{"id":2261,"date":"2008-09-29T19:55:39","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T00:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2012-12-26T20:59:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:59:22","slug":"just-a-nice-little-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/government_employee\/09\/29\/just-a-nice-little-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"Just A Nice Little Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2NVjq2py7BA&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2NVjq2py7BA&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Phil Gramm, John McCain&#8217;s senior economic adviser:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession&#8230; We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div id='vu_ytplayer_vjVQa1PpcFN8fDDg7pyLsQyrh8J8laqxKAflWru96FY='><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/browse'>Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch_custom_player?id=vjVQa1PpcFN8fDDg7pyLsQyrh8J8laqxKAflWru96FY='><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2008\/09\/quote-for-th-39.html\">Quote For The Day<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.aflcio.org\/2008\/09\/29\/crunch-the-sound-of-the-cracking-us-economy\/\">Crunch: The Sound of the Cracking U.S. Economy<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/the-rescue-plan-weird-criticism-from-the-right\/\">The \u201cRescue Plan\u201d: Weird Criticism from the Right<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/economistsview.typepad.com\/economistsview\/2008\/09\/paul-krugman--2.html\">Paul Krugman: The 3 A.M. Call<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theseminal.com\/2008\/09\/29\/more-republican-lies-exposed-fiscal-conservatism-dies-and-progressive-candidates-show-leadership\/\">More Republican Lies Exposed: Fiscal Conservatism Dies, and Progressive Candidates Show Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/archives\/individual\/2008_09\/014943.php\">THE WRONG FRAME AT THE WRONG TIME&#8230;.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/alicublog.blogspot.com\/2008_09_28_archive.html#3182389547243210608\">Deal Me Out<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pensitoreview.com\/2008\/09\/29\/plan-a-didnt-pass-%e2%80%94-time-for-plan-b\/\">Plan A Didn\u2019t Pass \u2014 Time for Plan B<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/demediacraticnation.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/mccains-judgement-dangerous-according.html\">McCain&#8217;s Judgement &#8220;Dangerous&#8221; According to Slow Joe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/belowthebeltway.com\/2008\/09\/29\/the-political-consequences-of-the-bailout-failure\/\">The Political Consequences Of The Bailout Failure<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/badamerican.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/28\/america-heres-your-swindle\/\">America: Here\u2019s Your Swindle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[tags]phil gramm, phil gram, phill gramme, phil gramme, texas, senator, economic, nation of whiners, fundamentals of economy are strong, senior economic advisor, adviser, complainers, bailout, failed banks, video, youtube, clip, CNN[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Gramm, John McCain&#8217;s senior economic adviser: &#8220;You&#8217;ve heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession&#8230; We have sort of become a nation of whiners. 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