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30mins on Jesses Jackson and 2mins on Phil Gramm...What happen too CNN fair and un-bias I don't thinh so anymore

Come on land of the free and home of the brave don't let these Republican nutcases continue to destroy our country and sell it off to fatcat foreigners.

Maybe you don't like or trust Obama for whatever reason but when is enough enough?

Totally pandering and selling out to the neocon wing to get the nomination.

"Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" sung to the Beach Boy's Barbra Ann.

Daily flip/flops particularly on the stances that made his "maverick" reputation.

A bunch of gimmicky ideas to supposedly address real problems.

The "Smokin' out the Iranians program", which expressed a desire to kill the citizens under an evil regime, rather than seeing their government as the enemy.

and now

The economic issues are mental. AKA "There's nothing to see here, move along".

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO ELECT MCCAIN NOR CAN WE ALLOW THESE INGRATES TO CONTINUE TO SCUTTLE THE NATION!!!

If Obama does absolutely nothing, it will be a marked improvement over what we've seen the last 7-8 years or can possibly dream of under Pander B. McSame.

I never thought it could be true but is McCain actually potentially even worse than Dubbya? I'm shocked and disgusted at the possibility.

This is a nation of whiners. Problem is nobody likes to hear the truth when its not appealing. But more importantly, I'm tired of hearing this is not a "mental" recession. Indeed, it is a "mental" recession because it was mental FEAR that drove away the capital markets pulling out of mortgage backed securities and causing illiquitidy in the market. It is a real recession with real problems brought on by "mental" FEAR and that is the message, FEAR. The message is not that this recession is all in our head. It's real no doubt, brought on by mental FEAR.

GRAMM ABSOLUTELY DOES SPEAK FOR MCMORON.

HE GAVE HIM THE TITLE & POSITION DO SO, AS

HE DID TO THAT FELLOW BLACK, THAT SAID A TERRORIST

ATTACK WOULD HELP MCMORO. & THAT OTHER FELLOW

CONTINUES TO WORK FOR MCMORON.

I agree that Gramm doesn't speak for McCain. Just like Wright didn't speak for Obama. Guess who got off the hook easier.

In all the years I have been watching CNN, and it goes back a long time, I have never seen so much advertising for one probram, Black In America. Is CNN paying for the advertising or it it being paid by someone else. I probably will not get an answer, but I was just curious. It's just unbelievable.

the remarks and comments must be coming from people who love obama well i don't love him or mccain ,the best candate was snubbed by her own group and shame on them she earned her way there he did not and the democrates disappoint me and othe dems,this is a boggas campainge and i am sick everytime i turn on my tv its a disgrace to the american people,know wonder the other countries think we;re nuts ,our people that we hire to run our country are trying to backs us into corners we don't want to be in like buying cars we don;t want putting someone in as our president that we don;t want ,making us take the jobs that want us to have and giving our good jobs to other countries who do they think they are ,americans unless you stand your ground and just say no! no more you people are fired

Ok McCain, explain this to me. Phil Gramm is hired by you for his expertise. So how can you claim he doesn't speak for you? He is responsible for your policy you nit. And your "professional" expert has called everyone struggling to meet bills and feed themselves "whiners" who suffer from mental recession. Ok, so who does he speak for? He's your hand picked pro Johnnie Boy.

hey mccain, payback is a m.............isn't it?
But tomorrow you will not remember any of this happened. Some one will have to tell you.

This is sad

GRAMM = MCBUSH.

Wow...he essentially lost the electorate with that one, and I love it...LOL. He called all AMERICANS whiners!

People losing their houses are whiners....
People with no health care are whiners......
People losing their jobs are whiners........
Poeple losing their sons and daughters in Iraq are whiners.....
People going hungry due to high gas prices are whiners......

And this is coming from HIS HIGHEST LEVEL ECONOMY ADVISOR.

Okay, the WHINERS will show you why they "whine" in Novemember, you elitist, out of touch, fool.

But Phil Gramm is his chief economic advisor!!! This is insane. Is McCain going to say that his Defense Secretary or his Secretary of State doesn't speak for him when something goes wrong? Or his Attorney General? The truth is, advisors are interpreted as speaking for the candidate!

How much play did Obama's bitter comment get? Who is the elitist here? For all of you whiners out there that are unemployed, forclosed on, bankrupt because of medical bills, laid off due to job cuts, eat cake!

Marie-Antoinette (1755-93)

I will be distinctly angry if the press and/or the public lets this outrageous statement go, especially after the mileage Obama's opponents got out the misconstrued, out-of-context "bitter" voters remarks.

UNLIKE OBAMA'S COMMENTS:

1. This was not taken out of context as part of some hatchet job by a political opponent: this appeared in the Washington Times–perhaps the single most conservative newspaper in the country. (For this reason, Gramm's attempt to "clarify" his comments that he meant the leadership, rather than the people, is COMPLETELY BOGUS!!)

2. Phil Gramm cannot claim to speak only for himself. He is recognized as a senior adviser on economic and other domestic advisor to McCain. He doesn't go "off the clock" during a political campaign. I will be outrageous if McCain escapes taking the full brunt of the impact of this remark.

This is simply proof positive that the Repubs generally, and the McCain camp in particular, are completely out of touch with the public.

I just hope that there is at least audio and, hopefully, video of this interview. If so, then (without any hyperbole) McCain is toast

No this is not a nation of whiners, this is a nation of Oprah zombies.

The problem is when McCain does not do a very good job of talking for him self and often when he does he ends up looking stupid. Maybe he should find someone to speak for him that has a better hand on the pulse of reality and the needs of Americans.

Right, and you don't speak for Bush.

Obama '08

McCan't and his campaign misspoke again.....The media never attacks or criticizes him like they do Barack or Hillary....Lets see how long this will stay in the media

He's right BUSH does. Liberman Does, everyone on the right does. If you had a thought in his head that was his own oops he would be voting for Obama.

UNLESS he's talking about screwing homeowners so that big banks can rob them blind!

... except when he speaks for him which he clearly did when he called us all whiners.

Another one thrown under the bus by McCain.

I did (Previously) advise you to get rid of your ignorant surrogates, did I not?

DEMOCRATS UNITE!!!

yo "truth hurts".... gramm did two things, called us a nation of whinners, which you acknowledge that people are doing that (i agree) and then gramm discounts all that is wrong. SO people whine (which, by the way is what envronmental lobbiest's do best) and carry on because that's all these frumps understand. the value of good judgement isn't doing what is good for the people anymore, the value is in how much money somebody lines their pockets with or how loud they whine, because if you quiet a whinner, you get votes. Gramm should go away and bake cookies. McCain should step down and apologise for wasting our time. obama should bow toward mecca and we should put ANYONE but one of these two in office.

Harrison Ford played the president pretty good in Air Force One. Let's ask him!

Am I the only one thinking of collecting all of this material in a blooper, with circus music and a laughing Joker...? On another thing...did he not understand the viagra question or did he not want to discuss any use of viagra and decided to duck the issue?

McCain, you are a FAKE. You can't be trusted. Your friend & advisor probably misspoke, you shouldn't dismiss him so easily. Sir you are a Lie and a fraud. You will say anything & betray anyone in order to get elected. WAKE UP OLD FOOL IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN.

And how about Obamas vote for the wiretap. these things are news not the Rev said this, gram said that. how about wheres that big economic speach Obama was going to make this week you know the 5 part thing we heard about all last week

Wait. isn't this the same man who's campaign came out after wesley clark and blamed Obama saying that if Obama could not control his "people" then how would he control the country? Truer words have NEVER been spoken....but ihm...they should have been used to refer to Mccain. he changes every few minutes. The same thing is being done as what happened with Obama but since it's his campaign, then there should be no problem. smh Idiot!

Obama says we don't need another Dr. Phil; many other people think we don't need another "Hussein". Making comments about people's names works both ways sometimes...

You Obamites are so predictable: "senility", "alzheimer moment", the list goes on. You are a pathetic bunch of name-calling twits, led by your head-whiner. Obama only has experience in mocking and belittling the ideas of others. Yet he never offers any concrete ideas. Empty suit, empty head.

Yes he does ... you don't know anything about the economy.

Phil Gramm kicked to the curb ... that's cold John.

No, Joe Lieberman speaks for you when he stands behind you whispering corrections into your ear as you screw up over and over.

Face it, you are too old for this job. You can't even remember what you voted for and didn't vote for, how can you possibly protect this country?

I am a bit offended at how quickly we have seemed to move away from this issue and how we are seemingly accepting Gramm's explanation and McCain's repudiation as authentic without even the least amount of scrutiny yet there are STILL articles being written about General Clark's and Reverand Jackson's comments, two men that do NOT work as advisers to Obama's campaign. How are people supposed to make an honest choice in the election without honest coverage? Either cover the surrogates "missteps" equally and honestly, or don't cover them at all!

X staunch republican, a vote for Barr is a vote for McCain, you just don't get it.

Dear McBush, Who does speak for you, since on the economy you admit you can't speak for yourself. Maybe Carl Rove would speak for you if he didn't have to be under oath.

McCAIN'S WIFE SPENDS MORE IN ONE MONTH THEN THE ADVERAGE FAMILY IN AMERICA MAKES IN A YEAR. HOW CAN YOU KNOW ABOUT A MONEY STRUGGLE IF YOU NEVER HAD ONE.

i think gramm was talking about upset hillary supporters.

Amen Brian!

"Nation of whiners" is clear!

But, why is it that Wesley Clark speaks for Obama, yet Phil Gram (his economic advisor) does not???

Clueless elitists! These guys have no idea what it is like to pay bills and try to put together a budget for your family.

I am sure we can expect great represenatation from them!

mcCaiNewsNetwork THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR #1 STORY ON YOUR WEBSITE.

Why Did we have to dig through your website for this story?????

If This was an Obama Campaign Comment this would have been BREAKING NEWS!

Here's what everyone's missing: Phil Gramm is right. We're not in a recession. The economy is flat. It happens. This generation knows nothing about hardship or sacrifice. These days, the instant something mildly adverse happens, everyone whines that the government should fix all of our problems.

What McCain meant to say is:

Phil Gramm does not speak for me –
George Bush does......

Your top economic adviser does not speak for you but Wes Clark speaks for Obama???

John Mccain – I don't know much about the economy.

Phil Graham – All the economic hardships (4 – soon 5 dollar gas) foreclorues, job loss, etc. It's all in the mind, Americans are delusional.

And this is still a race?

We deserve these guys, we might just have another 4-8 years of Bush!

TO CNN,
WHATEVER WE WRITE IN THIS SECTION, CNN'S COMMENT IS
"your comment is awaiting moderation".
HA.........................

Sure...but the Rethugs will tell you all day long that Rev. Wright speaks for Obama though...whatever! We know McShame is completely out of touch with the American people.

TO CNN,
I EXPECT YOU DO ACCEPT MY COMMENT LIKE ANY OTHER COMMENTS MAKE ON THIS SITE.
OTHERWISE, PLEASE START MENTIONING THAT ALL COMMENTS WILL BE SELECTED AND APPROVED BY CNN.

So, exactly what is Obama's plan then? So far the only thing I could gather about his solution to the economy is 'whine, whine, whine' and of course 'blame republicans.'

THIS OLD GRANDPA JOHN McCAIN, IS ALREADY PROVING THAT HE IS WORSE THAN DISASTER GEORGE BUSH.
BEST ADVICE FOR OLD MAN JOHN McCAIN, JUST JOIN IDIOT GEORGE BUSH, WHO PUT AMERICAN IN CURRENT DISASTER, AND RETIRE WITH HIM ANYWHERE YOU LIKE.
YOU BOTH DESERVE EACH OTHER. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY AMERICA CAN BE SAVED.

What do you mean he doesn't speak for you??? HE'S YOUR ECONOMIC ADVISOR!!!

He was HIRED to speak for you and to write your economic policy! Not only hired, but he is the LEAD of your economic advisors. The LEAD of your economic advisory team, who DOES speak for you, just said that the recession is in our HEADS and we should stop WHINING!!!

