[savedbygrace]

The Straight Talk Express couldn’t stand actual straight talk. Shame.

[cripplecreek]

Phil Gramm sounds like a man who makes plenty of money he doesn’t have to work for.

[library user]

Breaking?

[Las Vegas Ron]

McCain sure makes it difficult to cast a vote for.

[1rudeboy]

Hooray! One of the last people that may have steered McCain toward supply-side conservatism in his campaign is gone! Let’s party!

[dragnet2]

Phil Gramm quits?

What a whiner.

[willgolfforfood]

So who is going to be left to give EITHER of these dolts running for president any advice?

At the rate they are both throwing people under the bus, you'd think they both have two sets of arms and hands.

[vox_freedom]

Let me be the first to post:

There must be something more than what Gramm said during the past ten days to have this "resignation" occur. Some ill-advised client, something not discovered prior, something....

[BallyBill]

McSame...McLame...Yawn,,, Who are the 3rd Party candidates again?

[wardaddy]

I have had several serious meetings with local bank CEOs this week....some are very depressed...no joking.

Most of them have home credit market exposure....some like those at UBS, First Tennessee and Citi are spooked bigtime....they have lost their options, written off all their stockholder’s equity as in the case of UBS etc

US Bank and a few others like Comerica seem to have weathered it all.

Couple the credit crunch with the inflationary pressure of record energy costs and it’s a problem.

Period.

It’s a weird problem....banks have cash but are afraid to lend it for fear of future obligations and bad homeowner loans and inflation based rate hikes.

The Fed is scared of inflation but reluctant to raise rates because of credit crunch and financial instituions exposure.

It’s sort of a new paradigm with a fresh start learning curve.

and it’s an election year...

Today’s economy reminds me of my old days passing thru the Yucatan trench....murky, cloudy and messed up but doable.

[dbacks]

Anyone speaking truth to the power (McLame) gets tossed under the bus. Whada maroon! He is more concerned with sucking up to dems than his base. Could cost him big time.

[budwiesest]

I'll miss his "too many people in the wagon, not enough pulling it" analogy. This whining comment was meant to soften the impact of various sectors of the economy doing flips while we adjust.

He should have said: "Too many Arabs producing oil, and not enough Americans watching the shopping channel."

[Old Sarge]

Two words I will never forgive or forget: Gramm-Rudman.

[I see my hands]

I hope that a Grahm was advising by example and McCain takes his advice.

[kingu]

Good riddance. What a useless contribution he made by that stupid comment. Hello? PUBLICLY ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE HIRED TO LISTEN TO WHINING. Yes. Sorry, dirty words, but gosh, public opinion /is/ something that is to be paid attention to. Wah-wah-wah, you’re whining about the economy. Hell yes, people are whining about the economy because of stupid economic decisions by Congress and the administration have come back to bite us in the rear.

Yeah, not much difference for the folks on the lowest economic scales, but the middle class felt the pain of the housing market /very/ strongly as loan requirements were loosened, these interest only packages were pushed, and interest rates were artificially held down while the president and congress spent like drunken sailors on leave.

Why /shouldn’t/ we whine about these things?

Don’t let the door hit you in the rump.

[rabscuttle385]

It's official. Phil Gramm got thrown under the Straight Talk Express...though, given his "nation of whiners" (!!!) comment, it may have been deserved.

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[Raycpa]

Sure, get rid of the one guy who sees the world clearly.

[Reagan Man]

Phil Gramm spoke the truth and lotsa folks didn’t like it.

Thanks Phil.

[Political Junkie Too]

This whole campaign has been a sniper-fest to eliminate the brains behind candidates. How many aides have left since the primaries began because of some offhand comment or remark?

It's been a back-and-forth, so which Obama staffer is next to go?

-PJ

[Norman Bates]

I don’t think Phil’s going to make Treasury Secretary afterall. A shame really.