Gramm: McCain Supporters Aren't The "Whiners"

Bloomberg:

Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who stepped aside as John McCain's campaign co-chairman in July after an uproar over comments that those worried about the U.S. economy are ``whiners,'' today revisited that sentiment.

``If you're sitting here today, you're not economically illiterate and you're not a whiner, so I'm not worried about who you're going to vote for,'' Gramm told supporters of McCain at a Financial Services Roundtable event in Minneapolis on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention.

Gramm, 66, stepped down as a senior adviser to McCain in July after telling the Washington Times that the U.S. is a ``nation of whiners'' facing a ``mental recession.''

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Comments

[edwarvir]

Graham belongs in jail, not out giving some dumb speeches. Put him behindd
bars where he belongs and lets see how happy he will be. People are suffering
because of this anemic economy and he has nothing postive to say to us
nothing encouraging, this man has some nerve calling us Whinners. I plan to work
hard for Senator O and we will see who has the last laugh. on November 4th 2008

[cjk002]

Did I read that right? did Graham call people who vote for Democrats "economically illiterate"?

This week has been like Christmas for the Democrats.

[BADEN]

Daddy Warbucks bares his butt to Ms Liberty....

Did you expect anything else from a Fascist Extremist?

Come on folks - call them what they are.

[nonconformist2]

And they have the nerve to call O,bama the elitist????

[mjtaylor22]

Just lies and deception to turn the debate away from the issues and get people who do not research the issues scared about something else.
In a debate on the issues and plans to help Working Americans, the drivers of our economy, Obama/Biden win hands down on Leadership, Judgement, Integrity, & Truth.
Do your own research people multiple sources the Main stream Media is not liberal, the opinions expressed are far right wing and unfortunately full of hate and disdain.
Wake Up America
Enough Is Enough of this nonsense.
Vote
Obama/Biden
Leadership­/Judgement­/integrity­/Truth

[lisakaz2]

Of course, those folks aren't whining, Phil. Like you, they're the few % of ppl who've made money off the havoc wrought by your party on the rest of us (as in US).

[repugnicansfearme]

Use the GOP Talking Points/sty­le/methodo­logy:
A noun, a verb, POW and now--- Down's Syndrome.
Sure fire, elicits many forms of sympathy. Brilliant.

[ThunderMongoose]

Call me envious or jealous...but why the F do we always hear a "have" tell us "have-nots" what our problems are?

Thats the problem w/ politics these days. Ham & Egger's like myself could never run....ever....We'd be out-spent in about...oh say...3 minutes.

[dadw5boys]

Phil Graham should be trued for TREASON for the Enron Loophole that made the Swiss Namk BILLIONS and he and his wife had seat on the Board of Directors at the time.

The worst part of the Enron Loophole is the deregualtions of SWAPS of Futures Contracts !!!!!!

These unregulated swaps allw Hedge Funds to hold over 3/4 of the Oil Future Contracts at present.

Soon the can corner the market.

[Gotcha54]

Heck he made them all rich robbing the middle class - why would they whin?

[Egalitare]

Well, at least he's consistent.

[honeydiva]

they are using that whiner bs and sexism for the media to back off...they better not!

[JenMI]

Gramm's definition of economically illiterate...anyone who is not rich....you know, making less than 5 million!

[GrainOSand]

The more I hear from this person of reputation but low morals the more he loses any credibility he might have had left in what is mostly a bone-dry smoldering pit of contempt.

He never offers solutions, just attacks. If those who do not agree with you are illiterate and they are American, and you consider yourself such a great American, where is your assistance to your fellow American in helping him or her to see and realize the benefit of seeing the Gramm light of financial clairvoyance and oneness? Are these people not important to America’s future or are they part of some dastardly plan of die-off to make room for the chosen people, the people who denounce something one decade and then when they think no one is looking, hijack it a generation later and claim they invented it? The time span is shorter now due to many factors, technology being a principle driver, watch McCain try to hijack change and hope.

This intellect of cynical hypocrisy soaked in devilish duplicity is a typical tact of the Republicans. They are the Party of derisive and damaging division as method to maintain power that allows the continuation of a myth. A ceaseless perpetration of indecent public exposure to a most foul instrument of corruption, hegemony, greed, and hubris, lasting decades and soiling the landscape of reason, of capability, of readiness for a challenging future requiring not more division -- but all hands on deck.

[LemonMeringue]

McWhiner cancelled an appearance on CNN because somebody asked a question his surrogate couldn't answer very well.

Carly Fiorina and Laura Bush claim that all criticism of Palin is sexism.

Who's a whiner?

[eden4barack08]

McWhiner can't handle the King of fluff Larry, yet he wants to run the country.

[freshnotbitter]

McCain may want to urgently send Phil Gramm on a two month tour of the Gobi desert.

[Egalitare]

So he can call them "whiners" too?

[zippywpinhead]

send him to Czechoslovakia...