So the LEAD of your team for the BIGGEST issue concerning America today just told America to SHUT UP!?! This should be as big a story as Obama's pastor! This is McCain's LEAD ECONOMIC ADVISOR for crying out loud! He's the one who will be telling McCain all he needs to know about the economy since McCain has already admitted he doesn't know much!!!

These are the blunders of the mind, or not. I don’t know this man.

"america is a nation of whiners" .....what about our brave sons and daughters fighting overseas?are they whiners ,too?they are losing their homes and families to this economic crises ,too!and you want them to keep fighting for you,so, you dont want to give them well-deserved benefits,when they come home!shame!

What I cannot understand is WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT DEMANDING THAT McCAIN DENOUNCE AND DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM GRAMM.

If this was one of BARACK'S ADVISORS there would have IMMEDIATELY been DEMANDS RIGHT LEFT AND CENTER for BARACK TO FIRE THIS MAN! Why does the same principles NOT APPLY TO McCAIN?

Thank you, Phil Gramm, for having a cranky moment of truth and giving us a good look into the economic policymaking of the McCain - need I say the McSAME - campaign. Consider your elite self outed, McSame.

am sure he doesn't speak for him, that is why he is,national campaign co-chair for his campaign

McCain do you actly think that the people of the USA are stupid??? Do you think that you can say anything and we will say OK??? McCain you are a joke and your world is falling do around you…. And all your likeminded people.

Really?? Not speaking for you but whom did he spoke for? Is it John McCline? lol...

HEY MCCAIN TELL YOUR PEOPLE THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IS NOT IN OUR HEAD BUT IN OUR WALLET

Good job my man.. McCaline, your campaign co-chair needs more counseling or a special training.. unqualifier.

I wonder who speaks for John McShame?.........Bush, Lieberman?........because this man is losing his memory!!!!!

McBush cannot tell who his economic adviser his from yesterday...DONT TRUST THIS MENTAL PATIENT WITH THE PRESIDENCY!!!!!!

NOT THIS TIME!!!!

ONLY A FOOL WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's McCain's campaign co-chair but he doesn't speak for McCain's campaign? How does that work?

Why is it that everyone who doesn’t speck for McCain is on his payroll help him write policy??? Why! And then McCain acts like he doesn’t know what is going on in his own camp? Is this a case of McCain aging brain or just him kicking himself in the azz because everyone around him is showing his and their true colors?

Suuurree he doesn't wink, wink...

Lisa's comments worth repeating:

McCain is…..Mr.Yes

Yes……………..to war!

Yes………………to lobbying!

Yes………………..to everything Bush wants!

Yes………………….. to the Keating 5.

Yes………………………..to taking away women's rights!

Yes……………………………..to not giving Veterans more when they have earned it!..

But this election.. the people are syaing nooooooooooooooo to McBush!

Senator McCain,

Just remember (if Phil Gramm remains on your staff).....

"This Nation of Whiners will be heading to the election booths." We won't forget!

the guy posing as me is a republican plant sent here by mccain to manipulate the blogs.he has done this for two days ,now,and i think he is really ARB,so i recommend people use an anonymous name on this blog.there are stalkers out there.from now on comments by mitchell martin will not belong to me.thank you cnn ,for letting people comment false remarks on folks good name.from now on you can recognize my comments by the new name anonymous.

Wow! John McMonger admits he knows nothing about the economy. Now his top economic adviser proves to be an elitist idiot so McBush distances himself.... so who would balance the budget???

Sorry, it's not all in my head. And it's not my fault either (sorry you Republicants can't blame the victim)...the area where I live has been loosing jobs and its overall economy since 2001 (coincidence?). No one I know has lost their house due to over-borrowing. Those who could actually afford it (not many of us) made wise decisions. Guess what, we're still paying too much for milk, gas, and everything else.

I had more job security and higher wages in 1999 ...and now I have 10 more years of experience in my profession and it's even harder to find a job that lasts longer than a few months.

It's the economy stupid...and it's not in our imagination.

John McCain's new catchphrase: "let them have beer"

Why did McCain have Gramm on his staff considering [b]Gramm's wife was on Enron's board of directors[/b]...plus while on McCain's staff was [b]paid as a lobbyist to promote predatory lending practices[/b].

cnn -why do you post the comments that someone is making under my name,but,not posting comments that I actually make myself?are you manipulating my comments yourself or is this the work of some republican,manipulating the blog?

Gramm forgot that the rich don´t belong to the whiners. So it´s only 95 % of the US whom he adresses.

Okay.. we'll see what happens to our country when you elect Obama. See how you complain about the economy, taxes, job losses, and handouts to those from other countries and those that don't want to work! For 7 years the economy has been GREAT. Funny, now that we have a democratic congress in place ...the statistics speak for themselves. You dont know how good you have it but just wait!

another reason to start donating our HARD EARNED money to Mr. Obama´s campaign....we will beat the repuhnants with our dollars and cents not LOBBYISTS and independent groups money....mc cheek created the loophole in his own campaign finance bill and is using it right now.

we the whiners in the U.S. of A. are UNITED

How many people are we going to collect under the bus come november ?
This political season is amazing!

Where in the Constitution does it say that a person to be elected as President need to have foreign policy experience? Where does it say you have to have ANY experience at all to be President of the United States? Last time I checked the Constitution, it reads that a person ONLY has to be 35 years of age or older and have been born in the U.S... There should be a cap on how old someone is who can run. He'd be put out to pasture as a corporate CEO. Seems to me that McCain wasn't born in the U.S., but on a ship in the Panama Canal. So I guess his money is from where, his wife? His oil buddies, Cheney and Halliburton? Being older doesn't mean your right, he needs to be steadied by Cindy everytime he walks down stair or steps, just watch videos of him, he is feable and weak!

aware.. McCain has no goals and outdated priniciples. He constantly refers to himself as being a Reagan soldier, which the last time I heard the Reagan presidency was full of holes, lies and scandals. Anyone remember Iran-Contra? Anyone remember the Keating 5, in which McCain was fully involved in, and probably bought his way out of trouble. A McCain presidency is a ticket for WW3 and America soon to be a 3rd world nation! McCain has a lot of anger built up from his time as a POW and he has a itchy trigger finger..

Yeah, well, Obama can mock all of the "whiners" as much as he wants, but he is one of the policy-makers, and those are the ones who are supposed to debate and legislate the country out of this near-recession that we are in. Oil prices, housing/mortgages, weak dollar, budget deficits, national debt, negative balance of trade, energy deficiencies all make up the increasingly dismal economy that we are experiencing, and if Obama – or George Bush or John McCain or Nancy Pelosi or the other 99 senators and the 435 representatives – are not part of the solution then they are definitely part of the problem. Since we have had no real solutions to lead us out of these trying times, then we can only presume that these authority figures can't get the job done. I guess we have to vote for either Obama or McCain, but I certainly don't see any pots of gold anywhere, not to mention not seeing even a rainbow for that matter. At no time in our history, even during recent elections, has it been more appropriate to say: "it is the economy, stupid." That pronoun includes all of the above!

ALL THE POLITICAL POSTURING ,CAMPAIGNING ARE NOT WORTH A CUP OF BEANS ,WHEN THE IRANIANS ARE LAUNCHING MISSILES AND DEFIANTLY RUSHING HEADLONG ON ARMING THEIR MISSILES WITH NUKE WARHEADS.. IT APPEARS TO US THAT IT IS THE ELEVENTH HOUR AND ACTION
MUST SOON REPLACE DIPLOMACY AS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IRAN FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY WHICH MEANS
IT IS WELL NIGH INTO MIDNITE AND MINUTES ARE TICKING AWAY
FROM OUR ADVANTAGES AGAINST A COMPLETE AND OVERWHELMING VICTORY IN AN INEVITABLE WAR WITH IRAN
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO REALIZE THAT IRAN WILL NOT YIELD TO ALL THE SANCTIONS THAT EUROPE AND THE U.S. CAN MUSTER AGAINST IT. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AMEIRCA AND ISRAEL WILL START A WAR AND RISK GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISES FROM THE OIL; SHORTAGES THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW ANY MILITARY ACTION. ARE OUR HANDS TIED DOWN WITH THIS THREAT FROM THE IRANIANS...THE IMMEDIATE BLOCKING OF THE HORMUZ STRAITS?

WELL,HE AIN'T SPEAKING FOR OBAMA ,LIMP NOODLE!

uummmmhh.......he just did.

Caycee July 10th, 2008 4:53 pm ET

Well, there goes Phil Gramm under "the straight talk bus".
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Yeah, just like Weird Al's hit: "Another One Rides The Bus!"

These comments confirm that this is a nation of whiners.

We should believe it when McCain distances from Gramm. But there are many Gramms all around the GOP. McCain can´t stay always a maverick so he has to listen to his party !

Think about it PUMA people. Think about how stupid McCain and his campaign are. Think about the dreadful military actions he will take, the horrible supreme court appointments he will make. If you just stop and think, without anger, you will realize that Obama is the right person for the job. It's too bad that Hillary lost, but in Obama vs. McCain, Obama is the right choice for the country.

aware: John McCain is a fraud (Keating 5–and likely more we don't yet know about), a liar and a misogynist. He requires an earpiece with Leiberman not too far behind to tell him what to say.

Let's not think of the election as Obama or McCain, it is simply democrats vs. republicans. The way some republican seats–even on a state level are being tossed out in favor of democrats, It's unlikely a rebublican will be elected to the white house again–no matter how many times you and your neocon friends on these posts try to tear down Obama/democrats. The numbers–and the concerns of the American people, are not favoring republicans, so save yourself a visit to the ER when you run yourself out of oxygen.

aware:
The difference is, that many of us ARE bitter, which means that Obama was at least partly correct.

But do you think that we ARE a nation of whiners? Well, do you???

Economically speaking, Dr. Phil Gramm was right. Recession was usually caused by psychological factors. The unemployment rate is only 5.5%. But when the economy is not doing well, other 94.5% with jobs will cut spending too. The election also makes things worse. Food and energy prices are going up. That is true. But for most people, food and energy expenses are only small parts of their expenses.

But Dr. Gramm was a long time Senate. He should know better he could not say this. It is politically incorrect.

Funny how HYPOCRITICAL McCain and the rest of the republic are. when Barak Obama makes comments that are taken out of context, or when other people "close" to Obama says thing, they jump down thier throat, attempting to wipe the floor with them. However Phil can stand there and say the fact that I have lost over $6,000 in my 401k is all in my head, and it is OK. What is wrong with these people? And further more what is wrong with these IDIOTS who cannot see that McCain is really just an older george Bush. He might be new to the game, but Obama is what America really needs to turn this country around, not George Bush x3. Stop the madness people, how much longer can the regular guy suffer? Cindy MCCain is worth billions, you think she care about the price of gas or a loaf of bread? I don't think so!

Don't forget – Phil Gramm's wife sat on the board of Enron when Enron folded. When all the Enron stuff went down, Phil decided not to run for re-election of his Senate Seat. He was given a seat on the Board of Regents of Texas A&M instead. In fact, Phil Gramm's wife was a member of the Board of Director's Audit Committee, so she knew all about how Enron cooked the books and did nothing.

Phil Gramm received millions in donations from Enron. If Phil Gramm is advising McCain on economics, it's only a matter of time before the 'so called media' ties the Enron failure to Gramm, and then it'll tie to McCain too.l

You go McCain...just remember your stance in 2000 and 2004...you were a Maverick and we all want the old McCain back. It is time for you to speak your own mind and do not let any one else do it for you. You are "OUR BEST HOPE" to turn this country around and we believe in you. Please speak your own mind like you did in 2000 and 2004 and you will wrap up this election. One suggestion... how about Hillary for Vice President!!! Good Luck John and I love your wife Cindy..she is great.... from a Democratic Latino voting for McCain.....

