Now there's VIDEO of Gramm making his comments. This is not going away-it's just getting started.

[jenmito]

McCain may think he's able to "laugh off" Phil Gramm's remarks about America being a "nation of whiners" and saying we're in a "mental recession," but you know how powerful video is. (Rev. Wright's comments were known for several months but they didn't catch fire until video came out). McCain just said Gramm doesn't speak for him and joked he'd be a good embassador of Belarus. But the guy's his top economic adviser. He hasn't gotten rid of him. And now the MSM's been playing it pretty much all during the day. Here it is for anyone who wants to see it/spread it around:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCA42yvozHE

[blogslut]

1. Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

Akk! I had forgotten how much I hate seeing that man talk.

[jenmito]

2. Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks!

Me, too. Ain't youtube great?

[blogslut]

7. Seriously, he is one ugly sucker

Inside and out.

Here's Molly Ivins view on old Phil:

http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/power_plays/2002/03/mean.html

Gramm both looks like a snapping turtle and has the personality of one. When he ran for president in 1996 and finished fifth in Iowa, all the profiles written of him included the line "Even his friends don't like him." Self-righteous and strident, Gramm demonized his opponents and used bitter, polarizing rhetoric. During a Senate debate over Social Security, a member pointed out that the proposal under consideration would hurt 80-year-old retirees. "Most people don't have the luxury of living to be 80 years old," Gramm scoffed, "so it's hard for me to feel sorry for them." Well, there is that.

On another occasion, Gramm ridiculed a newspaper photo of poor people who were forced to cut corners to put food on the table. "Did you see the picture?" Gramm asked a crowd. "Here are these people who are skimping to avoid hunger and they are all fat!... We're the only nation in the world where all our poor people are fat." During the fight over health care reform, Gramm said, "We have to blow up this train and the rails and the trestle and kill everyone on board." When an elderly widow in Corsicana told him that cutting Medicare would make it more difficult for her to remain independent, Gramm said, "You haven't thought about a new husband, have you?"

[jenmito]

9. Perfect description-he DOES look like a snapping turtle!

I don't have time to read the whole article now, but I will. Thanks for it. :hi:

[awoke_in_2003]

47. "You haven't thought about a new husband, have you?"

Just when I thought they could not be more douchebaggery

[eleny]

3. Saw it yesterday but am happy to give this a K&R

He appeared to be appalled, baffled and contemptuous of average Americans all at once.

Seems to me that the only working class Americans he comes across are the valets he tips in a mens room.

[jenmito]

5. On tv? Thanks for the K&R! I didn't see the video of HIM until today-just video of McCain

being asked about the Viagra/birth control issue and his rejection of Gramm's comments. I saw it many times today, though.

[eleny]

17. I saw it on tv last night

[flpoljunkie]

4. Talkingpointsmemo has video too. "The love that dare not speak its name..."

If there weren't video, this major gaffe would have been dead by now.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/203671.php

[jenmito]

8. Man. You upstaged me! Your video is better than the original. I hope they use this for an ad in

those states with lots of "blue-collar, hard-working white people." :D

[Forkboy]

6. Kick for Johnny and Phil.

:kick:

[jenmito]

10. I'll give it another kick myself!

:kick: :hi:

[Virginia Dare]

13. Why are these men smiling?

[Forkboy]

16. Someone cracked a foodstamp joke.

[awoke_in_2003]

48. Because they just found more people they could screw. nt

[NattPang]

11. I wrote a letter about this

to everyone in the media who is anyone.
I want to believe that I helped
make a difference.

My letter was based on this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6485871

[jenmito]

14. Great letter. I K&Red it.

:hi:

[NattPang]

15. Thanks.

I changed it a little bit.
I sent it to every show on MSNBC,
to some at FOX, and to main anchors on CNN
including Jack Cafferty.
I also sent it to many radio personalities like
Randi Rhodes, Ed Schultz, etc.
and the New York Times.

[jenmito]

23. Good job!

I hope they read it and TALK about it.

[SoonerPride]

36. Phil Gramm = Marie Antoinette

Would that he met the same end.

[Imagevision]

12. America being a "nation of whiners" and saying we're in a "mental recession," vote Mccain!

[Major Hogwash]

18. Barnacle Bill just led off Hardball with it.

And Alter let McCain have it with both barrels.

He said, "this is not just a surrogate for John McCain, this is John McCain's economic advisor for his campaign!"

[Virginia Dare]

22. And his good, good bud...n/t

[uponit7771]

19. This is an ongoing theme for McSames group; screw the poort people

[jenmito]

27. But it's not being reported in the media. They're too busy fawning over his "war hero" status.

No matter WHAT he does or says, if it's negative, they don't cover it.

[QC]

20. Excellent! n/t

[undeterred]

21. Infuriatingly out of touch with the country.

[jenmito]

28. I hope the media will give this MUCH more play...

but so far, so good.

[skooooo]

24. And now Reid says Gramm has a "low view" of Americans....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6488732

[jenmito]

30. Thanks for the link. I'm glad he stepped into it!

:hi:

[skooooo]

32. ..

