Dr. Phil Gramm knows what ails America (Los Angeles Times)

[Leo 9]

QUIT YOUR WHINING
Dr. Phil Gramm knows what ails America
July 11, 2008


Here are a few permissible ways a presidential campaign can describe American voters: hardworking, decent, caring.

And here's one that won't cut it: whiners.

John McCain found himself in a difficult spot Thursday, confronted with a mini-tempest involving one of his economic advisors, former Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas. In an interview with the Washington Times, Gramm said: "We have sort of become a nation of whiners."

He also downplayed concerns about the economy. "You've heard of a mental depression; this is a mental recession," he said.

Barack Obama, who has had his own troubles with incautious campaign surrogates, seized on the remarks. Speaking at a school in Fairfax, Va., he said the nation needed a candidate who accepted that the country was in a downturn.

"Phil Gramm said we're merely in a 'mental recession' -- that's what he said," Obama noted as the audience booed. "I guess what he meant was is a figment of your imagination."

He mentioned Gramm's "nation of whiners" line -- a comment that made the crowd hiss. "Now, I want you to know, America already has one Dr. Phil. We don't need another one."

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-trailgramm11-2008jul11,0,370415.story?track=rss

[PDJane]

1. Gram

is a spoiled, insulated, spoiled man with a fine sense of entitlement and no idea how the rest of the world lives......

[liberalhistorian]

3. Also he's lived on the public dole most of his career,

all the while slamming that same public sector and lauding the private sector. Hypocritical doesn't even begin to describe the fucker.

[bulloney]

5. Wasn't Gramm an economist at Texas A&M before beginning his political career?

He's always been an aloof, arrogant POS from my experiences with him.

Collectively, if there's ever a group of people more detached from reality, it's economists. They operate from theories and believe theory works 100% with reality.

[LiberalFighter]

2. We don't need the other Dr Phil either. He is a quack.

[Demeter]

4. It Takes One to Know One!

A classic case of projection....people are speaking out with good cause: they are dying and their children have no future. Whining is when you bitch about paying taxes which you are well able to afford.