What he should have said is that Democrats and Obamabots are the nation of whiners because that is all Democrats and Obamaacolytes have done since 2000.

You are a bunch of whiny whiner crybabies!!!!!

Go McCain!

repudiate schemudiate, this is pure Rovian Republican Tactics 101-let someone else say the nasty stuff, then you can just repudiate it and the dumbdumb whiners will just let it slide.

every week mccain gets more and more out of touch with reality, this week he wants to kill the iranians with cigarettes and doesnt know enough about viagra and birth control to answer a VERY simple question?!?!

he CHOSE to have Pig Gramm as his economic advisor, and it's YET ANOTHER exptremely poor decision made by a guy who wants to run MY country--I DONT THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think something VERY sinister is up with the neoCONs, they hate mcCON and havent gotten near as nasty as we all KNOW they will--they either have some kind of extremely nasty october surprise planned (that WILL kill americans, and most likely on our own soil), or they are busy bribing and blackmailing their best choice for VP to either take over after mcCON croaks or steamrolls right over his presidency.

something very UGLY is going to happen b/c of the vile neoCONs. people thought we were paranoid and crazy when we talked about the war being about oil and cheney's connection to haliburton, and those things are now common knowledge!

and one more thing, WHY ISNT CARL ROVE IN JAIL YET?!?!?!?!?!!?!!?

talk about arrogant and ELITIST, the neoCONs have cornered the market on that one!!!!!!!!!!

Hmmn, If Gramm is the McCain campaign economic adviser he does speak for him...

You appointed him your chief economic adviser, John. He speaks for you. Stop trying to sidestep his remarks.

Clerk said something and it is on McCain's website as if Obama himself said those words.. and now McBush's own adviser insults us Americans and "Phil doesnt speak for me!!"

What is BIG Hypocrit

Hypocrit
hypocrit
hypocrit
hypocrite!!!!!!!

Phil Graham is just like Karl Rove. They think the rest of the country is just mistaken about the economy. Phil thinks, and I am using this in the loosest of possible interpretations, that a family getting a house repossesed and not able to pay for both medication and food is just a bunch of whiners. Rove, in turn, says that he is above both the rule of law and the mandates of the congress.
These people are Republican leaders. They are the kind of people who have led us from a budget surplus to downward spilaling economy. And now they want to put a candidate in office who knows even less about the economy than the current idiot. I am having trouble see an up side to this.

Aware, which article are you responding to, because your comments don't belong here. And if this doesn't show that McCain will say anything to get elected, even if it means dissing his own economic adviser, nothing will.

Look who is talking the double talk express if you do not agree with him why is he your adviser then, why don't you reject and fire him. Old man at your age you should be at church praying for all of us not lying just to be a president. MCshame, McLie,Mcwarmonger it you can not do it time to quit.

this is SOOOOOOO much worse than the "bitter" comment.

WHINER-GATE!!!!!!!!!!

And so, Obama mocks Gramm-he is always mocking someone. We do not need apologies nor denouncing; candidates say stupid things sometimes but they should not be judged by what others say. The media needs to be objective and just let the voters decide; the candidates need to stop apologizing, denouncing, and expecting others to apologize.

This is the guy who is supposed to lend Senator McCain an air of credibility on the economy. He most certainly does speak for the senator, until he is "cut loose."

McCain is smart to do this..........not so smart to hire him in the first place though.

His national campaign co-chair does not speak for him? That is a campaign in disarray. They should be completely sync'ed up and the co-chair should be able to speak on his behalf. Of course, picking Gramm, in the first place, was a move of political expediency.

He used the phrase "Nation of whiners." Doesn't that mean everybody?

Everytime someone says or does something the people don't like, they don't speak for you, or you don,t agree with them but the next thing we turn our backs your seen doing something with them again.(LIKE BUSH)

He actually does speak for you. You gave him a title and a position so that he could speak for you.

McCain 08 – forget the guy whose only value is to win!

The great pretender, Obama, mocks everyone. He thinks all Americans are stupid. He doesn't just pick on Blacks or Hispanics. He picks on those bitter...Whites too!

After all, no one should have the audacity to question the great one with his wealth of experience at obfuscation and manipulation.

Obama has absolutely no moral center or core principles!

I'M NOT MENTAL!I'M EXTREMELY IRATE!I WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU,BUT,THIS IS THE LAST STRAW!I THOUGHT YOU WOULD PROTECT OUR COUNTRY,BEING A MILITARY HERO,AND ALL!INSTEAD YOU AND YOUR TOP ECONOMIC ADVISOR ARE GOING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY FROM WITHIN!WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID OF TERRORIST,WHEN YOUR ECONOMIC ADVISOR CALLS AMERICA A "NATION OF WHINERS".NO MATTER HOW LONG I'VE LOYALLY SUPPORTED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,THIS WILL NOT STAND!I AM NOW SUPPORTING BOB BARR!

Mr. Teleprompter Obama, we know all about your
"economics".

We know how your wife got an almost $200,000 raise after
you took office.

We know how you helped the slumlords get rich while the poor in your own community suffered.

Obama, you are a phony.

That would be fine if you could remember your "script"

Let me tell you about mental recession. For the first time in my life of 57 years, I'm a single parent, without a job, with a great fixed 5.5 mortgage, UNEMPLOYED

No Country for Old Men!
He's a 'fake' conservative and we know it.

He so delusional he thinks everyone is 'my friends...'

McCainiacs are mad because there's a black man stealing their show.

I guess he only speaks for you when it suits you? Not buying it. Especially since it is similiar to comments you have made before.

A wise man once said, "How dumb can you get and still breath?", aparently as dumb as the McCain camp!!!!

Phil Gramm is right. We are whiners. Look at these boards everyday. Guess what ? All these poeple making decisons in Washington, the people voted for. You want change, than start with yourself.

If David Axelrod of Obama's campaign had said something like this....

I mean seriously. This is getting so ridiculous and it is only July. What is it going to take to make people wake up to see that McCain is more of the same?

They spent a month talking about Obama's "bitter" non-controversy (which I agreed with, you bet i'm pissed about $4+ gallon) and called Obama an elitist (uh huh, grew up on food stamps and had to earn his way into college). Oh well, my mind was made up last Feb. I sure hope this turns some more people.

Obama/Sebilius 2008/2012.

> So, McCain repudiates these comments and the Obamabots are
> still attacking him.

Do us all a favor and look up "repudiate" in the dictionary. I don't think you understand what that word means. McCain said he disagrees with Sen. Gramm.

So if your top economic adviser doesn't speak for you on economics and your campaign co-chair doesn't speak for you, then why does what Gen. Clark have to be denounced by the Obama campaign. Lets be fair now.

Obama 08

The shoe's on the other foot now, isn't it? How's that working for you, McCain?

McCain advisers keep making comments then McCain repudiates them. What is this? I really don't mean that...wink wink. If he can't keep his advises in line how is he supposed to control an entire administration. Come on!

hey John, my boss just called me to tell me that my health benefits are being suspended because i have not averaged 30hrs a week. i work in the service industry...and we are hurting....who will speak for me? YOU? I THINK NOT!!!!!
Peace America now i am off to work to try to save my benefits.

Obama 08

Lets get some equality here. If your economic adviser and campaign co-chair doesn't speak for you, then why did Obama get slammed for remarks by General Clark. Please.

Obama 08

Hello, Hello, is there still a World out there???

As usual, McCain is letting someone voice his thoughts on an issue, then on gaging the effects, distancing himself from the comment. He can say that it wasn't his comment, but they echo his earlier remarks about the psychological state of the American public.
Wake up, McMillions - the misery is REAL. Pretty soon, we won't have enough money to buy Cindy's beer!

McCain = Bush's Third Term. Come'on America, say it with me: No Bush Third Term!

Casey in CA.

Well, there goes Phil Gramm under "the straight talk bus".

Given some of McCain's more idiotic comments such as "bomb bomb bomb Iran" and joking about killing off Iranians by means of selling cigarettes, he would do well to not speak for himself and let others talk for him. Either way, he comes off looking like he is clueless and out of touch with the rest of America.

those are fighting words ,this year,mcsimple!you,'my friend',are going to retirement after YOUR campaign team's remark!one guy ,on this blog supports you,and he's obsessed with hillary!so ,you kept one vote here,today.

McCain speaks for himself, listen to the man. Did Wright speak for Obama, I think not. Look at the facts, vote for the right canidate. Too often votes are cast for the heart. How did we get a Democrate controlled Congress? We voted against the war and the President. The Congress controls the budget and the economy, what has the new congress done? Nothing. Lets just blame the President.

Man, this is really distrubing! How are we supposed to trust these to fix this broken economy when they don't even think there's a problem?

Gramm said he that he was trying to say the nation’s leaders, not its people, were “whiners.”

“The whiners are the leaders, hell, the American people are victims, but it didn’t quite come out that way in the story,” Gramm said.

"I said we are in a mental recession. We keep getting the steady drumbeat of bad news ... it's become a mental recession," said Gramm

“I don’t agree with Sen. Gramm,” McCain said.
“Phil Gramm does not speak for me,” “I speak for me.”

McShame, the state of the economy is not mental to the people of this nation. We are indeed feeling the pain of this economy. If you can not understand what this economy is doing to us then why should we even consider voting for you. You will not be ale to fix the the economy when according to you you donot understand the economy. Also, if Phil does not speak for you WHY IS HE ON YOUR TEAM!!!!!!

FLIP-FLOPPING MCSAME

which off this is more offensive? Whinner Gate or Bitter Gate.

Senator McCain does not know much about the economy so he surrounds himself with economic brains who are supposed to be doing the economic talk.

But interestingly when they lay out the campaigns economic perceptions they are told they don't speak for Senator McCain.What irony!Much i do about straight talk.

So it is alleged that the economic hardships the nation is facing today is nothing but a figment of imagination.And to think this tought is coming from a group that is auditioning to lead this nation for the next 4 years.What is going on here?

The last paragraph says that McCain invokes a "pop culture" reference when referring to "Dr. No." Pop culture? That just shows how old and out of touch he is. A 40 year old movie is not "Pop Culture!" LOL

There goes McCain again–he's always shocked about his advisors stupid comments. Unlike the "bitter" comment or Wright crap this will be forgotten in a moment by the media. I'm sure it won't be mentioned at all on Fox Noise.

yea, how about energy?

We have a BUTT TON of square miles that have been available for this 'exploration' for YEARS now, well over seven years. But what did the republicans do this whole time? They want more and aren't even doing a darn thing with what they already have. Get off your rumps and actually DO something rather then ask for more of what you already can't handle. If they had done ANYTHING starting seven years ago they wouldn't be sitting around whining about not having energy. A little too little, alot too late!

Republicans have fouled America and should be brought to trial. November is judgement day, let America vote for conviction.

Obama '08

THIS is exactly why conservatives dno't like or respect John McCain, and why so many will hold their noses when casting a ballot against Obama. (Conservatives won't vote FOR McCain, rather AGAINST Obama.)

What Gramm said, while not politically correct, is indeed factually correct. And true to form, McCain throws him under the bus or the sake of political expediency. Be a man, John. You're a former POW, for God's sake... grow a pair and don't be afraid of offendnig the sensibilities of whining ninnies.

When political correctness gets in the way of speaking the harsh, ugly truth, consider yourself neutered.

McCain – if you can't control the people working for you, then how can you control the situation for the American public? I think those were your words to Obama.

A bunch of rich elitist who think nothing is wrong with the country. Didn't McCain just whine about Fannie Mae. It's all in his mind. How about we fire all the CEO's and let the managers run the company? The CEO's are the reason why the mortgage industry is a mess.

Liar, liar, pants on fire McCain!!! Yes he does speak for you and we are listening. You are not going to sweep this on under the rug you out of touch flip flopping elitist!!! We hard working Americans are not amused and you need to expain your choice of advisors and tell us why should we believe you anymore.

I was better off two years ago when I received a raise every year because business was good.

