This Isn't Helpful
I completely understand that when the economy is down, liberals tend to dramatically exaggerate the scale of the problem because they believe it benefits them politically. That reality, however, doesn't make former Senator Phil Gramm's remarks about America being "a nation of whiners" any less stupid:
Gramm stirred up controversy when he called the nation's economic malaise a "mental recession," then added, "We have sort of become a nation of whiners," he said. "You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline."
Now Gramm says he was "talking about our leaders, not our people:"
Former senator Phil Gramm -- under fire for saying the United States has "become a nation of whiners" -- said in an interview today that he meant the nation's leaders were whiners, not its citizens.
It would have been much better, then, if Gramm had said "we as a nation have whiny leaders." He did not, and no matter what he meant, one would really think that his years of political acumen would have shown him that there are just some things you don't say in public.
posted by Deacon David Oatney @ 1:42 PM
1 Comments:
You are right. Phil opened his mouth and inserted his foot. Maybe both of them.
And maybe the Democrats are exaggerating the slump. But is that any worse than Republican leadership telling us everything is okay when we can see that it isn't? Both sides of this have their own responsiblities in the mess that is ongoing right now.
IMO, the leaders of our country are so removed from the reality most of us face day in, day out, they do not have a real clue about how things really are or aren't. The country does not run to the tune of Wall Street. But they would have us believe it does.
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