McCain Responds to Phil Gramm "Mental Recession" Comments

[crusaderg77]

Why did the elites choose Obama over Mccain, Mccain is the bigger scumbag which should make him the natural choice of the elites.

[rextony22]

obama has failed. he thinks the average people are wealty and thinks money grows on trees. stop obama people.

[callouschristian]

Phil and Wendy Gramm are two republicans who, history will show, lead us into the economic crisis in which we are now enmeshed by authoring and getting passed with the republican congress the GRAMM-LEACH_BLILEY ACT, which was authored deliberately for illegal pres bush (now do you get why he stole the election?) gut billions out of the treasury to foreign banks. If republicans are terrorists, Gramm is Osama bin Laden.

[Pilgrim812]

Phil Gramm is a front man for some of the biggest crooks in the world.

[callouschristian]

Everyone here should google the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act which opened up the door for bush to gut the treasury illegally, funneling the money most likely to Israel. It is probably the main reason bush stole the first election, rather than "oil" which is the cracker jack answer.

[RAMKING61]

For the truth about Phil Gramm, watch my videos.

[EFISHANT]

Everything McShame knows about the economy he learned in the last two weeks from Gramm!

[FranklyMisterShankly]

Did McCain fire Phil Gramm from a post as his economic advisor? Nope, Gramm stays on. McCain must be collecting senile mummy heads, so he can line them up next to his own.

[George6736]

Dear John,

Is this a "Mental Recession"

The Government Buy Out Stops Here.

Lehman's Fall A Sign Of Renewed Distaste For Bailouts

Video: Paulson Said to Be Against Govt Funds for Lehman AssociatedPress

Will government bailouts spell end of dollar? WorldNetDaily

Lehman: The next bailout? Christian Science Monitor

Daily Wrap-up - The Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 500 Points

Toronto stocks drop 500 points amid market woes

The Closing Bell: Dow falls more than 500 points

[maniacbastard]

This old pig is going to lose.

[BrainChile]

I still hate that the new Pres and the rest of us are going to have to clean up their huge mess!

[nicolatwo]

McCain 2008.

[BrainChile]

Based on what?

[nicolatwo]

For BrainChile: Based on before Sarah Palin. Now: No longer.

[HyperSonic1987]

5.5. percent IS BAD. There's about 300,000,000 in the U.S. population. 5.5. percent of that is about 15,000,000 people. If you don't find that to be of concern, than you're merely paying attention to the percentage number 5. Sure, when you say it like that, it doesn't sound so bad. But when you mention the actual number, yes, that is means for concern.

[TheMostOrigiNik]

He doesn't agree with senator Gramm, because he himself is the major part of this "mental recession"...

[fysonstrachan]

Yep. Hand it to Obama on a plate McCain. What a fool.

[edyken77]

Bwahahahahahh! Nice try McCain.

[annalise61107]

Enough money to educate her kids?  Public education- Free.

What is he talking about?

[rhumbaphone]

education is NOT free. Both the republicans and democrats have cut education funding every year for as long as i can remember. South florida just had a cut of over 6 billion dollars. so how do we fix this? lets lay off some teachers. lets increase class size. then lets hold the teachers that held on to their job accountable for not being able to control 50 kids in a class room going through puberty. am i whining? maybe its the mental recession caused by cuts our educational systems.

[jjmcoates]

so making sure that ilegal immigrants have jobs is now a major concern of our gov't? lol

The unemployment rate in the United States is calculated using more than one method, and it is about 5.5% and 5.5% is not terrible. People want the gov't to rescue them and make everything all better..

[ChicagoJoe57]

Sorry Jim, The Majority of videos on YouTube and blog entries are HATE-GRAMM's, so being pro-Gramm makes one in the minority. I think McCain should fire Gramm and get rid of his problem.

[LordXmen2k]

John McCains wife spends $750k a month shopping, his daughter $50k, no wonder its all "psychological" to them

OBAMA 08

[jjmcoates]

bad politics but true. The media makes it seem like america is in the depression. 5.5% unemployment is NOT a recession or a depression, it is not historically high, and is lower than most of the western industrialized world. Lower than in Canada, France, Germany,Italy,Poland,Sweden,Ru­ssia,India etc.. Come on people America has had far worse days.