Now, all I see is higher prices across the board. More unemployment and I, unlike the others are taking into consideration all those that have RUN OUT OF BENEFITS and are no longer counted as, "unemployed" for the monthly stat figures.

Heating costs are going to be rising shortly and forget about health care.

Signed,

A bitter whiner

Jesse Jackson told it like it is--Obama is now in favor of the same handguns that are killing blacks every day-over 500 gunned down since the beginning of the year in Chicago--

Obama is in favor of anything that he thinks will get him the white vote-but guess what? It's not happening and the polls show it-

Phil Gramm is absolutely correct when calling this “a nation of whiners.” It holds true for the people of this great nation, its elected officials, and the media who fuels socialist thought. We have become a country of entitlement where it is expected that the government will solve all our ills and provide for our quality of life. This nation deserves what it gets when it elects an Obama who will raise taxes, increase debt by enlarging existing entitlement programs and creating even more than Bush has, and will weaken our foreign diplomacy. But at least the media will see the “real change” it keeps hyping.

For once some one has hit the nail on the head. I hear so much whining about every subject there is. If people would use the energy that it takes to whine to take some possitive action they would see a world of difference. Politicans are a leading factor in the whining business followed by the news media. OB (stinkey) is one of the bigest whiners carring his message ? to thousand of people who whine along with him. By the way did you hear OB (stinkey) suggest we learn Spanish? He has something up his sleeve besides his arm. OB (stinkey) also voted along with HC against making the English language the American language. Well like the guy who states that English is spoken here, don’t get me started.

BYE BYE GERIATRIC ELITISTS! Go home and have Momma buy you another jet...

I hope the people from ENRON come out in droves against Phil GREED. How dare he say such a thing. Does he think nobody remembers that he was involved in the Enron scandal? McCain is really losing it. Americans please use your brain this time around. Lord, I think I might have to seriously start researching living in Canada, and I love my country, but I'm not going to let these greedy robots take away my life.

CNN, why are you not letting comments on to defend Gramm?

“First, American is NOT in a recession, and any who thinks we are, doesn’t know what he is talking about. A recession is defined and 3 quarters of economic decline. In the last quarter, the economy grew by a half of percent, I do blieve. So, technically, we are not in a recession.”

Right on principle, wrong on facts.

The technical definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters with negative real growth (GDP typically), not three; although you are correct in that we are not in a technical recession.

Last quarter growth was a modest 1% which was revised up from May’s 0.9% and the original figure was 0.5%.

I put out the bat symbol.......We need a super hero. Where is Alan Greenspan? Maybe he can come out of retirement to help out the economy.

Brooke..why WOULDN'T McCain repudiate his comments? He is running for President of a country with a weak economy...wouldn't you repudiate the comments too?

The Bigger question is WILL MCCAIN FIRE HIS TOP ECONOMIC ADVISOR FOR BEING SO INSENSITIVE TO ALL OF US WHINING VOTERS????

Mccain already has one weasel as his mouthpiece [Lie-berman ] what would two big mouth weasels do for you . Gramm [ The Texan with brown eyes] . I think all those past and presnt GOP and independent senators need a week in the minneapolis airport as guests of Larry Craig to try and STRAIGHTEN things out before they make there usual fools of themselves. Gramm needs to be tried and put in jail. He has been a crook most of his life.

Is McCain Stupid?

Obama 08

Brooke,

If this had been Obama, we won't have heard the end of it from people like you. Stop lying.

Yeah I got it he does not speak for you, so voters should note that all your economical proposal is FAKE because he helped you put it together!

FAKE CHIEF ECONOMY ADVICER = FAKE PROPOSAL!

FAKE ECONOMIC PROPOSAL VOTERS SHOULD NEVER BELIEVE IN!!!!

Thank You Sen. "Flip Flopper" "Panderer" McCain We now Got It!

So, this the new and improved McCain campaign.
Carly come on.

McCain is out of control. How out of touch is this guy and his team?

Phil doesn't but George W does, or at least sets the agenda for you.

How does he not speak for McCain when he is one of his top advisors?????

Mr. McCain stop being a hypocrite by saying Mr. Gramm doesn't speak for m, I've worked on campaign before and each camp will have an advisor whose job is to say outrageous comments and the candidate to say I don't agree with this person views. If you don't agree with what they say kick them out of your campaign. That will teach the surrogate to shut the hell up and be more careful of what they say in American politics I’ve heard so many apologies at this point it doesn’t mean anything anymore. I wonder whose cam is an Elitist “ American are whiners” if in a short period of time the price of food , food and gas have gone up but yet your pay doesn’t go up at the same rate you would start whining to. When you don’t leave pay check to pay check I can see why you wouldn’t whine, sorry to have disappointed you Mr. Gramm

If you are wondering how we got into the housing mess, I have a name for you...Phil Gramm. He is the guy that lobbied for all the loopholes in the mortgage regulation. And now he works for McCain.

WOW. That is amazing. You economic advisor does not speak for you.

Might be time to look around for a different economic advisor. It is better to change horses in mid stream, then to drown.

Typical, McCain! Again, showing poor judgement on his part. Probably has mostly to do with his age and senility.

Exactly, why is he your advisor. This is a guy who needs to stay out of the White House.

Is this a "for real" election?
I can't believe McCain's campaign is this out of touch.

Open foot and insert foot McSame!!!! The bigger question is why would McSame get advice from and economic advisor to fix the ecomony for a bunch of whiners who are in a mental recession any way? Now we know just how your campaign It was a slap in the face of every hardworking American and is insulting.

He does speak for you, like the rest of your Swift Boaters. The reality is you just don't have the guts to say things yourself because you are too busy pandering for votes, you old warmonger!!!

Well, let's see if you'll post this in this forum?! Obviously, the "moderator" only likes far left viewpoints on your comments.

Love how 99% of these comments are all one-sided, clearly very "balanced" people. Obama and the Democrats have been screaming the economy is tanking all year! The Congressional "Do Nothing about Anything" Democrats chirp constantly that everything is Bush's fault (so why is their approval rating at 9%?). Get over it people! The credit crisis was caused by banks lending to people they had no business lending to and the gas "crisis" is caused by 20+ years of the environmental lobbies blocking every kind of affordable solutions to our energy usage. If the Republican Congress had been true to their principles and effective legislators we wouldn't be in this mess of having complete incompetents running the government! The American people got fed up and threw the baby out with the dirty bath water and now all we have left are the bath toys! We need real leaders not mealy-mouthed whiners!

Funny how McCain surrounds himself with people that don't speak for him.

But whose idea is it to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? If our troubles are mental, why is their's real? They must be delusional. Send them Cymbalta, or better yet, Aricept. If their brains were sharper, their lending practices would have been wiser. Send us back our Moolah.

GRAMM MUST RESIGN WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT FOR INSULTING HARD WORKING AMERICANS. HIM AND MCBUSH THINK ALIKE. WE CANNOT POSSIBLY LET THIS ONE GET SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.

THIS INSULT CAME FROM HIS MOST SENIOR ECONOMIC ADVISER.

IN FACT, I AM GOING TO START A PETITION TODAY.

Asked whether he understood beforehand the kind of political impact his statements might have, he said this outraged reactions his remarks had drawn were just part of the “game” — anytime anyone says something, said Gramm, it can be “taken out of context.”

I don't kow if taken out of context means that America is ignorant, incoherent, anxious, lazy, etc. I mean, that's what you basically said. And remember, you are a Rep, not a Dem. Just think about that...

But, he is your economic advisor, is he not? He is supposed to advise you on the economy, right? You supposedly trust his advise – but he doesn't speak for you? There's something just not right with this picture.

I'm a 24yr, and McCain & his whole campaign is scary. How can we trust a Canidate and Campaign whose message isn't in sync. Does McCain think we're gonna stand on the sidelines and watch him take office & run an Administration that isn't in sync with the nation & itself. C'mon McCain and his whole camp should give up & go relax at one of his Many Ritzy Estates....the nerve of these people!! They dare call Obama an Elitist, many young voters see right through the games the RIGHT is playing & we will show up in record numbers to Refute McCain

I'll take Phil Gramm over Reverend Wright any day

PUMA PAC

Isn't it odd how McSame sends sacrificial goats out to bleat his TRUE message only so he can quickly 'disavow' them and play the Republican maverick ?
McSame probably scripted every word out of Gramm's mouth.

I do agree with Phil Gramm.

It's all relative. Gas prices are higher... but so are the opportunities for people to increase their income.

Stop complaining and blaming others and start taking action to improve your life.

Oh... but that's too much work... go back to complaining it's easier.

So if McCain says he speaks for himself, and he says he doesn't know much about the economy, and brings Gramm on as his finacial advisor, what does that speak for?

he doesn't speak for you he's one of your top advisors if he doesn't speak for you then FIRE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH Yeah Dr. "Panderer" "Flip Flopper" McCain for sure he is speaking for you! Do not try to get off the hook whenever is inconvienent! You don't understand economy and you took him in to speak for you. You should tell women voters what you voted regarding Vigra and contraception bills, I cannot understand how you did not remember how you voted? Or you are just looking for a way to Flip Flop to a popular and safe position? Votes are now getting all those tricks of yours! Payback time is November!

Very Funny, McCain. So you speak for yourself, do you? Then we can take you at your word when you said earlier this year that you think the economy is doing well – even when gas was going up, forclosures were going up, groceries were going up, and people were losing their jobs!

Maybe your out-of-touch household can make ends meet, but REAL Americans are struggling under the economy (and war) that George W Bush created and YOU voted for – and continue to support!

How dare you even suggest that you understand what REAL Americans are feeling!

Again for those who can't read McCain did NOT say this. Obama is an idiot with a lot to learn. Vote McCain. America will be able to sleep without Obama as President.

So hey "Give BO Right Guard"? Um, Gramm said we are a "nation" of whiners. He didn't say anything about Obama whining... where did you come up with that? I think there should be a "can you count to this many" test before people can come on here and blog... you know people who talk about facts... not the "Still for Hill" people who keep forgetting the the primary's been over for a month now.

The true elitests show there hand once again.

I see Obama humble beginning and up bringing, something I can respect.

McCain / Bush and the silver spoon types have ruined this once great country. Our enemies know and are exploiting or weakness it's called GREED.... Greedy Americans are selling us all out for there own selfish gain, we must have change.

what ever McCain, you're a right wing puppet now

Now McBush is starting to make me angry. He just insulted all Americans, especially those who work hard everyday. He won't run away from this one...Gramm speaks for him because we all remember when McBush himself said that the economic crisis being faced by Americans is psychological.

CNN...you should give this a lot more air. It is unacceptable, and a real reflection of how the GOP thinks.

GRAMM + MCCAIN + BUSH = STUPID !

"The Republican Equation"

Phil Gramm doesn't speak for you but he is your campaign's Economic Advisor...........OH yea he speak to you give advice......
What are you going to do throw him under bus ........ By the way you are DR OUT TO LUNCH !

I told you McSane was senial, Mr. Gramm might not speak for him but does McSane remember when he said the economy was Pyscological not Mr. Gramm, Mr. Gramm followed up by saying we were whinners, his memory is bad and they want to put him in the White House now that is unreal thats who they need to be afraid off.

Obama 08

Graham doesn't speak for me...
Black doesn't speak for me...
And yet, they are both top advisors and Graham is even the national co-chair of the campaign...

Amazing how unscrupulous these guys have...

Of course, Gramm is 100% correct–if you're a millionaire. Proves out completely out-of-touch and uncaring the Republicans are to anyone who's not pulling in at least a million a year. Real people are struggling out there and they just don't care.

GObama!

By the way This old Fart has no Idea how to fix this economy remember he was tied to the Savings and Loan Scandal of the 80's

I know he knows how to steal.

Obama 08

When are you stupid Americans going to learn?!

The republicans have always been, 'Do as we say not as we do,' people.

Yup, keep voting for them.

