McCain Campaign Can't...Won't...Rule Out Gramm As Treasury Secretary

For those of you who have developed a fondness for Tucker Bounds-themed bondage and domination videos, here's another YouTube where David Shuster chortles his way through a segment in which Bounds cannot or will not bring himself to assure the American people that Phil Gramm - who recently called America a "nation of whiners" but who led the effort for the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act that paved the way for the economic collapses of today - will not, under any circumstances, become Secretary of the Treasury in the McCain administration. If Bounds keeps at these sorts of "explanations," the world's supply of false equivalencies may run out by the first week of October.

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Comments

[QuakerBeach]

OMG! Tucker Bounds defends the guy who slimed us with mental recession depression! And he won't disavow that this guy wouldn't get Secy of Treasury in a McCain admin. Wake up America. Leopards don't change their spots. McCain is going to bail out Wall St., while shouting at them and cutting CEO parachutes to a rougher than soft landing. Big deal. His biggest advisors are Gramm and Rove. Tucker Bounds wouldn't throw Gramm under the bus. Get it?

[skyglider]

To Mr Tucker Boy ;

NO MATTER HOW MUCH LIPSTICK YOU PUT ON A P.I.G , IT'S STILL A P.I.G !!!

L.O.L !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DontBeFoolish]

All of you McCain voters are being lured into exactly what you have now. In fact, it will be WORST. Take a good look McCain voters and ask the tough questions.

Obama/Biden "08"

[skyglider]

THE TUCKER BOY :
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PROUDLY PRESENTING THEIR NEW SHINNING STAR !!!!!!
ENJOY !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxMCp1vydEI

[deliriousgod]

Aren't there any Worldcomm or Enron executives looking for work who could be Secretary of the Treasury?

[MPeter]

Tucker who? That boy has some mouth on him. He lies worse than McCain. It is sad to watch that punk spin.

[RStone]

I am sure he will cause the Bop-O-Meter to spin on this one.

http://www.boppoll.com

Obama '08

[shuuuuz]

You want an Enron exec, look no further than Phil Gramm the Vice Chair of UBS, which is the Swiss 'morph' of Enron.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/218587.php

The New York Times reports this evening that "foreign banks, which were initially excluded from the [Wall Street bailout] plan, lobbied successfully over the weekend to be able to sell the toxic American mortgage debt owned by their American units to the Treasury, getting the same treatment as United States banks."

The Times further reports that two of the biggest foreign banks in need of such relief are Barclays and UBS. In fact, my understanding is that UBS is more on the line here than any other foreign bank.

Let's add this up.

John McCain's top economics advisor, who is widely believed to be his choice for Treasury Secretary, should he win in November, is former Sen. Phil Gramm. (Indeed, just last night his spokesman refused to say Gramm wouldn't be McCain's choice for Treasury Secretary.)

Gramm is both vice chairman of UBS's US division and a lobbyist for UBS.

If UBS successfully lobbied over the weekend to get in on the bailout, what was Gramm's role in the lobbying?

[tbrnotb]

Don't forget Wendy Gramm, Phil's wife who sat on the Board of Directors for Enron. They were known as Mr and Mrs Enron. How can these people have the credibility to even speak in this election process?

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DISGRACE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY?

[seattlefemdem]

There is NO WAY someone can argue with the fact that since 1969/the last 39 years there has been Republican president in office for 28 years who has favored deregulation and small government which is HOW we got to this place right now. The GOP is entirely to blame for this.

37 Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974[2] Republican
38 Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Republican
39 Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981 Democratic
40 Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 Republican
41 George H. W. Bush January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993 Republican
42 Bill Clinton January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001 Democratic
43 George W. Bush January 20, 2001 Republican

[Paul Peete - Huffpost Blogger]

The straightjacket express has an official busboy,Tucker Bounds.

[honeydiva]

only STUPID people would think otherwise.

[THE JEDI 69]

America look.....ya better vote for the Democrat......

[mwilliams]

Straight talk is so refreshing!

[chrismanzione]

WHY!!! does David Shuster let him get away with this?? THis is not reporting and this is adding to the nonsense of the media.... it complete BS that someone speaking for one of the presidential candidates can go on air refuse to answer a question and then be thanked to have been on the show.
David Shuster should have said " Your refusal to answer the question I'm asking you seems to be a clear indication that John Mc Cain will not at this time say that Phil Gram will not be his choice for Secretary of the Treasury"

It outrages me that twits like this can go on air LIE straight out and then not have to answer to it later on.

[ohmercy]

Actually I thought Schuster was pretty good-- he challenged Tucker B and was openly laughing AT him.(not with him.)

didja ever notice people named tucker are almost always republican crazy people?
LOL

[margardner]

Tucker Bounds lately is the butt of all jokes. Really, he's just an a-ss!

[DAE]

Phil Gramm for President! Campaign transparency.

[xrepublican]

Nah.... put the REAL brains behind the scenes at the top of the ticket. After all, it's clear now who McCain sold his soul to......

SATAN 08.... oh wait, the'll scare the Jesus crowd off.....

[codwix]

Phil Gramm:

A year after the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act repealed the old regulations, Swiss Bank UBS gobbled up brokerage house Paine Weber. Two years later, Gramm settled in as a vice chairman of UBS’s new investment banking arm.

Later, he became a major player in its government affairs operation. According to federal lobbying disclosure records, Gramm lobbied Congress, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department about banking and mortgage issues in 2005 and 2006.

During those years, the mortgage industry pressed Congress to roll back strong state rules that sought to stem the rise of predatory tactics used by lenders and brokers to place homeowners in high-cost mortgages.
Politico - LISA LERER | 3/28/08

bush/palin/mccain 2008

[zendem1]

Phil Gramm is a thief, and people are slowly starting to come to that realization.

[MadJeffersonian]

But it doesn't seem like enough of the right people are coming to that realization.