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Gramm Reiterates “Whiners” Argument
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 9/2/2008
Gramm Reiterates “Whiners” Argument
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Phil Gramm, who fake stepped down as a McCain adviser while continuing to advise McCain after it became embarrassing for the candidate to be associated with a man who thinks America is a “nation of whiners,” is back at it : “If you’re sitting here today, ...

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Whiners
Eschaton — Whiners Keep running with that one. It's a winner!

McCain Economic Adviser Phil Gramm Still Thinks Americans Are Whiners
Oliver Willis — It’s good to know that the Republican elite remains consistent.

Phil Gramm vs. the Whiners of America
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Matthew Yglesias: Gramm Reiterates “Whiners” Argument: Phil Gramm, who fake stepped down as a McCain adviser while continuing to advise McCain after it became embarrassing for the candidate to be associated with a man who thinks America is a “nation of whiners,” is back at it: ...

Worst Backdrop Since Mission Accomplished
The Poor Man Institute — ... Besides, doctors and hospitals are for effete whiners.  You don’t want to drink beer with whiners do you?  Ergo, we don’t need nuttin fancier an McCain’s “He-Man ...

Shades of Herbert Hoover
Firedoglake — ... , to the point where they mock those people who've been the first ones smacked around by the bow wave of the coming crash as "whiners". ...

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