Sad to say that Phil Gramm doesn't speak for you but yet he's an advisor in your campaign. What does that tell us? I like Obama's comments on Dr Phil. At least Dr Phil McGraw is a true "clinical psychology" and Phil Gramm is trying to tell us its all in our heads and nothing is wrong with the US ecomony. This is sad, do these people live in the same US of A I am in?

You go John. When he came to Michigan as the Republican running for president. He told the crowd that those automotive jobs are never coming back. Now we see the more gental side of McCain. This quote is for you. McCain/Lieberman/Keating 08! You're so clever John you're killing me. I know you meant the Iranian's!

Imagin if one of Obama's people had been this boneheaded? It would be headlines splashed across everywhere!! First the cigarette joke in regards to killing Iranian citizens, then the whole Social Security is a disgrace comment, now this! The mainstream media is glowing with bias today.

Lobbyist Phil Gramm is McCain's top economic advisor.

Straight talk?

oh and while we're throwing women's rights around, tell me, if obama gets in and muslum is the religious tone for the week, do all women have to wear scarfs, cover their heads, become uneducated, and so on? what rights go under the bus for women when obama gets in? all of them? wow, do we have a choice this round. a guy who can't remember what happened three days ago or a guy who will just add misdirection and wipe out more rights. total mess. iacocca for president. arnold for president. mr. spock for president. speed racer for president!!!! ARCHIE BUNKER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

So Mr. McStupid when the comments were made by Mr. Clark you said that the Obama camp felt that way and they should fire Clark from the campaign. What are you donna do about McPhill? Oh that's right nobody speaks for you, but everybody speak for Mr. Obama.

YOUR A HYPOCRITE AND SO IS THE MEDIA

Had someone from the Obama camp said something like that there would be countless soud -bites and a new commercial for the Republican's to air.

thank you McPhill for telling us how you Rethuglicans REALLY feel.
All of you belong in jail for robbing this country blind !!!!!

How is this economic downturn in my head?In my head. Since 2001 I watched gas go from 1.50 to $4.10 ? is that not inflation? The first hour at work I owe to exxon for getting me there. Secondly I see Fannie and Freddie are Insolvent. That means the American Government cannot pay the bonds that they are selling. we have record forclosures and everything cost more just to live. This is not in my Head its in my wallet.

Okay...so its okay for McCain to make this statment, but it was a lie when Obama said he did not agree with Rev. Wright?!? I don't get it.

Is Gramm not McCain's economic advisor?? Working closely with the candidate to form the economic policies he that he says will re-shape America? O McCain...McCain.. Somehow I think he said in public, what you are smart enough to only speak about in close, private, millionaire circles!!!

Gramm does not speak for McCain in most of the counties in Michigan. Now if were talking about the rich counties in CA, FL, PA, TX or Bergen County in NJ, that's a whole different story. Very funny my dear Senator. I love you!

Connect the dots...Phil Gramm...ENRON...

He doesn't agree with him. Then why did he hire him? This is just a bit too bizarre.

What a idiot and/or liar. Come to think of it that sounds familiar; Bush and Cheney.

why are my comments being posted? I post comments daily but they never show......why the sensorship?

It seems like the more McCain lies the more the GOP likes him, he's proving he IS one of them.

Senator Gramm is so right...this is a nation of Whiners especially from the Democratic party. That's all I see from the Obama supporters anytime anyone says anything negative about their candidate..they cry racism! They nor their candidate have the backbone to take it! Yea, let Obama raise your taxes or let Iran completely take over the Middle East and lets hear you really whine and cry then!

Hello John MacCain: Your trusted advisors are handing over the presidency to Barack Obama on a silver plata. Wake up John, wake up. I will advice you bring in more sharp brain young energetic guys on board. Do it now or it will be too late. The US economy is really bad so do not allow these guys downplay it in America.

Proverb to you, Mr. McCain as follows: A word to a wise is enough.

These comments come from McCain's economic advisor after McCain himself has said that he doesn't know much about the economy... Yeah the economy isn't that bad to Gramm because he's raking in six figures or more sitting on top of McCain's campaign. The economy doesn't mean anything to him because he can afford what he wants. That's EXACTLY what we need running the country right? C'mon America...WAKE UP!!!!!

Obama/ (I don't care if it is or isn't) Hillary '08

Mr.Mooney, you have forgotten to write an article about Senator Obama's vote (YEA) on FISA, yesterday. Coincident or another media biased? Huummmmmm!

John McCain HANDPICKED Gramm as a co-chair of his campaign specifically to advise him on the economy.

When Gramm says something about the economy, how can McCain suddenly claim his personally chosen representative on the economy does not speak for him?

The only words that come to mind to describe McCain's "statement" start with Bull and end with Something Unprintable.

How como we are not discussing more on issues such as FISA and Obama voting in favor of it? Can't find any discussion on the biggest and most important news of the past two days! Bias anyone?

This is very reminiscent of Jimmy Carter's remark before the 1980 elections that the nation's economy was gripped by a "malaise", which many people believe ultimately led to his failure to win a second term as President of the United States. When Carter made this remark, the GOP jumped all over him. Well, the shoe is now on the other foot, and it'll be amusing to watch McSame's attempts to wiggle out of this one. Malaise is defined as: "a general feeling of worry, discontent, or dissatisfaction, often resulting in lethargy." To me, there is no difference between what Carter said and Phil Gramm is now saying as part of McSame's campaign.

"With age comes intelligence and wisdom."

So does Alzheimer’s.

Well I believe McCain himself recently said something about the economic perils we are facing now are just our imaginations. I am going to vote for Obama and urge everyone else in America to do the same. The cost of food doubling and utilities and everything else are very real down here in rural Texas.

Hold on a second....Gramm said “Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day." But I just saw a McCain commercial that says "The economy is in shambles." Which is it, McSame? You can't have it both ways! Why is the media not jumping at this?!?

To some extent Gramm speaks the truth. Too many people spend and spend, getting over their heads in credit cards to buy items they don't need, taking out mortgages on houses they can't afford, etc., and then complain how bad off they are. It's all a part of the new American mentality – "Gimmee! Gimmee! Gimmee! I must have the latest and greatest." I wonder how many people are going to buy the new iPhone tomorrow even though they can't really afford it.

McCain knows this guy is his economic advisor, right?

Notice Obama isn't talking about any of his plans/solutions to the economy. All he ever does is attack republicans for breaking the economy... while not mentioning that the democrats, having had a year and a half in the congress also did NOTHING!

not speak for you, but touts his expertise and role as your advisor. you should listen to yourself sir. during the primary, every time the economy came up you made it clear that this man was your top crutch.

and then to hear your "belarus" comment...wow. we are not like your media friends and will not just chuckle and forget that you failed to answer the question. how much of a role did this man and his opinion's play in formulating your economy policy?

America, we are in a "mental recession"; brought on by this bitter, Election's "political process", and the way; the "News Media' is reporting on it.

Gramm's comments had better get the same level of coverage that Obama's "bitter" comments. I had to endure two weeks of critical coverage back then and what Gramm said is even worse. Somehow suggesting that the economic hardships are psychological is idiotic at best. McCain actually has the audacity to try to distance himself from the remarks but thats not going to work this time. The comments came from his top Economic Advisor and friend. If McCain is serious about distancing himself from the comments, he would renounce Gramm and cut any ties with him. And even then the public still will wonder just how much of this viewpoint that Gramm and McCain share.

Whatever, right he speaks for and represents McCane views; he is like others whom have said what is in their hearts. Now Mr. McCain is saying he does not speak for him...dido

McCain should take responsibility for Gramm's opinion... he went to Obama's throat after Gen. Clark (absolutely right) remarks on being under-qualified for being president... now, he should take it like man and stop whining (!) about his advisor's comments. By the way, McCain is always so contradictory and clueless went it comes to issues like the economy... this guy is a parody of a presidential candidate, he makes so easy for the guys in SNL! For real, good change: OBAMA '08!

If so funny if a surogate of Obama does something like this, McCain says they are speaking for Obama. Yet when one of his do the same thing they are not!!!
flip/flopper!!! LOL

This is brilliant – McCain gets to say, Phil Gramm, one of my advisors, doesn't speak for me. Meanwhile, we have to hear about Obama's ex-pastor, the guest pastor in Obama's ex-church, and some guy Obama was a professor with in Chicago that used to be a Weatherman.

I just LOVE how they can insist that what Obama's cousin's dog did reflects on the Obama campaign, but McCain's own advisors don't even speak for him...

Wasn't McCain the one who said Obama couldn't KEEP HIS SURROGATES IN LINE?

Sorry, but all of this is pretty comical now!

WRONG!! Your campaign, your surrogate, your words. You played it that way for Obama, and it's the same rules for you war hero.

I'd hang those words around mccains neck like a cheap wh*re.

I'd hope Senator McCain would disavow those comments. He'd be a fool not too. However, it begs the question...if Senator Obama's economic advisor's words regarding NAFTA are to be attributed to Senator Obama, then why shouldn't we attribute Senator Gramm's words, as McCain's economic advisor, to Senator McCain? If Senator McCain disagrees with Senator Gramm over the state of the U.S. economy, why does he have Senator Gramm as an economic advisor in the first place?

I'm an Obama supporter, but I don't believe Senator McCain believes that America has become a Nation of whiners like Mr. Gramm suggested. However, I do believe Senator McCain should be careful in guiding his campaign and how they react to things those in the Obama campaign say. If not, then he sets himself up to take ownership of these comments.

In some ways, Senator Gramm did the Obama campaign a favor. This rivals "Bittergate" and the comments made by Obama's economic advisor regarding NAFTA.

Gramm was right.....there are a LOT of whiners in this country, with the biggest squeals coming from those with a huge entitlement mentality, like those who live on government handouts, refuse to acquire marketable skills, and then complain about being poor.

However, it also includes those who whine because they can't afford high priced sneakers or designer jeans, don't have money to eat at restaurants or get their nails done, can't afford a new SUV, etc. These whining people are also among those with an entitlement mentality. They believe they are entitled to all those fancy things, simply because they want them. That's pretty much how teen-agers think!

As for Obama's change....probably the only change I would see from him is what little I have left in my pocket after he's through with me.

You can bet that Gramm has money and he is not a whiner. You can bet he never lost his job because it was sent to another country. How dare he say Americans are whiners. He should be proud of Americans instead of trying to degrade them. Shame on him. Maybe he should have his job taken to another country or lose his home or wonder how he is going to pay his bills then maybe he will know how it feels.

These Republicans think we are dumb this year we will not Scared in to voting for a Republican and we will hold all Politicans accountable Mcshame want to continue the same policies as Bush. The people that got caught in the devastating Katrina Hurricane are just whiners too let MCcain and Bush tell Democrats 08

McCain your an idiot. He is your TOP economic adviser .. Wont even write any more because of how idiotic McCain and his cronies are ..

Obama 08

McCain hasn't rejected the comments yet...

McCain demanded Obama fire Wesley Clark for his comments last week...

Interesting...

I AM LOOKING TO SEE IF CNN IS A FAIR BROKER AND DO THE SAME THING AS THEY DID TO WESLEY CLARKE. THIS IS EVEN WORSE. HE IS IN MCKAIN CAMPAIGN, A SENIOR ADVISOR FOR SURE.

Obama voted YES to continue funding the Iraq war. (Obama voted NO to set a timetable for withdrawal.) Obama voted YES to reauthorize the Patriot Act. Obama voted YES to legalize Bush's domestic spying program.
You can find this, and more information on the government's Senate website!

Don't you all know that these are the booming 2000's! I made a ton of cash investing in oil,military stocks, and the European Markets.
Graham is the Man, it's all in your minds. He should be Secretary of State!
McCain/Dole 08

mccain i applaud that he disavowed gramms commnet, we are judge by the company we keep. mr. gramm does not have to worry about his next meal, the house payments, his childrens education, if anyone in his family should all sick and you don't have medical insurance, and host of other problems that the average working person worries about. ( MR. REPUBLICAN YOUR ARROGAANCE OVER WHELMS ME , GOD FORBID YOU SHOULD FALL DOWN ON YOUR LUCK, IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE , AT ANY TIME BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU SAY.