:thumbsup:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. Is there earlier videotape of McCain lauding Phil Gramm as well?

Those two videos (McCain's praise and Gramm's gaffes) should go together.

[jenmito]

31. See post #4. n/t

[AntiFascist]

26. This is a mental recession...

it was caused by mental retardation in the White House. (My apologies to the mentally retarded for drawing an association with true evil.)

[World Citizen]

29. cool! has the guy left the country yet?

I want to here Gramm do his own rationalization. It's bound to be juicy.

[jenmito]

33. No. He hasn't even left McCain's team of advisers.

And not even a question about that from the media.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

34. E-L-I-T-I-S-T

boo!

[Enrique]

35. the pig-like face of the republicans

in full color, ready to be made into an Obama ad. :bounce:

[jenmito]

38. I wish they WOULD make it into an ad!

What are they waiting for?

[grannie4peace]

60. that's a damn good idea

you can suggest that moveon.org do it. i bet they would-- priceless:bounce: :thumbsup: :headbang:

[jenmito]

61. Did you see THIS?:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/203671.php (flpoljunkie posted it here-post #4)

[WillyT]

37. Big K & R !!!

:bounce::kick::bounce:

[jenmito]

39. Thanks, WillyT!

:hi:

[WillyT]

42. Anytime !!!

:hi:

[madura]

40. i'm sure Anderson Cooper and all there will be running this video at least as many timens as Wright

:sarcasm:

what a bunch of toadies those things at CNN are. It's getting embarrasing already how they are after Obama - they had a clip on yesterday of some racist yahoo quoting that the only change he sees a black man making is holding a tin cup - soething like that, and anlother clip of a woman saying she won't vote for O because he's a muslim.

now why would they put trash like this on the airwaves? you don't think they have an agenda in all this, huh? I hate those souless devils with a pasion - how can so many so called journalists all be so worthless?

[jenmito]

41. I KNEW I'd see the

:sarcasm: thingy after that remark. It wasn't even necessary, though. It's so OBVIOUS what a bias they ALL have against Obama. Olbermann is the only person with a regular show who is fair and calls McCain on his BS (besides Abrams who OCCASIONALLY calls McCain on his BS).

[madura]

49. might be an exception - that new guy that has a Sunday show...

Zareen? i forget, but anytway heard part last sunday in the background and thought to myself - hey I thought i had CNN on but it was this guy - goes to show because he sounds like an interviewer, a real one so I thought i had PBS on or something. funney, eh?

i used to not mind anderson so much, don't know why - maybe compared to the rest he wasn't so bad but I was wrong.
He is truly one of the most dimwitted and stupid of the lot

[jenmito]

50. Fareed Zakaria (sp)? Yeah, he interviewed Obama the other day. He knows a lot about foreign policy

[ErinBerin84]

43. you know something strange? I often think about it.

I remember the first night CNN covered Wright-gate , Anderson said "You know...I'm not really sure why we're covering this...I don't really know if this is a big deal or anything, I don't know yet I guess" and the next night, of course he said "You know, the more I think about it, this is a HUGE deal, because it contradicts Barack Obama's fundamental message!" Ok, Anderson. I'm sure you got a memo from the network that you constantly ass kiss.

[jenmito]

44. Anderson Cooper-who has called Obama a "flip-flopper" about a million times in the

past week or so.

[ErinBerin84]

45. I hate Anderson Cooper, he's a network monkey.

"Why weren't more hard hitting questions asked" - of a 7 and 10 year old! What a boob/

[jenmito]

46. That was ridiculous. Jealous that HE didn't get the interview, maybe?!

HE wouldn't ask hard-hitting questions of them, either.

[ErinBerin84]

51. haha, Anderson wants to pretend that his gig as host for The Mole didn't exist. But I remember!

[jenmito]

52. I never watched that show. HE was the host?

:rofl:

[ErinBerin84]

53. I've never watched it either, but I remember reading about it!

this is from his wikipedia..

" In 2000 he switched career paths, taking a job as the host of ABC's reality show The Mole"

[jenmito]

54. What was his career BEFORE The Mole? Was he a journalist?

[Overseas]

55. K&R -- hope the video does keep Gramm's true feelings at the forefront.

He's one of John Sidney McCain III's best friends. But so are lots of the reporters JSM III has cultivated for 20 years. They really work hard for him.

[jenmito]

56. Thanks, Overseas. So do I, but youo're right. The media IS mostly on his side.

They work VERY hard for him. And then they question why the polls are so close.

[The Backlash Cometh]

57. Embarrasador of Belarus?

[jenmito]

58. Yup. That was a joke to show how unhappy he supposedly is with him, but he's still there...

ready to make McCain look even worse. But nobody even QUESTIONS whether or not he should get RID of him.

[grannie4peace]

59. what a puke

if i could kick this i would-- what an a**wipe that man is... it makes you wonder what judgement day for him will be like-- i feel sorry for him then-- but he has the power to hurt a lot of people right now & that's scary as hell. :grr: :nuke: :hide: