Posted by
Gamecock on Friday, July 11, 2008 11:00:00 PM
Phil Gramm never referred to either individual Americans or American small businessmen suffering from and/or complaining about high gas and food prices as whiners. Rather, he was referring to elitist opinion makers and "leaders" (see the liberal drive-by media, liberal democrats in congress and weak-kneed intimidated by the press and the greenie lobby Republicans as well). Conservatives that defended Gramm and called out the MSM's mischaracterization of his words, other than Rush Limbaugh,
Mark Steyn and
yours truly, are hard to come by,
even after his clarification (see update). McCain not only didn't defend his close friend and advisor, that he obviously must have known wasn't playing the callous towards the poor role the MSM lied him into and has lied Republicans into for 40 years; he threw Phil, the straight talker, off the Express, as
El Rushbo chronicled. Those suffering from mental depression that have seen
mental recessions are the press, Kerry '04 and the Democrats, including number one liberal Obama, all of whom declared the American economy in 2004 as the "worst since the Great Depression."