We're in trouble with energy now (just read any newspaper or CNN if you have trouble understanding this comment). Obama has no plan to deal with it. Merely conserving or planning for the day when wind, solar and wave generated energy can sustain America is ludicrous. Conserving, in a best case world, may save 25% of our current usage – but I doubt we'll ever reduce by more than 5% realistically. 25% is close to science fiction. Wind, solar and wave generation is not efficient enough to produce that much energy using today's known technologies (wave is getting more promising though and geothermal can be used in volcanic areas to some extent). But none of these will be a big player for decades to come – and maybe never. Also arrays of these generators take up a lot of space and cause some pollutions of their own – and affect the local ecology of course. Hardly completely green solutions. Who's going to supply all that land. Are you ok with yet more power lines traversing all over the ecology? What about the animals displaced by the generators, the power lines and access roads and so forth? Is this all ok? These are the same issues against drilling in ANWR. And, honestly, they don't generate much bang for the buck so you'd need enormous installations. Enormous! I'm sorry, but Obama's plan is in dreamland and we're undergoing the start of profound energy problems that will affect the cost of nearly everything we use.

I can't believe that actual grown ups are not asking Obama some hard questions about what the plan is if it's not drilling for oil or developing nuclear energy!

O.K. Grampy, from what I've been hearing everyone speaks for you – Liberman, Graham and Gramm – since you are as, if not more, incapable of speaking a coherent sentence than George Bush himself, you doddering old idiot!

Its amaysn how what good for the goose is not good for the gander. If he does not speak for you then cut him loose. That has to be the most out of touch statement a politician could have ever made. When I go to the pump and pay 4.39 a gallon for gas it must be my imagination. When I drive through my neighborhood and see empty houses from foreclosures it must be my imagination. When I see people I know not at work because they lost their job it must be my imagination. If the doctor examine my head I guess they could say I have a wild imagination.

Phil Gramm has consistantly blown his mouth off and said many insanely stupid things over the years, but this one most certainly takes the cake. mental recession, indeed. there's only one person who's having a mental recession and it isn't the american public. and for mccain to sit there and allow such rubbish on his team is even more of a reason not to vote him in come november. BUT who in the he11 do we vote for? the democrates don't have anyone worthwhile! maybe nader will actaully make it this time. where's nixon when you need him? we could use a good dose of tricky dicky.

WAIT A MINUTE! Gramm is an actual adviser, just like Black, correct? So he is a PAID MEMBER of your campaign, correct? So why is it you and rest of your goons tried to say after Clark's comments that "its a pattern from the Obama campaign and their surrogates?" Isn't this a pattern coming from people who are actually IN your campaign to say things (actually very awful things) that you repudiate, then turn around and say they don't speak for me? Clark and others (who are NOT members of his official campaign) have commented get stapled to Obama no matter how many times he rejects the comments and the one member of his campaign that actually said something he didn't agree with he FIRED her? Just wondering how that works McHypocrite.

Common Sense in 08

Another thing – why is that everytime ANYONE that is a surrogate of Obama (Wesley Clark for example) says ANYTHING – it is DIRECTLY realated to Obama, but not the same when it someone in McCain's camp?

Mitt Romney's statement about global warming and disarming nukes as a LIBERAL issue – should be noticed as well if he is in the running for VP!

And McCain's top advisor especially! geez

McCain has absolutely zero-zip-zilch-nada originality.

By the end of the weekend Gramm will have been thrown under McCain's Straight Talk Express bus and blame projected. Some of that "whining" eh?

Each day McCain and his motley crew get more pathetic.

Unfortunately, that's his National Campiagn Co-Chair and his economic adviser. So much for someone who is a "Straight Talker".......

Oh, Obama is not Dr. No on everything... just yesterday he voted YES with republicans to retroactively legalize Bush's illegal domestic spying program. You can check the US Senate website if you want proof!

YOU HAVE NO SENSE HOW TO RUN THE ECONOMY MCSAME!!!

Obama's a spendthrift. He spends on lavish conventions, goes beyond his means. Why don't he try selling his 5bathroom house? He has not come up with a new solution. He has not addressed it and the people have not questioned him on this. Why? All his down is muddy the water by attacking the other candidate. He succeeded with Clinton and he hopes it will succeed with McCain. Avoid talking solutions.

Why can't the surrogates keep their mouths shut or at least think about what their saying before they say it. Senator Gramm lives in a different America than most Americans giving the fact he had a long career in the US Senate; if I was receiving a Senator's retirement pay, I might feel the same way. There is no such thing as a recession going on now; its all in our heads. I suppose $4.00+ gasoline and $5.00 for a gallon milk is nothing to whine about. Are there any working people left in America or is it just me.

Yes, and McCain himself said the economy was in great shape just a couple of months ago, when the writing on the wall was so large only a person who either completely doesn't understand economics or is totally out of touch could not see it. And you, John McCain, qualify on both counts.

McCain = economics challenged
McCain = short sighted energy policy
McCain = shoot first, ask questions later foreign policy
McCain = out of touch with the American people

Do we really want to elect someone in this modern technological world who isn't smart enough to learn how to operate a computer???

If you hire him to be your economic consultant, then yes, he does speak for you. there's no way around that.

If you want people to REALLY believe he doesn't speak for you, then get rid of him. As long as you keep him....he speaks for you.

Who speaks for McCain really ? The poor old man seems a bit lost these days.

he is your economist he does speak for you and it show how ugly the Republicans are they don't want to help working everday people all they care about is making there salries even bigger Obama 08

Phil Gramm, if he weren't so pathetic he'd be amusing.

Another old senile Republican.

Obama's plan for solving the economy: whine, whine, whine and blame the republicans!

I got it, let some loose screw come out and say something stupid like that and see if people like it, if they don't then he comes out and says he does not agree with it. Nice trick John McCain, but how many times do you plan to get away with that?

He doesn't speak for you but he help write the economic policies that you've been rolling out the past few months? C'mon!!!!! If the media lets him get away with this one then I really know that they are in the tank for McCain. Every person that Obama has had a least one conversation with in the past's comments are always put on Obama. Wright, Phlagher, Jim Johnson, Clark, etc. None..zero of these guys ahas written one policy that Obama's proposing as president yet there have been all of these firestorms. I've been complaining for weeks that the media has not pressed the fact that Gramm was lobbying against steps that could have been taken to avoid the mortgage meltdown. THIS GUY SPEAKS FOR MCCAIN 1000 TIMES MORE THAN ANY OF THE OBAMA PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE CREATED FIRESTORMS OVER BECUASE GRAMM IS HELPING WRITE MCCAIN'S POLICIES THAT WE ALL WILL BE STUCK WITH IF HE'S PRESIDENT.

This IS the Republican attitude. I you are hurting because of high oil prices, the unemployment situation and or the housing crisis...is ALL in your MIND. None of that is real, according to neo cons like Phil Gramm. Is funny how this is what they say in public, can you imagine what they MUST say in private!!! We need to elect responsive politicians not these conservative ideologs...which McCain has been posturing to,,,,,,,,,

“I don’t agree with Sen. Gramm,” McCain said. This is the same McCain who stated he would be distancing himself from Bush because of his low ratings and his disagreement with a lot of Bush policies earlier in the year? Then just weeks ago he was pictured with Bush exiting a plane that they both were on, articles of how he was side by side attending campaign functions that refuse to include the press?

A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE..............

Obama 08

He holds a high position in your campaign, moron. When someone employed by your campaign speaks, it is a reflection on YOUR campaign.

Correction:

He has been speaking for him for months and now he wants to say that he doesn't speak for him. I guess he wants him off the Straight Talk Express until this cools down – what will he now be speaking for McCain on the DL from now on.

McCain is the biggest joke this side of the Mississippi river...

CNN, FoxNews = hypocrites and liars and extremely biased and inaccurate reporting.

Republicans. It figures!

Nice try, Magoo. If Obama has to answer for all the people who don't speak for him, you have to do the same.

when a President chooses an Ecomonic Adviser they believe what that Advisor advises, That's the point, So Yes John McCain Gramm does speak for you and you potential cabinet, everything from June 13 – November 4 is meant to be political, every move, every advise, if McCain doesn't agree with Gramm than Gramm shoudn't be allowed to have these kinds of interviews.

Obama/Biden 08

must be nice to have money like the do nothing congress and MCSame who dont have to worry about paying a morgage
unfortuantely the average american would like the american dream too!
Especially MCSame who is bordering on dementia
Come down to earth where the real people live and struggle

Next thing you know Phil Gramm will want his own show to spew his lousy advice and opinions. One Dr. Phil is more than enough!

Obama dose the same thing . If a campaign staffer says something then the nominee didn't say it. what is funny to me is that the same people saying Obama didn't say it rev Wright said it are the same people posting in this and other blogs that McCain must agree with this or Gramm would not be on his staff.

Btw have any of you ever heard the term tough love.

This is just too rich! McCain's top economic advisor and co-chair of his campaign does not speak for McCain? Doesn't this show poor judgement on McCain's part? If only McCain had the ability to think back to General Clark's comments and the McCain reaction... and General Clark does not even have an official role with the Obama campaign! McCain has clearly demonstrated that there are two sides to his mouth – he cannot be trusted.

McCain believes every word of it! The reason he has no experience in economic policy is because he's not suffering and doesn't understand the plight of the every day American. He doesn't live paycheck-to-paycheck, struggle to pay high gas and food prices. After all, he left his wife for a wealthier woman. But I'm supposed to elect this baffoon to the White House? Wake up, America! We've had enough baffoonery this decade...

Come on John grow a set. I'm voting for you (reluctantly) but I happen to think Phill Gramm is right on the money. Taxes are lower than the Clinton administration, income is higher than the Clinton administration and economic growth was huge for the last 7 years. These nitwits on the blogs think of 2 things when it comes to the economy:

A) Gas DUH, NO BRAINER , when you buy from someone else they set the price not you.

B) Mortgages (another no brainer) If you were stupid enough to sign a 30 year mortgage with a 4.5% annum with a balloon instead of signing a 6.0% thirty year fixed than you are a moron and I have no sympathy for you.

My mortgage is 5.9% fixed over 25 and I pay $501.00 a month (usually more to drop my principle) and you people are crying because you wanted to save a $100.00 a month for the first year. SHEEP.

So, McCain repudiates these comments and the Obamabots are still attacking him. The man can't win and your man can do no wrong.

John McCain, it seems to me you have completely forgotten what you want for this country or what you need to say to show leadership. You have become a victim to "winning" the election and completely lost sight of who you are and what you stand for or what you are against.

So if all these people making misstatements weekly don't speak for you, what DO YOU say? I can't seem to hear you John McCain. Take a minute and get yourself together if you can. Time is wasting and the election draws nearer every day.

Funny... I wonder if McCain will 'cut him loose' for saying something way more offensive than what Gen. Clark said. Come to think of it, so did Charlie Black!! McCain should cut BOTH of them loose.

What's the matter, McCain... you can dish out the advise but can't swallow your own? He really has become a 'typical' Repuglican!!

Hey Leiberman has to speak for him...why not Gramm too?

How about energy? Obama is against drilling in US territories. He's against nuclear energy. Instead the plan is to conserve and develop wind and solar (he forgot to mention wave, which we're working on in Oregon). Wind, solar and wave all have an impact on the ecology. And none of them is at a point technologically where they can begin to offset the enormous consumption of energy that we have. Conserving is good, but it also will only contribute a little. Mandating higher mpg autos is good but will take years to develop (same knock that Obama has on drilling for more oil). We actually need all those things plus drilling for US oil, developing a way to extract oil from shale (we have large reserves domestically in shale that no one has been able to extract so far) and nuclear. NONE of these will fix things in the short run. It is SILLY (SILLY!!!) to only focus on a short term solution. Short term help is great, but the real need is for long self sufficiency. Rejecting drilling because it will take some years to come online is SHORT SITED (and frankly utterly irresponsible!). Rejecting drilling because it won't immediately bring down the price of gas is... (yes, Silly and irresponsibile!). We need to plan for 5 years, 10 years, 20 years at a minimum, not for just the next 4 months.

