3. "We have sort of become a nation of whiners."
Former US senator Phil Gramm, then an economic adviser to GOP presidential candidate John McCain, commenting on the American people and the economy in an interview with the Washington Times.
McCain surrogate: US a 'nation of whiners'
Former US senator Phil Gramm, then an economic adviser to GOP presidential candidate John McCain, commenting on the American people and the economy in an interview with the Washington Times.
McCain surrogate: US a 'nation of whiners'
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