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Posted by: smithichie 1 month, 1 week ago

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NEW YORK - Phil Gramm, a top adviser to presidential candidate John McCain, said Friday he is resigning from the role as campaign co-chairman after his comments that the United States had become a "nation of whiners" who constantly complain about the state of the economy.

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smithichie1 month, 1 week ago

I wonder if Phill Gramm is the one whining this week-end?

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  Goppy1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Phil Gramm is from the banking industry. The same industry that lobbied for years to overturn 'Usury' laws. This permitted banks to charge ANY amount of interest they wanted ....
  Usury is considered to be a sin in all the worlds religions.
  If there is anyone who exemplifies the word WHINER it is Phil Gramm.
  He stands elbow to elbow with the super-rich in America ... whose sole purpose is to circumvent oversight and accountability .... the result is the current international fiscal crisis.
  The fact that Johnny McCain chose THIS individual to define his economic plan SPEAKS VOLUMES that Johnny will continue to pander to the wealthy and connected class as they inexorably continue their DESPERATE and SICK crusade to heap ever more wealth upon themselves ... without ANY consideration to the health of our nation.
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jovial1 month, 1 week ago

Now if he would only leave politics all together.
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not2needy1 month, 1 week ago

He can leave the country, who would care? Don't homeless people have a reason to whine, when they can't afford gas to go to work to provide a roof over their head, doesn't that give them a right to whine? That man should be ashamed of himself.
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  not2needy1 month, 1 week ago
  
  This is something Gramm and McCain have talked about in private, and Gramm screwed up and said it in public. McCain is doing nothing but providing lip service, i just don't understand why the cons on here can't see that.
  Any man who did his own wife and children the way he did, isn't fit to lead this country, he doesn't even care about his own flesh and blood, let alone us.
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    MRCOFFEECAKE1 month, 1 week ago
    
    Have you ever noticed how it's always the OLD men that screw our country??
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      not2needy1 month, 1 week ago
      
      Age brings greed, i have seen a lot of that in my own family. I don't know why it happens to some people, but maybe they think they can buy more time if they are ultra wealthy.
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    MereMortal1 month, 1 week ago
    
    n2n-"i just don't understand why the cons on here can't see that."
    That has a very simple explanation. Delusion.
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Aidenag1 month, 1 week ago

Good, this enron loving, truck stop women porno funding, sleazeball had no place in a presidential campaign.
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  Teech1 month, 1 week ago
  
  I thought he'd be McCain's perfect running mate!
  He's got all the qualifications.
  Better yet, with his track record, how about Secretary of the Treasury?
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    TimALoftis1 month, 1 week ago
    
    I would not rule that out. Gramm is only a problem for McCain right now because we are still in campaign mode. If elected you can bet that Gramm will be high on McCain's list for a cabinet post or other economic post within the White House.
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Hobe1 month, 1 week ago

McCain adviser Gramm leaves campaign
These two corrupt life time politician should have been kicked out of the Senate years ago...
McCain's claim to fame was being a member of the Keating Five, Saving and Loan Fruad...
McCain started off as a crrupt Senator, then he met Cindy Ms Budwaiser filthy RICH white woman, are these two good for America? I think Not..
What happaned to John McCains First Wife????
at the age of 72, John seems to get mixed up on what he is trying to talk avout...
Commander in Chief, NOT Qualified....
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  not2needy1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Wow Hobe, i'm surprised to see you so adamantly against a conservative, but seems that you have thought this out quite well. I wish some of the others would do the same.
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hefaa11 month, 1 week ago

McCain actually voted to close the "Enron Loophole" in 2003. However, Phil Gramm talked him out of it. Since then, McSame has voted against or stalled any legislation that would close this exception. Nothing new, McCain has voted on both sides of the same issue before :). To summarize, The "Enron Loophole" makes oil speculators rich and gas prices for the average American soar. Most Economists believe closing the loophole would cut the current price of gasoline by 40%-to-50% for the average consumer. Gramm is an excellent example of the type of economic advisor McCain has in his camp. Phil Gramm is a lower form of life. McCain is not far behind.
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