NObama N'08

He is one of your top advisors so he does speak for you McSame. Yoiu are not going to wiggle your way out of this one!!!

He has been speaking for him for months and now he wants to say that he doesn't speak for him. I guess he wants him on the Straight Talk Express until this cools down – what will he now be speaking for you on the DL from now on.

Hey McSame, does this apply to Obama/Wesley Clark as well?

You old flip-flopper you.

Who knows who speak for McCain....???

It's amazing McCain is still in contention for any political office. His comments continue to hit a sour note among a majority of people here in Texas. Now he says his own national campaign co-chairman doesn't "speak for him". I would think that of ALL the people on his staff, McCain and his campaign chairmen should all be on the same page. The more we listen to McCain one thing becomes more and more apparent. There is a politician more inept than the current president and his name is McCain.

So, no one can speak for McCain but himself. That is fine. But anyone can speak for Obama then. What kind of double standard is that? I guess George Carlin was correct; "Its the great American double standard; say one thing; do something different!" I would hope that McCain doesn't blast Obama for any other things that his surrogates say... Any more since that has happened already.

LOL! If your economic advisor doesn't speak for you and you yourself don't understand economics enough to speak for yourself, then how the heck fo we find out waht your economic plan is in reality?!
Rhetorical question: we know it already George Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy!

Does McCain want Americans to believe that Phil Gramm does not speak for him?Then why is he his top Economic Advisor?
Maybe he speaks for him if he says the right stuff but not when he gaffes.

I truelly belive things don't just happen out of space and todays comments coming in the wake of recent comments from senator McCain that his energy policy would have a psycological effect on oil prices speaks volumes of their thought pricesses .

And yet they accuse Barack Obama of being out of touch and elitist.Isn't this laughable?Who really is out of touch the sufferings of the American people.

This perhaps should explain the reason why instead of staying around and visiting the heartland to speak about the harsh economic problems people are dealing with, he decides to embark on a tour of Columbia to talk about Free Trade.

If I made a "duplicate comment", then why hasn't it been posted?

"...his national campaign co-chair Phil Gramm"

He does speak for you McCain! As does Mr. Black.

Maybe you should head to the craps table and play some more $1000 hands with some of these people you "feel their pain".

blah...blah...Ok Dorothy me and Toto won't go behind the curtain to expose the man controlling the all powerful OZ.

Who has the most smoke and mirrors in their show? With 2008 McBama campaign–it's hard to tell.

Libertarians–2008
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Man, this just gets weirder and weirder. McCain claims he is no Bush III, but just add this to the end of McCain's sentence:

“Phil Gramm does not speak for me,” he said. “I speak for me.” "I am the decider". Sounds sooo natural......

It would be spooky if it were not already so obvious that McCain is McBush.
McCain == disater-in-charge III

Then shut Gramm up, you idiot.

McCain is a fraud. This is becoming more and more apparent as he goes down the line and disagrees with everyone in his camp.

Yeah sure you don't John, he is just your national campaign co-chair. Why should we believe he speaks for you????????

Well, this probably won't get posted either, but what the hell... If you Republicans manage by some freak accident to win in November, don't be too surprised when there are a few (thousand) we-told-you-so moments. God help the country if that should happen.

top economic advisor.....
thinks our problems are all in our head....
we're just a bunch of whiners.....

But he doesn't speak for McCain?????

I really wish it was November 15th and this was all over.....McCain is actually starting to scare me.....

If there is an Olympic sport that features throwing people under the bus, my bet for the gold is Johnny B. McSame. Let's see, the radio talk host in Cincy, Hagee, Parsley and now the guy who wrote the campaign's economic platform.

John, take a breath, we can't count the victims quickly enough . America, if you vote for this guy, you can count yourself among the victims.

No John McCain, he doesn't speak for you, he speaks for your campaign, because you Mr McCain are merely a puppet of the plutocrats who have been systematically looting America's national treasures.

You Mr McCain don't have a clue on economics, you have hired as your economic adviser a dismal and corrupt man, Phil Graham ("Dr. Phil") because you were told to by the plutocrats in order to get their support.

If, tragically, you should be elected, the plutocrats will continue their plunder and destruction of America while you look stupidly on, much like your predcessor, George Bush II, and whose policies you will continue.

You Mr McCain should apologize for your campaign, fire Mr Graham, and call for an investigation of Mr Graham's ties to UBS. You should, but you won't, because you Mr McCain are too ignorant of economics, and of a lot of other things.

IS THIS WHINING I HEAR MCCAIN!

Talk about snobs! O well that is what the Republican bunch is. What was said is what they beleive. I mean after all those like McCain and Grahm have not lost much sleep worring about money during their lifetime. It's like bush not knowing the price of gas. War and greed is all the republicans have stood for over the years. McCain thinks social security is outrageous. Much like vetran benefits. I don't remember him refusing to take our money in the form of retirement, or pay for NOT ATTENDING to our business in Washington. O well I suppose this is all whine.

If Obama has to make a public remark for everything that someone else he knows has stated then so should YOU!!! You are not above the fray...

Obama 08

BTW – How does a guy who lives in 10 different homes, with full servants on staff, who never buys groceries, or gas or has to pay any of his own bills understand ANYTHING about what the average person is going threw. McCain is FAR to priviledged for me to trust him. I want a guy who knows what its like to struggle for health care and student loans.

I think McCain and Graham need to make an psychological appointment with the psychologist who is treating Dr. Phil.

You Are Not Gonna Seperate Yourself From This Mccain . . . We Know This Is What You Think!

Phil Gramm doesn't speak for John McCain? He is not only a McCain surrogate, he is the top Economic Advisor for Senator McCain! How can he look Americans in the eye and say that Phil Gramm doesn't speak for him. What kind of political operation does McCain have going on? Does John McCain honestly not know who his Top Advisors are or what they are saying?

How can ANYONE from the McCain campaign suggest that we are just "mental" about our perception of the economy. How out of touch do you have to be to suggest that the millions suffering through $4.50 a gallon gas, or $4 for a gallon or milk, or savings drying up, or paying our electric bills with credit cards, or losing their homes to foreclosure, are just whining about a "mental recession"???

This is from McCain's campaign's Co-Chair and Top Economic Advisor. Yes, he speaks for McCain. Yes, he speaks for the campaign. Let's hope the MSM does not let him off the hook. This should be the cover story on CNN.com

Oh but he does speak for you Senator McCain. Please give Phil our best!

Johnny, when you pay someone, and list them as a PART of your campaign. They do speak for you. Or else they speak for themselves and you FOLLOW their lead.

When is Maverick war hero McCain going to get off the couch and actually participate in this race for himself? If this is how he runs a campaign, I am not sure I want to see him try to run a country

Yeah, he doesn't speak for you, so why is he your TOP economic adviser and campaign co-chairman? Just for the title? Come one papy!

It's convenient for you to say that he doesn't speak for you now, but you weren't saying that before. How ironic. And what does your characterization of Obama as "Dr. No" have to do with these comments. You only mention that in a failed attempt to deflect from what is obviously a weakness for you...the economy. Keep talking about Iraq Mr. McWar and see how far that gets you. Lastly, please stop accusing Obama of being an elitist while you're building a "Straight BS Express" aircraft that most americans couldn't afford over a lifetime. You can't relate to me and you never will. I'm a young, educated man of color (it doesn't matter which color I am) and I've never served a day in the military...you have nothing I want to hear.

McCain is a conservative. People forget that. Conservatives don't believe in helping people out of luck. They don't like Social Security. They don't like any programs for working people. They believe the wealthy and the corporations should have free reign and tough luck on the regular folks. Why the surprise over what McCain's economic advisor said? This is what people like McCain really believe. He is rich. He is out of touch with regular people. Like Bush, he just pretends to be a regular guy, but that is not who he is.

Hmmm, seems that when General Clark praised McCain's military record but concluded saying that such a record doesn't qualify one for being President, McCain was all over Obama and the Obama campaign, demanding that he denounce and dismiss Clark.

So, can we expect McCain to ditch Gramm. After all, besides his whiner remarks, Gramm has been extremely responsible for creating the nation's financial crisis.

Stay the Course, John?

But you have him as your advisor...so what does that say about your judgement as commander and chief?

So then he's your economic adviser because he doesn't speak for you? Isn't he the guy you go to when you are asked about the economy? What?! Did you just do another flip flop on your support for your own guy!?! I can't even wrap my mind around how stupid this is!

Ha,ha,haaaa!

Yeah – it's McSame's week to fkip a little and distance himself from his main adviser!!! No other McSame is out of touch! Well McSame... I think you should cut Gramm lose! Ha,ha,haaaaa!

Exactly who does speak for you Mr. McCain? Is it your Bush Conservative side or your so called "Maverick" side? We have a hard time telling the difference. The truth is you are neither a Conservative or a Maverick but just an old guy with tired old ideas. I hope all Americans will join me in November in honoring your distinguished military career by returning you to the senate.

Gram was a bad decision on McCains part, because I am sure that he has expressed these views before...McCain has said you don't chose your family but you do chose your pastor, I believe his choice of economic advisors goes along with that line of reasoning.

LIAR!

Wow simply unbelievable. The Republican's have no shame calling American's whiners'. Way to go John McCain. Enjoy your wife's million $$$ private jet.

Imagine if Phil Gramm did speak for John McCain.... it'd be a foul-mouthed, bad joking telling, but slow talking looney tune character.
Both could star in a movie called "Old and Older".

Oh, but Phil Gramm DOES speak for you Mr. McCain! He echos your sentiments, values and beliefs otherwise he would not be the Co-Chair of your campaign.

I'll be interested to see if CNN gives McCain as hard of a time over this as they would Obama.

yOU ADMIT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND RELY ON YOUR ECONOMICS ADVISERS AND THEY THINK I'M JUST A WHINY PSYCHOLOGICAL NUT. WOW, NOW I AM BITTER

WELL GRAMM WAS RIGHT! CRY ME A RIVER OBAMBI, SUCK IT UP WUSE AND BE A MAN! PUMA BABY! MCCAIN 08! HILLARY 2012!

QUICK GET UNDER THE BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Mr. Gramm doesn't speak for you then why is he your advisor? Why does he even work for your campagin? John McCain must really think the American people are stupid. Well, I know that he and his buddies think that we are mental and whinners. Gramm says we need more leadership and less whining. How is it leading when you are calling that people you are suppose to lead mental whinners? Obvisously, these aren't the people that should be following you or anyone that thinks like you. It is not a mental recession, this is not some fairytale Mr. Gramm. More than 400,000 people have lost their homes in the last 6 months. That's almost 70,000 families in a month. Over 4,000 soliders have died in Irag that's not mental, gas and milk are both $5 a gallon that is not mental. This is truth and if you can't see that, you are the one that is in a mental recession.

Yes he does. When he is your top economic adviser and you have said it yourself that you have no clue about the economy.

He Does Speak For Mccain! He Is Your Advisor . . . Or Do You Need Lieberman To Remind You!

Stop whining John !

Come on grandpa McCain! You throw under the bus anyone who is with you as soon as he makes one mistake. You should go under the bus as well since you are not perfect!

If he is your economic advisor, he speaks for you. Unless you plan to fire him.

I'm tired of the hypocrisy.

If this is a sample of McCaine''s top economic advisor – and McCain has already confessed to not know much about the economy – how can anyone vote in this gang that basically got us into this economic mess??

Dear mcBush,

====leave our country alone, you are not wanted===

Phil Gramm's statement sinks to the level of the statements such
as "small-town Americans cling to guns and religion", or "proud of
America for the first time in my adult life"

It goes to show that no ones, especially politicians and their cronies,
have a monopoly on ignorance and arrogance.