[random0815]

russia hardly belongs into this comparison, americans are still pampered but you have to take some aspects in account, the accuracy and reliability of these statistics is very different from country to country, american numbers are among the least reliable in the western world, they are most likely to be fudged or manufactured, there are f.e. much more minijobs, underpayed labour, unregistered population aso., things that keep people out of the statistic but in poverty

[wethepeople07041776]

He's your top economic advisor and you don't listen to him?? Typical "let them eat cake" elitists. Gramm is an arrogant asshole and McCain is an idiot.

[JustSarah25]

Wow. Major flip flop by McCain.

TGFYT:

Thank God for You Tube!

[speakmymind01]

I hate to break the news to you Bush Hating Bastards, but a Recession in 2 back to back quarters of negative GDP, we haven't had one negative quarter of GDP.

So, we are not in a recession,

I know how bad you stupid ass Leftist Bastards want to be though, so Team Bush will get the blame.....

[slugfest00]

When our government skews the GDP by not putting in all of the data like Fuel and Food prices the two thing that had gone through the roof yes you can say we are not having a turn down in the economy. Don't forget the dollar isn't worth anything either and guess what oil is traded in dollars so it takes more dollars to by oil.

[AnonymousBChurch]

hey look speakmymind01 is spamming this same message on all the videos about Graham.

How does it feel to pimp for whores?

[mizilus]

speakmymind01

"Team bush"

lol

[TPAUSA]

McGrampa is a Fossil.

[TheNiceGuy87]

"a mental recession" "a nation of whiners"???? But of course Obama is the elitist and out of touch with people. McCain's "straight talk express" makes me sick!

And so does everybody who is stupid enough to vote for him!

[newmac]

Well why then is Phil Grayyyuuuum your best friend?

[raptorbonesaw]

Phil Gramm was never McCain's chief economics advisor! That's all in your head.

[Voidka]

If the economy takes a nose dive, people are going to be pissed. I would like see him call them whiners then.

Instead of calling us a nation of whiners, he needs to acknowledge there is a problem and attempt to propose solutions to fix the problem with the economy that is causing people to struggle.

Screw him. He is the one that is one that has mental issues, not the nation.

[radudeATL]

McSame is in a mental recession. It's called alzheimers.

We all have our seasons. I would consider myself transitioning from spring into summer. Obama is full-on summer. McBush = the dead of winter. Shame he doesn't believe in reincarnation.

[tfustudios]

Vote McSame in Nov!

[CBERASTUS]

God, I have been saying this for years! The dems are the biggest whiners in the world. They want government to feed them, clothe them, pay them (for nothing), nurture them, give them preferential treatment, etc. When they don't get these things, they have learned to cry like babies until they get their way. It is sickening.

Good for Phil Gramm for calling a spade a spade!!!

[laleeloolelo]

Then why do McCain's campaign distance themselves from Gramm's comment?

"Phil Gramm's comments are not representative of John McCain's views. John McCain travels the country every day talking to Americans who are hurting, feeling pain at the pump and worrying about how they'll pay their mortgage. That's why he has a realistic plan to deliver immediate relief at the gas pump, grow our economy and put Americans back to work."

That's on TPM election central.

[LordXmen2k]

The McCain campaign itself is an insult to the intelligence of the American people.

OBAMA 08

[alwaysending]

yeah, change we can believe in.....just like ole Nancy Pelosi PROMISED you change when she got in Congress and so did Harry Reid, since then housing market has crashed, oil prices have doubled, we're STILL at war...LMFAO! Baraks going to do the same thing to you stupid fucks, change my ass....yeah, nice change Dems in Congress and Senate, real fucking nice. you blame this shit on Bush, but in 2006 gas was STILL under $2.50, BEFORE the Dems got in office..but keep blaming the repubs you dumb shit

[runningchance]

Dang, this started out a good day watching Jesse Jackson say what he really thinks of Obama while Bush/Cheney contemplate striking Iran to eventually get our oil reserves, then here comes good ole Phil and Carl to steal away the headlines. Mercy! I am starting to lean towards Barr.

