A Native Texan recalls Phil Gramm- Evil Manipulator and Exploiter of Americans

Editor's Comment- As a native Texan who stood on a figurative chair looking down on this rattler as it slithered in from Georgia, I was never surprised when he turned into a multi-headed hydra that bit the very hands that fed him. I wrote him when he was our Senator and told him about need my Republican Mom had who was a long time supporter of his.

She was at the time an invalid. He never replied. He took her money, her time and when it came time to return the favor he was (as he was when he was of age for Vietnam) AWOL. He has taken from this country and he has skipped out on making his payments.

He accepted Democratic money when he ran for Congress and then he turned around and shared information he had from insider observations to help Ronald Regan.This is how he become a popular Republican and he later took the place of John Tower as our Senator. (Note-I met Tower as a small child. Unlike Gramm, Tower was actually a nice man who later had a drinking and womanizing problem. I cried with loss when he died in a plane crash with the grown up daughter he told me he would have loved to have introduced me to.-editor)

Gramm even had a huge pile of hot checks when the US Congress had an in house banking scandal a few years back. Interesting banking behavior for a man who taught Economics at my father's beloved A&M (WHOOP!) and who has been the "backbone" of McCain's Economic plans. Be afraid Will Robinson.....be very afraid if this is his idea of a "figurative" economic period of turmoil. He is a virtual idiot and a real jerk too.

Don't listen to me......consider his own words that have come back to bite him more than once.....
"Has anyone ever noticed that we live in the only country in the world where all the poor people are fat?" — During his first Senate Campaign against Democrat Lloyd Doggett.

"We're going to keep on building the party (the Texas Republican Party) until we're hunting Democrats with dogs." As quoted in Mother Jones, August 1995


"If you are willing to tackle the tough issues, you don’t need to worry about stepping on anyone’s toes; they will stand aside and shove you to the front.” — As quoted by former Gramm staffer Wayne A. Abernathy September 12, 2002, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

"We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness."

PSSST......John McCain, pay heed here. Gramm is like the old joke....He's like prunes. With friends like him who needs enemas.


On July 9, 2008, Gramm participated in an interview with The Washington Times, explaining John McCain's plans in reforming the U.S. economy. During the interview, he downplayed the idea that the nation was in a recession, stating, "You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," and "We have sort of become a nation of whiners, you just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline." (PSST Phil.....the saying is a Recession is when your neighbor loses his job.Depression is when you lose YOUR job)

The following day, McCain strongly denounced Gramm's comments and subsequently stated that Gramm was not in consideration for any high level positions, joking "I think Senator Gramm would be in serious consideration for ambassador to Belarus, although I'm not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that."

Gramm later attempted to clarify his comment, explaining that he had used the word "whiners" to describe the nation's politicians rather than the public, stating "the whiners are the leaders." But in another interview, Gramm stated, "I'm not going to retract any of it. Every word I said was true." (BULLSHIT-Editor's Comment)

Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned but it is only lukewarm compared to a Texan who has a memory better than any elephant and the ability to wait to strike when the iron is hot.