I'm so sick and tired of everyone saying things, then someone "forcefully repudiates," then they say "you didn't "denounce" it etc., etc., etc. This is just too rediculous for words!

There seems to be a lot of under the table deals going on! If you say this, then I will forcefully repudiate it and then throw you under the bus. After a few days, you'll be able to get back on the bus again.

It's too crazy. However, I do like Obama saying that we don't need any more Dr. Phils! That was a good one.

Two grumpy old men thinking alike.

If one of Obama's campaign co-chairs were to say anything like that, McBush would have been screaming about it and asking for their dismissal!

What hypocrisy from John McShame!

America deserves better.

Chris, just like Rev Wright didn't speak for Obama, but was his spiritual advisor, and Weasley Clark didn't speak for Obama but was his military advisor. Sometimes surrogates do speak for themselves, so get a grip.

Nice try McSame! He's your SENIOR ADVISER!! Of course he speaks for you!!! Try to dig yourself out of this one.

And this whole Dr No b.s. is just that. Better to say no to a dumb idea than to implement it and have it fail.

Right, Mr. McCain. He doesn't speak for you, he just writes your economic policies!

McCain's camp doesn't want to admit how bad the economy is right now, because they know that Republican policies are responsible for it.

There's another one thrown under the bus.

Yet another example that McCain has NO loyalty to Friends, Country (treason as a POW), Family (Infidelity to first wife and verbal abuse to current wife), Veterans (has voted against pretty much EVERY bill that would benefit GI/Vets).

Do us all a favor McCain, crawl back into the stoneage where you came from.

CNN is definitely working for McShame. I can see that. I have tried to post over 20 comments on these blogs to no avail!

If you don't agree with your economic advisor, why should I trust your economic policies? Considering you've admitted that you don't really understand the economy, I should hope you agree with your economic advisor. So which one is it?

Oh yes he does speak for your John, because you don't know much about the economy.

Don't worry, after November Graham will be a non-factor.

Obama 08

If his national campaign co-chair Phil Gramm Thursday, telling reporters “Phil Gramm does not speak for me. I speak for me.” ...then the question becomes...why IS he the national campain co-chair???

The man needs to get it together....and soon....find someone to run his campaign...or better yet leave him in...just goes to show why Sen Obama should be President...YES WE CAN...NO YOU CAN't Sen McCain....this is coming from a disable Vietnam Female Vet!

Hey elitists McSame and Phil and Bushes, shut up and let America speak! Watch as america takes back America, crazy old mentally recessed elitists! How many people will you say dont speak for you when they actually speak for and to you? 1st Black, now Phil, and the train goes on and on. Make sure you fire this one for sure, McShame!

Sooo... McCain's Campaign Co-Chair doesn't speak for him...
Is there anybody in McCain's staff that speaks for McCain? You'd think if anybody had the right to voice the views and policies of his campaign it would be his Campaign Co-Chair.

If he can't even pick good people for his campaign staff, how will this man select a cabinet? How will he appoint qualified judges? Those aren't precisely things you get a 'do over' on. One of the most important parts of being a leader is the ability to appoint reliable subordinates. Not so impressed with McCain so far.

loooosssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrssssssss......take responsibility for those you appointed to your campaign.

Phil Gramm doesn't speak for McCain but surely Rev. Wright speaks for Obama, right Republicans?

McYoda is truly a mess.

Just to get even, Barack needs to rally his supporters for donations over this remark. McCain put up a picture of Wesley Clark and Barack Obama to do the same thing last week. Even though Barack rejected Clark's comment, it didn't stop McCain from whining about it.

McCain, this is your economic advisor!!!

You already admitted that you don’t know about the economy. So if you don’t know about the economy then I believe the person who is advising you is Phil Gramm, your economic advisor. Right?

McCain, can you please tell America which are the days you apply your straight talk because all I have seen lately is no talk, double talk, misspoke…….

This guy is your economic advisor and he doesn't speak for you?

So your economic plan is the same as Bush's. If you do not have rich oil daddy or beer queen to pay your bills then shut your face and stop whining.

The fact that your gas and food bills have tripled and your par has not is all in your head. Idiot!!!! Why would anyone vote for the GOP???

McCain is thinking the same thing.

Why print any thing from anybody from Texas?! There is an obvious brain drain there...

'Phil Gramm does not speak for you, but he is your brain regarding economic policies. so if you john mcsane have no i idea about economic issue and your advicer is out of touch with the americans people. why should we elect you as president in an economic crisis? that one reason why obama have my vote. obama 08

Sounds like McCain just said "I did not have advice from that top economic adviser...Mr. Gramm." Too bad the rust stain on his blue suit from the "Phil Gramm for President '96" button is still there.
McCain chaired Gramm's bid for the White House. He made him his chief economic adviser, and held Gramm up as the expert who would compensate for his own lack of expertise.

DR,NO MORE "WHINING!",just an all out FIGHT to take our country back,you jerk!

If he doesn't speak for you, then fire him from your campaign. I feel insulted.

McCain? Who you trying to kid? Gramm doesn't " speak for me", Right!!

Phil Gramm does not speak for you John McCain? But your campaign was very quick to say that general Clark speaks for Obama and demanding that he should apologize for his words. Why Gramm is not required to apologize to American people for his insulting comment? Are you going listen to Mr. Gramm advice on economy in future as you yourself have no clue about it?

McCan't, and Mr. Whiner-Gate are OUT OF TOUCH. They are ones who think people are having a hard time. REALITY CHECK McCan't and Mr. Whiner-Gate help create the morgage crisis through lobbying.

Great timing as Barack is on the stump in the Blue Collar voter states. Excellent.

then why do you call him "advisor" or something?

you talk straight alright.

These comments are from McCain's Primary Economic Advisor !! I DOUBT that this words just came to Gramm....I strongly suspect that this very topic was discussed in staff meetings with McCain and PROBABLY within the same contexted as Sen. Gramm's comments. I saw McCain's response to Gramm's comments and facially it appeared that John had gotten caught......Gramm may take the hit....but... I'll bet the guilt lies with McCain.

Funny McCain is calling Obama ... Mr.No!

McCain is.....Mr.Yes

Yes.................to war!

Yes..................to lobbying!

Yes....................to everything Bush wants!

Yes....................... to the Keating 5.

Yes.............................to taking away women's rights!

Yes...................................to not giving Veterans more when they have earned it!..

But this election.. the people are syaing nooooooooooooooo to McBush!

Really! Americans you are so dumb listening to crap like McShame and his people! How can you think that makes sense? Just imagine that McSame will not be in charge of everything in his administration per say, he will put people like Gramm in charge! Thats very scary!

Is the McCain camp trying to lose the November election?

BUT HE IS YOUR SENIOR FINANCE ADVISOR. SO TAKE THE HEAT OR CUT HIM OFF CAUSE THERE ARE LOT OF AMERICANS WHO ARE LOSING THEIR HOUSES.

Oh Yes he does McCain. You and your advisers have no clue about the economy. You yourself said so. John McCain is 50 steps heading backwards. People living in America are ready to move forward.
Plus the majority of Americans rightly feel he is too old. Plus his wife has had a stroke before. They are not healthy enough for this job.

I much prefer Dr Phil to Dr No...even if he is as old as JM–last I heard, the Young-uns like him too! With age comes intelligence and wisdom.

Well guess what Senator. General Clark doesn't speak for Obama either. So what's your point?

yes he does and we wont forget it! whiners unite! take these thieves to the cleaners.you just lost the vote of 95% of the people of the usa!a lot of that 5% wealthiest americans dont like you either.

He works for you, does he not? Did you fire him Johnny? If you are THAT out of step with your own team, how can you possibly lead a whole country? If a simple birth control question flusters you, how in the hell can you manage a war? You can't.

The depth of McCain's incompetence becomes more apparent each day. Gramm is right about one thing though. We need some real leadership. Unfortunately, he knows not where to find it.

liar liar john we all know deep down you feel the same way he does with your filthy millonaire wife and your 5 houses and your 700000 dollars credit spending
THERE IS NO WAY IN H– YOU EVEN COME CLOSE TO UNDERSTANDING THE AVERAGE AMERICAN NOR DO YOU CARE!!!

He is your TOP Economic Advisor...not just a surragate or plain supporter.

He helped you come up with your do nothing economic plan.

Duh...you both seem to have had a mental recession in regards to what is happening in America!!!

What does this say for McCain when Gramm is his economic advisor? This is the person who's giving MCain advice on the economy and he thinks the Americans being hit financially are whiners?

Ho yes he does. He speaks for you alright!!

McCain please, we all know that next week..... you won't remember saying this!

IF Phil Graham doesn't speak for Mccain than why is he his economic advisor and is refered to when speaking of the economy. Besides I think both Mccain and Graham have the same message. Mccain said a couple of weeks ago the problems were having with the economy and energy plan was psychological. Today Graham makes a simular comment that were a nation of whinners and our failing economy is mental. I guess if your rich and fly around in your wifes private jet who by the way spends $ 750,000. a month would think Americans struggling in a failing economy is psychological. The truth is Mccain isn't interested in solving economic crisis just staying at war for 100 years.

So John McCain's chief economic adviser doesn't speak for him?

I think he speaks loud and clear.

Perhaps what he meant to say was that no one at the Country Club whines.

So...just to clarify....John McCain doesn't agree with Phil Gramm because he thinks we're not whiners...or that the economic hard times are all in our heads...or both. C'mon McCain campaign...first, get your advisors in line and second, be clear about what it is you are refuting.

Of course he is not speaking for you, he is just expressing how he feels. Which is probably how you feel.

"i speak for me"-John McCain.
well Johnny you have not said anything we want to hear, don't forget John, you also said that this is psychological. i would love for someone at one of his town meetings to ask 1) what really happened aboard the USS Forrestal July 29, 1967.
2) why wont he release his military records?
3) how many lobbyist are actually running his campaign and what favors will they be getting under a McCain regime?

Hey elitists McSame and Phil and Bushes, shut up and let America speak! Watch as america takes back America, crazy old mentally recessed elitists! How many people will you say dont speak for you when they actually speak for and to you? 1st Black, now Phil, and the train goes on and on. Make sure you fire this one for sure, McShame!

Phil Gramm doesn't speak for you McCain?

What about Wesley Clark's comments last week and sticking them to Obama? OR any of his other supporters whom you've stuck comments to Obama with??

Hypocrit...

Do we really believe McBush doesn't think the same thing as Gramm??? I think so.

Sorry McBush. Gramm is Your chief economic advisor. He does in fact speak for you or else he would not occupy that position. Liar !

"that's not the phil graham i knew"

Sorry McCain but when you have already admitted to not knowing much about the economy and your top economic advisor make commits related to the economy, he DOES speak for you. Remember McCain, you brought Phil on because he knows more than you do when it comes to the economy.

SURE HE DOES CAN'T WE SEE HIS HAND IN YOUR BACK WITH YOUR LIPS MOVING. YOU ARE A PUPPET......... MCCAIN........... BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW THE ECONOMY. ANOTHER DUMB GUY TRYING TO BE PRESIDENT.

Oh yea! I just hope you didn't have an alzheimer moment because you should remember that you said yourself that you dont have a clue about economy. You are specialized in BOOM BOOM iran, right. He is your top advicer for the love of america.Should he then resign like you claimed Gen. Clark should. Didn't think so. I just think this is something that McCain must believe in.

GREAT WORK CNN!!! Post a million stories about how McCain doesn't agree. Had Obama said this, you would have jumped down his throat. Gramm meant every word, and when you consider he is writing the policies that McCain has been regurgitating lately, McCain believes it too. They are out of touch like 95% of the GOP elected officials. Obama knows what it's like to struggle!

OBAMA/SEBELIUS!!!!!!

So why is he your economic advisor?

Phil Gramm doesn't speak for you but he is your campaign's economic advisor. Go figure. There is nothing hidden that shall not be made public. I will remeber this come November.