The patriotic John McCain campaign called the American people, "a nation of whiners." He also insulted Americans by equating them to have "mental depression."
In an interview with the Washington Times, McCain's top economic adviser Phil Gramm tells America to suck it up and stop complaining about the economy:
"You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," he said, noting that growth has held up at about 1 percent despite all the publicity over losing jobs to India, China, illegal immigration, housing and credit problems and record oil prices. "We may have a recession; we haven't had one yet."
"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" despite a major export boom that is the primary reason that growth continues in the economy, he said.
John McCain was asked about a vote in which he voted "No" on which would require insurance companies which pay for Viagra, to also require coverage for birth control contraceptive. Here is the exchange:
Q: Earlier this week Carly Fiorina was meeting with a bunch of reporters and talked about it being unfair that insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. And -
McCain: I certainly do not want to discuss that issue. (uneasy laughter)
Q: But apparently you’ve voted against (McCain laughter continues)
McCain: I don’t know what I voted -
Q: Voted against coverage of birth control, forcing health insurance companies to cover birth control in the past. Is that still your position?
McCain: I’ll look at my voting record on it, but I have, uh, (5 second pause) , I don’t recall the vote right now. But I’ll be glad to look at it and get back to you as to why, I don’t -
Q: I guess her statement was that it was unfair that health insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. Do you have an opinion on that?
McCain: (after 8 second pause) I don’t know enough about it to give you an informed answer because I don’t recall the vote, I’ve cast thousands of votes in the Senate. I will respond to - it’s a, it’s a (nervous)
Fox, the Republican cable "news" network did a hit piece segment last week by photoshoping two New York Times reporters. Here are they images that Fox aired:
Vanity Fair decided to have some fun and do some of their own photoshoping of Fox News personalities.
Republican John McCain calls how the Social Security system was setup and is run, "an absolute disgrace."
"Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that's a disgrace. It's an absolute disgrace, and it's got to be fixed."
A waitress at Skyline Chili puts a bib on Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., before he eats a bowl of chili during a campaign stop in Cincinnati, Thursday, June 26, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Thursday, July 24, 2008
