In a meeting with reporters on Monday, Republican Senate candidate David Perdue claimed that he is “proud of” his career in outsourcing jobs and blamed Washington policies for his own business decisions. The former CEO of Dollar General, who is running against Democrat Michelle Nunn for Georgia’s open US Senate seat, was answering questions about outsourcing due to a Politico article that ran last week that highlighted comments he made in a deposition in 2005. In the deposition, Perdue said that he had spent most of his career outsourcing jobs.
The Politico article was already a campaign gift for Nunn as it allowed her to hammer Perdue on his business record and paint him as a job killer. However, Perdue’s statement on Monday was like Christmas morning, as it is on video and is practically a ready-made campaign ad. In fact, Nunn’s campaign already has a video clip up on its YouTube page.
As you can see, Perdue says he doesn’t need to defend his outsourcing past as he’s proud of it. He then proceeds to blame government for his personal business decisions.
“Defend it? I’m proud of it. This is a part of American business, part of any business. Outsourcing is the procurement of products and services to help your business run. People do that all day.
I think the issue that people get confused about is the loss of jobs. This is because of bad government policies: tax policy, regulation, even compliance requirements. It puts us at a competitive disadvantage with the rest of the world. Even today, right now this administration has policies going on that are decimating industries today.”
Perdue just gave Nunn’s campaign all of the negative advertising it will need in the stretch run to the election. His comments are going to be put on blast these next four weeks and might very well swing the election towards the Democrat. Polls have shown this race to be super-tight. However, Perdue has been up in the majority of the recent polls, but just barely. His average lead in recent polls is right around the margin of error.
These statements regarding outsourcing of jobs may just well be Perdue’s ‘47%’ and completely sink his campaign. No matter how he spins it, or tries to justify his business decisions as necessary and smart, it is going to be increasingly difficult for him to connect with working-class voters at this point. They are going to see him saying he is proud of his decisions to ship jobs overseas and tune him out at that moment. Just like Mitt Romney, his real character has been exposed, and voters now see that he is an out-of-touch millionaire who just doesn’t care about the average American.
Justin Baragona is the Managing Editor at Politicus Sports as well as Senior Editor at PoliticusUSA. He was a political writer for 411Mania.com before joining PoliticusUSA. Politically, Justin considers himself a liberal but also a realist and pragmatist. Currently, Justin lives in St. Louis, MO and is married. Besides writing, he also runs his own business after spending a number of years in the corporate world. You can follow Justin on Twitter either with his personal handle (@justinbaragona) or the Sports site’s (@PoliticusSports).



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What a jackass.
You do not I repeat do not reinforce that you are vampire squid who has sucked the blood out of average Americans with your policies that want to turn America into Bangladesh
The arrogance with which he spoke his position is amazing. How do you stand in front of a news reporter and EMBRACE outsourcing??
There are horrendous Republican candidates all over America this election cycle. They are partying like it’s 2010 and really believed they a GOP wave would coronate them instead of them having to be elected into office. Pure arrogance. That arrogance will come to bite many of them in the ass. I cannot wait until November 4th.
This is pure conservative tea bag action all the way. This stupidity is what they elected in 2010. People who have no idea why they are there, but know they have to kill the government
give them enough rope and they will hang themselves every time…what a douche
He deserves to Lose! Send him back to his business dealings with foreigners. What a schmuck!~
Just my opinion, can these guys really be this stupid???
I don’t know how the elections are going to turn out, I am keeping my fingers crossed that Dems turnout to vote and we win.
I somehow think that these people are not that stupid..they just think how could they possibly lose with Daddy Koch backing them, and voter suppression, and lies. I don’t know..its hard to believe they are this stupid.
I think they are just cock sure they will win so they can say/do anything..because they will rig the elections.
Will this get out into Ga. fast enough for them to hear it an decide he isn’t the man to run their state? Unless this gets shared an passed around in Ga. it self an put into a ad real fast, it may not do any good at all. We’ll wait an see.
No, no. They really ARE this stupid.
So much fail. So little time.
its not that THEY are stupid, its that they know the people who vote for them ARE ! By blaming the “Government” he is essentially sending the coded message that its OBAMAS fault. I hate these people. They have no remorse, no empathy, no sympathy and clearly no respect for the very people that vote for them. And yet, the people keep voting them in. The US is nothing but a lock jamed country now and nobody cares.
Another douch bag just like the one we have in Kentucky. Wake up people! Vote Democrat!!!!
It appears that Republican businessmen have somehow forgotten that one employer’s employees are another employer’s customers. When you run out of customers, you’re out of business.
