
  Struck me similarly. He doesnt actually do these jobs. He’s a TV personality.
  A rich & famous TV star. I dont blame him for being opportunistic by getting
  involved in the election cycle, but lets please call it what it really is. Enough
  lying please.
  
  On another note, trying to “ride the fence” and “stay neutral” when our country
  is on fire and we have a national security threat in the white house – weak.
  
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- merd01
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:07pm
  From Republitarian: Well, sort of… He made a name for himself by making fun of them. His TV persona rubs me the wrong way but I‘m sure he’s a good guy.
  
  Have you ever actually WATCHED an episode of “Dirty Jobs”? Mike has nothing but respect for the people he works with. The only person Mike makes fun of is himself.
  
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- therealconservative
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:41pm
  @repub
  
  Try watching Dirty Jobs, before commenting.
  
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- Sgt_Rock
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:50pm
  Makes fun…really, I’ve watched him get knee deep in animal renderings at a plant in N. California, help clean septic systems and all manner of vomit inducing jobs. He does not screw around, he gets in and gets busy, not to mention VERY dirty. Not something you would see the the average TV personality or rich & famous TV star doing. Nearly all of his humor is self-deprecating. I give a lot of props for his statement about labor,skilled and unskilled. Those jobs built this country. You can have all of the engineers and architects you want, but a sky scraper doesn’t get built without iron workers, or electricians. Lumber mills don’t run without millwrights. Roads don’t get built without heavy equipment operators. Not everyone wants (or needs) to be a lawyer ( I’d disown my kid if he came home and told me he wanted to be a lawyer), doctor or accountant. RLTW
  
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- republitarian
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:06pm
  I’ve seen the show and like the premise, but the host interviews people with a belittling tone. Same thing with his car ads. I know it’s just a shtick but I don’t really care for it. I think if Jon Stewart hosted Dirty Jobs, you would get much the same thing.
  
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- Lunertic
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:34pm
  Mike has what is known as a “Sense of Humor”. He isn’t making fun of anybody. Does He care? He took the time to go to Congress on our behalf and He’s absolutely right. Consider China refurbishing the Golden Gate Bridge (or bay bridge what ever) because there isn’t enough Welders in the U.S.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NwEFVUb-u0
  
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razhunter100
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:16pm
?does it matter…alciada…we are funding them and supplying them.
rebels…remember.

it is called information …peace.

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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:22pm
  http://www.drudgereport.com/
  Clinton Sees Link to Qaeda Offshoot in Deadly Libya Attack
  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/world/africa/clinton-cites-clear-link-between-al-qaeda-and-attack-in-libya.html?_r=0
  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated for the first time on Wednesday that there was an explicit link between the Qaeda franchise in North Africa and the attack at the American diplomatic mission in Libya that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens.
  
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Legalette
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:12pm
Mike Rowe is awesome. It is so humbling to see some of the dirty jobs Mike has visited on his TV show. I don’t think I could do most of them … very thankful for those who do! It’s nice to a see a celebrity who is genuinely advocating for the “hands-on” laborers (as opposed to the liberals and unions who do it out of greed).

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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:09pm
Obamy has made being president a dirty job

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Legalette
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:06pm
Ummmm…I think you are in the wrong article!

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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:03pm
Mike Rowe supports Romney whether he admits it to himself or not or whether he wants to appear to or not. Welcome my friend, welcome.

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american_rose_126
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:58pm
I was there today!! GREAT panel! Romney was awesome–totally rocked the house…and Mike made a few good points. The best was really when the manufacturing small business owners were sharing their greatest concerns going forward–and Romney talked about how those problems can be solved. And I have to say–I have never seen a LESS ‘plastic’ person in my life! He was warm, engaging, quirky sense of humor, but most importantly–very inquisitive about what’s going on for Americans–and interested in getting his hands dirty with the problem solving! This is a man who is NOT afraid to roll up his sleeves! He’s already doing it…

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:22pm
  The description of Romney as “plastic” is the liberal attempt to make him unhuman. Romney is a good guy – the leftist pigs have nothing else to grasp on to.
  
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Rayblue
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:48pm
What exactly did Mr Rowe do before he became an actor ?
Check it out.
Real hands on experience in the work-a-day world.

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- Rayblue
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:03pm
  The truth is he never picked up a shovel until he was paid a million dollars an episode.
  
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- DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:25pm
  …and you would know, because…you just know things.
  
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- merd01
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:11pm
  Umm . . . a million per episode? Source, please! By the way, to find out who Mike Rowe REALLY is, please visit http://www.mikeroweworks.com.
  
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- Rayblue
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:03pm
  I read the Bio. Apparently you didn’t.
  Try your own research sometime. And whatever he gets paid, he still would stand next to a communist to push an advertisement for his show when he will never have to work a real job for thirty or forty years. There are lots of cable personalities that like to spout off about things they don’t have any true understanding of. People like obama that think a higher education entitles them to yap endlessly about a days work. Well, I have a higher education and preferred to work in the field for thirty years. So I can identify a phony when I hear them.
  
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antisocialist
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:45pm
Rowe is dead wrong.

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- Patriot Z
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:10pm
  how? what part…? ya may want to put some meat on that bone
  
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- GoodStuff
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:18pm
  Rowe is dead right.
  
  Well, that was fun. Let’s play again.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:27pm
  Rowe basically said we’re lazy so yes he’s wrong.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:35pm
I like Mike. He seems like a good sort. Glad to have him talking with Mitt, instead of the clueless-boy-king.

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- PeppermintCrush
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:41pm
  I like him too, seems like a real ‘down to earth’ kind of guy.
  
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