Comments on: Joke Reality Check #5 http://www.extrememortman.com/joke-reality-check/joke-reality-check-5/ Just When You Thought it was Safe to Take Politics Seriously Again Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:19:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Ontario Emperor http://www.extrememortman.com/joke-reality-check/joke-reality-check-5/#comment-63301 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:03:50 +0000 http://www.extrememortman.com/joke-reality-check/joke-reality-check-5/#comment-63301 I need to double-check, but it's possible that part of the derivation may be a McCain reaction to southern California KFI talk radio hosts John & Ken, who in 2003-2004 were referring to striking grocery workers as "banana scanners." John & Ken didn't care for the McCain - Kennedy bill either, and if I recall correctly, McCain used the word "banana" while talking about whether or not McCain - Kennedy constituted "amnesty." I need to double-check, but it’s possible that part of the derivation may be a McCain reaction to southern California KFI talk radio hosts John & Ken, who in 2003-2004 were referring to striking grocery workers as “banana scanners.”

John & Ken didn’t care for the McCain - Kennedy bill either, and if I recall correctly, McCain used the word “banana” while talking about whether or not McCain - Kennedy constituted “amnesty.”

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