Gaffe Alert!

what really blows me away is the random Republican I hear saying "Gramm's Right!" I'd love to know what alternate universe these people live in. Perhaps gas isn't $4 for them, food costs are not rising for them, they aren't losing money in their 401Ks or IRAs. Not to mention the HUGE national debt.

Perhaps we ARE imagining all these things! Maybe it is all in my head that it costs $45 to fill my 4 cylinder tank. Maybe I'm dreaming that I'm struggling to make ends meet...

Of course, we're supposed to just be happy about all of this. Any dissent, and we're whining. WTH!?

Don't worry, McCain/Gramm/Lieberman/Romney, etc...
you'll REALLY hear me whining at the polls in November.

After the greatest wealth transference in modern world history under Bush & Company the last thing that makes any sense is to have one of these shills of greater wealth for the wealthy out front.
Stupid is as stupid does.

The only people who don't notice that we are in the beginning stages of a recession, are the rich Republicans who don't have to worry about how they're going to fill the tank, or how they're going to buy groceries. The McCain campaign is about as out-of-touch with average Americans as is humanly possible.
I'd like to say thank you to Gramm for putting the final nail in McCains coffin. This thing is over. Obama may be less experienced, but he's smart enough to talk to the American people in a respectful manner. This election will be an Obama landslide victory. Even Limbaugh knows it (when he's sober).

This article hits the nail on the head. McCain's own campaign is killing him. His staffers, his advisors, so many of them are so NOT like McCain. McCain is so much better than Obama, but can he beat both his own staff and the Democratic candidate?

The article admits we're not in a recession, then takes Gramm to task for daring to say so. There certainly are some painful market dislocations. No one expected high gas prices to be popular. But who would elect a Democrat to cure high gas prices? Who impedes drilling? It ain't Republican! No one likes to see a lot of people who bought more house than they could possibly afford now facing foreclosure. But what do you want to do? Pay higher taxes to bail them out? Who's going to help with your mortgage? Can we all get into bigger mortgages than we can afford, then have the government bail us out? Where do you think the money comes from?

Good balanced story. NOT. Why are you not talking about buttcrack obama stating we should all learn spanish. #$@% that, I am not learning some third world language for that elite @#%#$

Senator Gramm was absolutely right: We aren't in a recession, except in the minds of doomsayers, and we have become a nation of whiners--especially about our nonexistent "recession."

Gramm's mistake was to forget some cardinal rules of politics: always pander to voters, encourage their ignorance, and blame others for their misfortunes. The result is a nation not just of whiners, but spoiled infants.

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Uncle Phil's comments mean as much to me as Dr Phil's. It certainly opened up a topic for discussion. Actually I think the topic is economic class tensions ,some might call it class warfare, although I am not aware of any actual direct fatalaties so I woulldn't. It is really difficult to put into historic context how one is feeling at the moment if your anxiety is rising over the future and you don't know what to do about that. Sure the media has a role in us being hyper about our individual anxieties. Example: out children (and ourselves) have never been more vulnerable to danger from all sides, disease, crime, economic insecurity, predators, and of course any number of neurosis caused by external influences. Of course this is a load of horse radish, but spend enough time focused on the news and you would never know that. So hows about we all take a deep breath, stop thinking in polarized terms and try to make some decisions based on a balance between our individual desires and those of others. Neither candidate is going to save the world. I am not going to save the world. You aren't either. Let's talk about issues.

If you listen to Limbaugh and Hannity you will understand very quickly who whines all day long. Conservative talking heads have been whining for years. Phil Gramm obviosuly has been listening to Limbaugh and Hannity too much. He needs to switch the dial and get out into the world more often to experience what the rest of us already know.

What's the difference between Graham's derision of the American people and Obama's?

If you listen to Limbaugh and Hannity you will understand very quickly who whines all day long. Conservative talking heads have been whining for years. Phil Gramm obviosuly has been listening to Limbaugh and Hannity too much.

This is why I hate conservative republicans. They think the poverty and lack of opportunities for a segment of the American population is in their heads. This is why the GOP is out of touch with mainstream AMerica, this is why they will lose in November.

I NEED SOME HELP HERE!!

Dont know which financial company I should short now. Im afraid if I try to short one in the stock market the government might step in and help these whinning companies out. Any of you Gramm and McCain fans have any idea?

The problem is that Gramms is right. We're not in a recession. Recessions are cyclical. We're in the midst of a permanent shift of wealth away from the United States and to other, more dynamic countries. It's partly the result of terrible government policies, but mostly because Americans have become motivated by greed and sloth, and are unwilling to think through the consequences of their actions. That's true at all levels, dems and repubs, wall street to main street.

The strange thing is that Gramm is right. We're not in a recession. Recessions are cyclical. We're in something far more significant. We're in the midst of a permanent change in the permanent distribution of real wealth in the world. (Note that -- over the last few months -- overseas stock markets have not suffered nearly as much as ours. It's a flood of wealth out of the United States and into the BRIC countries and others that is happening partly because of a failure of government, but mostly because we've become at all levels a nation of greed, sloth, and willful ignorance about the world. Unfortunately, I don't think that's going to change. Our children -- except for a fortunate few -- are going to live far worse than we did, and their children worse still.

Yes, Mc Cain has friends. He always introduces his points with, "My friends", along with a smile that says, "not my friends". You have to guess which one you are as he goes on.