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McCain Defends Sarah Palin as Some Alaskans Question His Choice
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Persily, who until June worked in the governor's Washington office as a congressional liaison, said in a phone interview yesterday. A supporter of Palin's campaign for governor, Jim Whitaker, the Republican mayor of Fairbanks, also questioned Palin's readiness to serve as vice president in a phone interview yesterday. Whitaker said that while he is ``still an avid supporter'' of Palin as governor, he will continue to back Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070 ...

Former Palin staffer: "She's not qualified, she doesn't have the judgment, to be next in line to the president of the United States"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Bloomberg: ``She's not qualified, she doesn't have the judgment, to be next in line to the president of the United States,'' Larry Persily, who until June worked in the governor's Washington office as a congressional liaison, said in a phone interview yesterday. A supporter of Palin's campaign for governor, Jim Whitaker, the Republican mayor of Fairbanks, also questioned Palin's readiness to serve as vice president in a phone interview yesterday. `Avid Supporter' Whitaker said that while he is ``still an avid supporter'' of Palin as governor, he ...

Palin, the next JFK?
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — You can't make this stuff up: Palin spokesman Bill McAllister said on the same call that Palin is older than John F. Kennedy was when he ran for president in 1960 and that ``of four people on two national tickets, she is the only one with executive experience.''So she's more qualified than John McCain, who she now says has no executive experience? Keep it coming. ...

Gramm Cracker
Talking Points Memo — From Bloomberg ... Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who stepped aside as John McCain's campaign co-chairman in July after an uproar over comments that those worried about the U.S. economy are ``whiners,'' today revisited that sentiment. ``If you're sitting here today, you're not economically illiterate and you're not a whiner, so I'm not worried about who you're going to vote for,'' Gramm told supporters of McCain at a Financial Services Roundtable event in Minneapolis on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention. ...

McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm reiterates "whiners" comment about Americans concerned about the economy
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — They really are idiots. Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who stepped aside as John McCain's campaign co-chairman in July after an uproar over comments that those worried about the U.S. economy are ``whiners,'' today revisited that sentiment. ``If you're sitting here today, you're not economically illiterate and you're not a whiner, so I'm not worried about who you're going to vote for,'' Gramm told supporters of McCain at a Financial Services Roundtable event in Minneapolis on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention. Gramm, 66, stepped down ...

Phil Gramm vs. the Whiners of America
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — Matthew Yglesias 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 ...

Phil Whiners Gramm and the Vetting of Sarah Palin
Angry Bear — Bloomberg reports that Phil Gramm is still at it: If you're sitting here today, you're not economically illiterate and you're not a whiner, so I'm not worried about who you're going to vote for,'' the former Texas senator told attendees at a Financial Services Roundtable event in Minneapolis on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention. Team Obama responds: The man who wrote John McCain's economic plan further insulted struggling Americans by suggesting that if they are not attending the Republican Convention, they are not only whiners, but economically illiterate. Guess ...

The Gramm Stain
SteveAudio — Phil Gramm Says McCain Supporters Aren't `Whiners' Phil Gramm excluded John McCain supporters from his description of Americans as ``a nation of whiners,'' the characterization that forced his exit from the Republican presidential candidate's campaign in July. ``If you're sitting here today, you're not economically illiterate and you're not a whiner, so I'm not worried about who you're going to vote for,'' the former Texas senator told attendees at a Financial Services Roundtable event in Minneapolis on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention. [...] Many of those who attended the event ...