McCain Guru Linked To Subprime Crisis

Senator Obama is correct. Senator Gramm Is beyond any doubt a big part of the problem and so is Senator John McShame.

The fact that Phil Gramm is not in jail, speaks volumes about our two tiered justice system.

Do you really want to make this about people near a candidate?
What goes around comes around.

Lieberman in painting a 'centrist' veneer over McCain lies again.

On ABC"s This Week today, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) "is not for the private accounts to take the place of social security." "He"s for what Bill Clinton used to call Social Security plus," said Lieberman.

Lieberman didn"t disagree, however, when host George Stephanopoulos pointed out that McCain had "disputed that in the Wall Street Journal" recently. Instead, he brushed the contradiction aside and changed the subject.

Wow Big Surprise- Who the Hell do you think is Running this Puppet Candidates Campaign? The Corps- banking , Oil, Auto, Insurance ,Pharms.....The same People also running Hillary's! They are both Operatives- why do they keep Patting Each othe ron the Back. If she is NOT handed th eDem nomination- She'll be HIS Running Mate. If she does TAKE the Nom, then it's a Win Win for the Inc's- either way their Horse 'Won' . Hell they'll try to steal it again- it's worked so well in the Past (Michigan was Stolen)

Coverup. Rubin and Greenspan are responsible. Clinton passed the law at 2:30 AM. Gramm took advantage of their efforts.

That photo of McCain and Gramm makes me wonder if they personify the future of the US? They have absolutely no light in their eyes, they have cold, dead eyes. Together these two have helped rape the US taxpayers, via the S & L scandal, plus McCain let DeLay and others who took from lobbyists to make laws go free. They are a couple of OLD, CROOKED SELFISH politicians, who do not have the best interests of the country at heart. Wendy Gramm helped Enron design their "accounting" procedures. She is waiting in the wings for a chance at the US Treasury, believe that.

We no longer have an open party system in the US! There is One Party. It has neither a Donkey nor an Elephant for a symbol, but rather the Dollar sign! For all of you who have argued all these months over Hillary vs Obama vs McCain vs whoever, understand: You will not elect anyone who has not already been vetted by the Corporate Elites in this country. It will take more than a president to save you.

Phil Gramm is a snake oil economist promising all to the people and delivering for the pockets of himself and his own kind.
It is a reasonable, if not totally accurate, appraisal that the Republican Party is compiled with the most despicable, selfish, self-interested, and anti American leaders in our history of self governance. And the center of the role models for this decadence appears to be in the heart of Texas. What poisonous plants grow in Texas that persuade common people to follow such traitors to our Constitutional form of governance? Historically, many great statesmen have come from Texas to enrich the management of this Nation. So, how could a political party become so thoroughly infilitrated with the anti-democratic, aristocratic theology that is being perpetrated by the Bush family on their unquestioning followers? How could the majority of the people becomes so enraptured by the Bush ideology that they are willing to turn their state into a third world, two class system of haves and have nots? Anybody from Texas disagree with my assessment. Please corrrect my distorted view of a great democratic State.

This might explain where McCain's calous comments about not helping indiciduals but he is for the bail out of the big guys.

God Damn that McCain bro looks like an old sack of bones--We've go senility in the G'vmnt now already--why do we need him?

The End Times Are upon us, eh Fruity-Ass Wingnuts?!?

Depends on howmany depends you wear, Sen Vitter..Rock on GOP ..right over the cliff........

I would be tempted to characterize this pairing as the blind leading the blind, but it's more like the corrupt and sleazy leading the senile. What a team.

Frugal Phil Gramm, friend of the common millionaire. While championing the balanced budget legislation he led the efforts to get billions in funding for the super conducting super collider. He and his partners had purchased land in strategic locations based on his inside knowledge of the plans. He led all Senators and Representatives in travel expenses once flying to Texas to dedicate a drug surveillance blimp, a program he had voted against. While his wife, Wendy, was the chairperson of the Federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission she moved to exempt Enron from Government oversight. Later she was appointed to Enron"s Board of Directors where she pulled in about 2 million dollars. In 2000 frugal Phil attached a rider to the 11,000 page Appropriations Bill that deregulated energy futures trading which allowed Enron and others unfettered dealings in contracts. The California electricity crisis developed within months and Enron"s revenues increased by 400%. Frugal Phil had received $100,000 in campaign contributions from Enron.

