Calling a spade a spade....
Whiners...? Of course we are; Phil Gramm is right in the 10-ring.
He had the temerity to observe: "We have sort of become a nation of whiners, you just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline."
I hear what Gramm hears; increasing numbers of whiners looking for more and more government handouts, and whining that would embarrass their parents and grandparents.
Gramm, an economist, also reminded people that they should give up the Chicken Little act, take a reality check.
Fact: we still have not suffered a "recession" which is defined as "a decline in the gross domestic product (GDP) for two or more consecutive quarters."
Not hard to understand... easily proven; therefore, "mental recession."
Yet "Maverick", the "conservative" candidate, oh so quick to march across the aisle, couldn't toss Gramm under the bus quickly enough. "Phil Gramm doesn't speak for me; I speak for myself."
Unfortunately.
The problem is two-fold: McCain immediately showed (again) that he "can't handle the truth", and worse, he missed the opportunity to place the blame where it really belongs... the main stream media.
The media's concerted effort to undermine "the Bush economy" began as soon as GW took the oath, despite the fact the economy was in fact doing quite well for most of his seven years.
McCain should have simply pointed out that after years of negative and intentionally misleading news coverage on the economy, a sizable segment of the public chooses to believe the leftists lies instead their own bank accounts.
Garbage in... garbage out.
They sit in their air conditioned, $250,000 homes watching their 50" satellite HDTV while reading e-mails from their spoiled brat kids up at High Tuition U., and complain the economy is going to hell. They have three cars and nice vacations.
So, here John... this one's for you; no charge:
"First left me say that Phil Gramm is a fine economist, businessman and gifted professor, and he will continue to advise me as he has for the last year.
"And while I might have phrased it differently, Dr. Gramm was trying to simply say is that a number of Americans seem to have have lost confidence in our nation and its economy.
"That's a mistake. One that our founding fathers did not make with their fortunes and their very lives. Nor did the Greatest Generation loose confidence even during the worst days of the Depression and World War II.
"President Kennedy challenged us and starting from scratch, we put a man on the moon before his 10-year deadline; we didn't loose confidence in our country and the free market during he dark years of the Carter administration when the prime rate was 20-percent and we waited in line for rationed gasoline, so we could drive 55.
"Sometimes, we Americans have very short memories.
"The government hasn't made us a great nation; hard-working Americans and a free market have made it the best country in history. We are, and continue to be the last best hope... real hope... of Earth.
"Our confidence in American and Americans is the life blood of our economy, the fabric of our nation, we can not only do great things and have... we can do anything when we work together.
"The time in which we uncritically trust our traditional news media to report objectively is long past; I urge you to read and listen to the many available sources of news and opinion... not just what comes on TV before dinner for a half hour or in major newspapers... which, by the way, all seem to have a real economic problems.
"A news media which 'makes' news by constantly drum-beating doom and gloom... in our economy... in the war in Iraq which we have won despite years of reporting that the magnificent effort by our great military was a failure.
"Somehow we've come to believe the nay-sayers, more than we believe in ourselves.
"We are not above improvement... and I think that's what my good friend Dr. Gramm was trying to express... he was frustrated that some of cannot see the forest for the trees."
"He knows what we are capable of, even in times of great crisis and concern; I have seen the best of America and Americans when hope, real hope, was all we had.
"Now, let's get to work... that's what we do best.
"No questions.
"Thank you and good night."
Hell effing yeah. Graham is right.I voted for Graham every time his name was on a ballot I was voting on. I wanted him for Pres. this time. He is another national resource we are going to waste.
Incidentally Mc n Yobama is in a dead heat if you can believe the Poles
Posted by: John | July 11, 2008 at 10:03 PM