THE DIGNITY INDEX
Nation of Whiners II: Still Whining
Published Sep 6, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Sep 15, 2008
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A survey of dubious behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low a person can go:
After he was cut by the Detroit Lions, Tatum Bell allegedly took a locker-room souvenir: the Gucci luggage of the man who replaced him. Bell says it was a misunderstanding. Score: 41
GeorgiaRep. Lynn Westmoreland calls the Obamas "uppity," then claims he had no idea the word was a slur. Lynn, no one uses that term anymore except as a slur. Score: 55
At a meeting with banking-industry lobbyists, former McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm doubles down on his "nation of whiners" line, dropping the W word yet again. Score: 58
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