Sleight of hand
Jul 11, 2008 Gelt, Medialites, Politics and Poker
McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm did his candidate no favors Wednesday when he told the Washington Times that the current economic downturn is a “mental recession.” “We have sort of become a nation of whiners,” Gramm said. “You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline.” . . .
Gramm explained that although “the economy is bad,” it doesn
July 11th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
I think McCain, instead of throwing Gramm under the bus, should have backed him up. In fact I think he should have insisted on Gramm going on all the cable news shows weekday and Sunday, refusing to back down, restating his point: beatings will continue until morale goes up.