Although there is intense competition from other Republicans frugal Phil Gramm is probably the slimiest, most corrupt and hypocritical person in the World. John McCain claims to have no knowledge of economics and his association with frugal Phil definitely proves it.

There are similarities between two of the three remaining popular candidates on this issue.

BO isn't one of them.

Why is this not the #1 issue on HuffPo? Because his running mate, Corporate Candidate B, a.k.a. Billary Clinton won't drop out of the race.

Divide and conquer. Keep the electorate at each other's throats, which keeps them from operating together in their best interests. Corporate Candidate A, a.k.a. Republican McSame knows who is feeding him, and is unwavering in his support of corporations and banking interests. The already owners own damn near everything, including the newspapers, radio and TV outlets. Why don't people use their brains to find out what is going on, and then do something about it? Oh- Brittany might be pregnant again..... uh... what was I talking about?

Phil Gramm, the Clinton's (Whitewater), the Bush's (Silverado) and others reaped the benefits of deregulation with predatory and dishonest practices that led to the S&L crisis of the 80's. It's not a shock that Gramm and others like him were creators of the sub-prime lending schemes that duped people into believing they could buy houses with mortgages for which they did not qualify: elevating appraisals, falsifying incomes, steering people towards ARM's and other loans with teaser rates, knowing what the outcome would be. We bailed out the S&L's while the officers and chiefs who made the risky investments, lied to their depositors and investors, walked away with billions with no consequence or accountability. Keating was the only one tried, and he spent but 6 months in a minimum security jail. Each time, the taxpayers bail out the industries, but the predatory practices continue as those with wealth and connections find other means by which to scam the public, enrich themselves, wait until the crunch or crisis erupts, and then walk away.
Without public scrutiny, accountability, criminal prosecution or any consequence, there's no reason for these sharks to stop. They'll just slip away and find some other venue or group to devour. Ken Lay at Enron got off lucky when he died. What about those brokers, traders and funds managers who helped fuel this mess? Why isn't the SEC or government attorneys investigating and bringing charges against them?

I hope walnuthead Gramn's previous cut and gut tactics come back and bite him in his old conservative ass!................

Romeny on the road with Mc Cain.

Mc Cain getting the "How to fool a Christians and get their Vote" seminar.

Maybe he can remember better than the tribe of Iraq.

Oh please! Act surprised, why don't you? ame is true among Clinton backers, btw, which makes perfect sense.

I look at the Republicans as the "selfish" party, and the Democrats as the "fairness" party. McCain's economic plan is singing the endless song of the selfish:

"leave me alone, it's mine"

Obama-Webb '08

Phil and Wendy have had their collective fingers in many a de-regulatory pie! Think Enron...

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 was hailed as a success from Sandy Weil and everyone who went along with it in Washington at the time, Clinton included.

It did afterall repeal the old regulation known as the Glass Steagall Act of 1933.

Just another day in a CROOKS LIFE!!

Look at the photo. Doesn't the GOP have any younger, vibrant, ALERT members who might run for office? They all look like their eyes are dead. Bush, Cheney, Rove, McCain, Gramm all look like they are soulless. God help us if McCain makes it. Think the US is a laughingstock now? What is needed is a completely new guard to take over, someone with new ideas, with the energy to see the changes implemented. McCain is too worn out to be president. He will be like Georgie, in bed by 9, with a "Do not disturb" sign on the door. I am afraid Jeb will be his choice for VP, then NOTHING will change, unless things get even worse.

Will this be all over the media like the Rev. Wright story? No, cause the media and a majority of it's talking heads only go after the guy who has a chance of changing this country. They seem to want to stick to the same old crap that's gotten us into this mess.