[JamaicanMan18]

barr is awesome!

[runningchance]

Well, he looks okay compared to the other two!

[2handsclapping]

McCain & economic adviser Phil Gramm describing the current economic downturn as a "mental recession" and saying America had "sort of become a nation of whiners."

Bitter or Delusional?

[ngarey]

holy shit I almost feel sorry for McCain he's so pathetic haha =D

[waynebadmon]

agrred obama 08

[LordXmen2k]

Phil Gramms Wife Was Enron Director. Remember Enron?

Thats the people McCain has advising him on the economy.

Wake up America, only one choice:

OBAMA 08

[19cohen]

he just said "America is in a great difficulty".WHY?Why why why?i think he should say"America is in top shape".WFT why is it hard to understand.WAR is the cause.and people who will be voting for him,will vote to pursue the WAR,therefore fuck up the economy even more.

[dwj91]

I want to see how much spin Newt, Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, the entire FIXED (FOX) News organization, etc. put on this. LOL!!!!!!!!!

[dwj91]

Keith Olbermann picked a bad week to go on vacation :-(

[speakmymind01]

Everything Phil Gramm said was exactly right,

We are a nation of whiners, mental recession is exactly what it is.

The GDP numbers for Q1 were .6% revised to .9% then final revision was 1% growth.

That is not a recession you dumbasses,

[rosal1n]

this IS a nation of whiners. getting into debt, not allowing children to play 'rough', needing electronic maps and other devices, just to live, can't live without cell phones, spending thousands on stupid things every month and complaining about gas prices and blaming the monkey in the white house. get off the phone, stay off the internet(oops, i'm on), drop the starbucks, slow down on the road, spend time with your family, stay away from the nightclubs, and start working hard, morons!

[ogaoue]

I doubt Sen. McCain really disagree with Dr Phil Gramm. There is pattern developing here, and what Dr Phil said, Sen. McCain himself defended the ideas before. Which mean that the economic plan he offers (craft by Dr Phil Gramm and others) is inspired from their beliefs in "psychological economics"!

[IncredibleGoliath]

McCain's speaks for himself. Really, really slowly.

[getplaning]

Phil Gramm is a lobbyist and a high-paid executive at UBS, the same Swiss banking firm that lost tens of billions of dollars in the subprime crisis. He's in line now for a high position in a McCain administration. Somebody who has failed so grandly as Phil Gramm should be driven out of the market. Instead, because he's pals with John McCain and has been for a long time, he's in line to make these mistakes and do harm to the economy and to all of us yet again.

[UGOTDAJACK]

The mere fact that this race is even close says a whole lot about you yanks...

[bgbreakdown]

Unfortunately you are correct. The Republicans will vote for anything with an "R" next to its name, invariably against their own economic interest. They've been conditioned to fear, fear, fear.

[bushputz]

John McCain: "Phil Gramm doesn't speak for me, I speak for me."

Well, when you speak, it sounds an awful lot like Gramm speaking:

watch?v=0P6bkbdAkFg

[publicgood]

Poor McCain.  Sometimes I almost want to vote for him out of sympathy. But not quite.

[asdffd]

Oh really McCain. Everyone should look up the YouTube video "McCain on gas tax holiday". McCain says our problems are psychological. Tell that to the people who've lost their homes you asshole. Straight talk my ass.

McCain=Gramm=Bush=Douchebags= how fucking stupid are my fellow Americans who would even consider voting for this guy.

[dafttool]

Gramm is in part responsible for the mortgage meltdown, spearheading the deregulation of the mortgage industry and then lobbying for the industry since leaving Congress. He has gotten wealthy watching Americans suffer. McCain shouldn't only disavow his comments, but also ask that his colleague be investigated for criminal activity.

[dogstar7]

"Phil Gramm doesn't speak for me; I speak for me..."

Oh, so McCain's campaign co-chairman doesn't speak for McCain, eh? Then who is he speaking for when being interviewed by the Washington Times about McCain economic platform?

[ubuibiok]

2% of American like Him and his wife Hold 90% of our nations wealth....and he wants to keep his tax cuts