They seem to think this country is for them and them alone forgetting that without the 99% having more than just enough to survive they would have no business at all.
Nah, he’ll win the race. It’s Georgia.
I totally agree….but we democrats still need to get out and VOTE these horrible people with these horrible ideas OUT of office…and elect democrats who will help the middle class become strong again!!!!!
I hope it destroys his campaign. But it’s Georgia, so I won’t hold my breath. These people will vote for their own executioner if he has an “R” after his name. It’s just extremely hard to cure stupid.
“This is because of bad government policies: tax policy, regulation, even compliance requirements. It puts us at a competitive disadvantage with the rest of the world.” : D Perdue.
I know those pesky regulations that require clean air, clean water, safe work place, and the killer actually having to pay workers a fair wage. That truly does put us at a disadvantage to those places where they can pay their employees below poverty wages, without a care at all, because there are always more lined up for work in these countries whose unemployment rates run in the 40% range. And quite honestly I’m OK with the disadvantage it’s puts us at, because that’s just encourages me to buy more American made products, and locally resourced products.
Someone, anyone: Cue up the Price is Right losing horn.
I want to see a video with these comments and then… Cue the Losing Horn!
can we all say stupid? if this doesn’t give nunn the win, nothing will
I guess they are that stupid, Astorix.
It just boggles my mind. Who does things like this when you are supposed to be a representative of “the people.”
I think all GOP politicians need thorough psychiatric evaluations before they can hold office.
I’ve never seen anything like this in my life..PLEASE VOTE DEMS…DON’T STAY HOME..LL
Michelle Nunn Pounds Perdue In Debate On His Outsourcing Record
http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2014/10/michelle-nunn-pounds-perdue-debate
You should see the comments on the Atlanta Journal Constitution political blogs defending Perdue’s comments. “He’s a successful businessman, “he’s just doing what any good CEO would do,” and “Michelle Nunn has no business experience,” are what GOPTPers here are focusing on. They’re defending Perdue the same way they defended our loser of a governor, who has GA ranked #1 in unemployment, in 2010. Many of the tools here would defend Perdue, even as he handed them their pink slips, if he were their boss. Dumb doesn’t even begin to describe it. All of the signs that Perdue would vote in favor of corporations over citizens are visible, but because many here believe “GA is a conservative state,” so they’ll vote for Perdue. When get worse here, they’ll deny their role in it and point their fingers at D.C. They know things are bad here in every area of governance, but few can admit it and vote in their best interests. The GOPTP has done a hatchet job on many Georgians.
he is right about the gov;t policies leading to outsourcing. unfortunately for him, those would be the trickle down policies which removed tariffs and other rules that made sure American products were competitive in our own country. it is people like him who sold the country out from under us. if georgians can’t find a job or make a decent wage, they have no further to look than people like him.
three words:Senator Michelle Nunn.
Michelle Nunn destroyed Perdue in the debate last night – it was awesome to see. Then Carter came up and did a great job against Deal who comes across as a snake oil salesman.
Even when I was a Republican, I respected her Dad, Sam Nunn, more then any other Senator. Finally GA will be represented by someone with class.
Georgians need to GOTV for Nunn and Carter — turn GA Blue!
You were a repub? Wow. My Mother told me when I was a child never trust republicans. They are just a bunch of lying bastards. My Mother was always right.
David Perdue has not destroyed his campaign or chances by doing this. Don’t forget the power of the Goebbels channel and the stupidity of the populace.
“OUTSOURSING IS GOOD FOR AMERICA,,,George W Bush ,, in a campaign speech against John Kerry 2003
So how did the middle class become second class citizens — or, as Smith puts it, “Debt Serfs”? Not surprisingly, the answer is complicated, involving factors like the rising cost of education, the loss of pension funds and affordable health care, falling middle class wages, and the skyrocketing price of housing. Yet one clear answer lies in manufacturing. When looking at the declining American middle class, a good number to start with is 42,400.__________________ That’s the total number of factories that the U.S. lost between 2001 and the end of 2009. Put another way, this translates into the outsourcing of 32% of all manufacturing jobs in America. ______
You know the masters of the universe otherwise known as blood sucking vampire squids has to get paid. How else can they afford the summer homes in the Hamptons and the chateau for winter getaways in Aspen
He can be brazen about it and make it sound like a good thing to the ultra low intelligence of the people of Georgia. I know it isn’t the whole state, but they will vote simply because he has that R by his name. How else could Vitter or Sanford win. Just like Paul Ryan tried to make the family job flexibility bill sound good. Low IQ folks eat it up, when all it did was cut out overtime pay and sick/vacation pay.