it would mean the minimum wage would never fall that far again behind the cost of living. so it was 2006 that measure was on the ballot. it won in that state by a 46-point margin. margin. 73% of the state voted for it. only 27% voted against it. that was a landslide and an avalanche and a tsunami and all the other metaphors for bigness all piled up on top of each other. when a democrat named john test they re same night took a u.s. senate seat away from an incumbent republican senator that year in montana, that surprise victory that night was credited in part to the huge support for that sorely needed minimum wage increase that was on the same ballot. and the big turnout boost that came from people who wanted to go to the polls to vote for it who may also have decided to vote for jon tester while they were there. well, this was the voter information pamphlet in montana that year showing the argument for that minimum wage hike. $5.15 now. let s boost it to $6.15 and tie
in that state that year, 2006, they decided they would put a measure on the ballot to raise that state s minimum wage, raise it from $5.15 an hour to $6.15 and then, importantly, they would tie the minimum wage to prices. so when prices went up, the minimum wage would automatically keep pace. it would tick up every year. $6.15 an hour still sucks, but that ballot measure that year would mean a dollar an hour raise right away for the lowest paid people in that state, and it would mean the minimum wage would never fall that far again behind the cost of living. so it was 2006 that measure was on the ballot. it won in that state by a 46-point margin. margin. 73% of the state voted for it. only 27% voted against it. that was a landslide and an avalanche and a tsunami and all the other metaphors for bigness all piled up on top of each other. when a democrat named jon tester
and the baby that she almost got to adopt. that is it, isn t it? there was a bigness to the stories and they could afford to do on a network if you re doing one episode a week. you can t do that if you re doing five episodes a week for a daytime show so just the production value gave it that pizazz. if you can t have it, watch other people with it or say the three networks that are programming nearly 40% of their primetime fare with series about the very rich and the public is devouring it at such a rate that makebelieve money has become ratings gold. the characters were larger than life. they were more evil and more cunning and manipulative and more gorgeous. i mean, really. look at the way they were dressed. look at the way they lived. everything, it was fascinating. i didn t thank you for your
still as personal and real as if it happened five minutes ago. so from that standpoint, again, it falls back on us to understand exactly who the president is. well, who the man is sitting in the oval office. and recognize that up against what we ve come to expect from previous presidents, and sort of temper that disappointment, because it s not going to happen. he s not going to show us the kind of bigness in small moments that we ve seen from other presidents. so, yes. it s disappointing and so we rely on meghan mccain to be the voice for the mccain family to sort of set the record straight. but we need to understand that. and oh, boy. you know, that meghan has to deal with this. only 200 days since her father passed. right. is this still about president trump worried about what s happening with the mueller investigation? the questions around russia? this is about the steele dossier, right. right.
stories. and they could afford to do it on a network if you are doing one episode a week. you can t do that if you are doing five episodes a week for a daytime show. so just the production value gave it that pizzazz. if you can t have it, watch other people with it, or so say the three networks who are programming nearly 40% of their primetime fare with series about the very rich and the public is devouring it at such a rate that make-believe money has become ratings gold. the characters were larger than life, they were more evil and more cunning and manipulative. and more gorgeous. i mean, really, look at the way they were dressed. look at the way they lived. everything, it was fascinating. alexis. yes? i didn t thank you for your present. it s he you should slap, dear, not i. we all wanted to live like