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Phil Gramm

Phil Gramm Steps Down, but Probably Not Out of McCain’s Campaign

July 18, 2008

Yep, Phil Gramm still thinks we are a nation of whiners.  He tried a little spin to soften the original blow to American citizens by saying that he was talking about Washington insiders, not citizens.  But, as we like to say in the south, that dog wouldn’t hunt.
On Friday, to save the cause Phil Gramm [...]

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July 11: Week in Review

July 11, 2008

Talk about a week of ups and downs.  We’ve had another one.  So, what happened this week?
The FDA has warned us about eating certain types of tomatoes.  And, we took heed.  The tomato farmers have plowed under fields of tomatoes, acre after acre.  Now the FDA isn’t sure that the salmonella poisoning is a result [...]

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Elitist Republicans: Nation of Whiners

July 10, 2008

For all the use of the word “elitist” over the past few months, perhaps it’s time we focused the elitism where it belongs… on some of the Republicans.  How dare former Senator Phil Gramm, a top economic adviser to John McCain suggest that the recession, or near recession, is a “mental recession” and that we [...]

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