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  <title>phil gramm at Brave New Films</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-05T09:29:16Z</updated>
  <entry>
    <title>John McCain: Economic Disaster</title>
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    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55310-john-mccain-economic-disaster</id>
    <updated>2008-12-05T09:29:16Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John McCain does not have the ability to fix this economic crisis.&amp;nbsp; After declaring the fundamentals of the economy strong, he created a political circus in Washington last week by &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/opinion/28rich.html?_r=1&amp;amp;amp;oref=slogin"&gt;mucking up bailout negotiations&lt;/a&gt;; a deplorable stunt, considering he and his political cronies helped cause the current meltdown.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; It was McCain and his economic adviser Phil Gramm who &lt;a href="http://www.alternet.org/workplace/99234/mccain_enabled_our_economic_meltdown/"&gt;pushed for the deregulation&lt;/a&gt; that helped lead to the banking crisis,     and it was McCain&amp;#39;s crony Rick Davis who had &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23/freddie-mac-paid-mccain-c_n_128770.html"&gt;deep lobbyist ties to Freddie Mac&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Don&amp;#39;t let others be fooled by McCain&amp;#39;s economic grandstanding because the reality is his policies and principles will only exacerbate our financial hardships.&amp;nbsp; That&amp;#39;s why you must &lt;a href="http://www.bravenewfilms.org/posts/invite/55310-john-mccain-economic-disaster"&gt;spread this video&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McCain is being deceitful with his sudden populist message and support for regulation; his economic policies still favor our nation&amp;#39;s wealthy elite.&amp;nbsp; Call out McCain&amp;#39;s economic dishonesty.&amp;nbsp; Send this video to friends and ask them to sign up for a free Brave New Films video subscription to &lt;a href="http://therealmccain.com/economy"&gt;know the latest on TheRealMcCain.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Then, post it on your blogs and spread it on networking sites like &lt;a href="http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Can_t_Fix_the_Economic_Crisis_He_Helped_Cause"&gt;Digg&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/74e7z/mccain_cant_fix_the_economic_crisis_he_helped/"&gt;Reddit&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; These are some of the best ways to reach people who are not following this debate closely.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Let&amp;#39;s make sure everyone knows McCain can&amp;#39;t get us out of the mess he got us into in the first place. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>My Friends' Mess</title>
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    <updated>2008-12-05T10:47:54Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;Who&amp;#39;s responsible for the economic crisis?&amp;nbsp; John McCain&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;friends&amp;quot; like Phil Gramm, Rick Davis, and George Bush.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Obama: McCain Campaign Is The Old Boy Network</title>
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    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53639-obama-mccain-campaign-is-the-old-boy-network</id>
    <updated>2008-10-31T09:30:51Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;Barack Obama in Elko, Nevada, September 17, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>JOHN MCCAIN WHINES ABOUT GEORGE W. BUSH</title>
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    <updated>2008-12-05T10:47:45Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;Smilin' John McCain.
&lt;br /&gt;Would you buy a used car from this man?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>John McCain: Rally 01/18/08</title>
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    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48665-john-mccain-rally-01-18-08</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T21:31:32Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;John McCain
&lt;br /&gt;Rally
&lt;br /&gt;Mt. Pleasant, SC 01/18/08&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TRANSCRIPT:
&lt;br /&gt;JOHN MCCAIN: My friend Phil Gramm and I have been known each other for more than 25 years. We served together in the house, we served together in the senate. We, uh, I, I respect no one more in America on the issue of economics and others than I do of Phil Gramm. And I want to tell you, back in the 1980s, we were foot-soldiers in the Reagan Revolution and we cut taxes but we cut spending. We cut spending back then. And we saved the taxpayers' money and we, unfortunately, did not learn that lesson from . . . all of the legislation that cut spending as well as taxes my friends. I rely on Phil Gramm for many things but as an economist, he is without peer. I thank him for his friendship. [applause]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;LABEL: JM SC 1-18 (JC#85) GHRZZ-miscA&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: &lt;a href="http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/3fgqj8qu6e"&gt;issuealliance.box.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/rovb6wzi84&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>The Loathsome Hypocrisy of Sean Hannity</title>
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    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47091-the-loathsome-hypocrisy-of-sean-hannity</id>
    <updated>2008-11-03T14:13:58Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;This happened a little while ago, but Sean Hannity&amp;rsquo;s hypocrisy is so astounding that I couldn&amp;rsquo;t let it go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you saw in our latest video, &lt;a href="http://foxattacks.com/michelle" title="fa michelle"&gt;FOX ATTACKS! Michelle Obama&lt;/a&gt; (nearly 500,000 views and #1 most viewed News &amp;amp; Politics video this month!), the folks on FOX are simply shocked, SHOCKED! that Michelle Obama would dare say she thought America is a &amp;ldquo;downright mean&amp;rdquo; country where more and more people are struggling to get by. FOX had endless hours of &amp;ldquo;analysis&amp;rdquo; on this subject, claiming it proved the Obamas were elitists, radicals, socialists, America haters, etc. &amp;ldquo;What country is she living in?&amp;rdquo; asked disgraced Abramoff asshat Ralph Reed, as if no one in their right mind (even a black person!) could even entertain such a notion. In fact, I believe it&amp;rsquo;s FOX&amp;#39;s official policy that Michelle Obama&amp;rsquo;s name may never be uttered without saying &amp;ldquo;not proud of her country&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;downright mean.&amp;rdquo; Of course, notorious racist Hannity led the indignation fiesta, claiming a statement like Michelle&amp;rsquo;s is a wound that would doom the Obama campaign (but &lt;a href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-europe-people-of-berlin-people-of-the-world-this-is-our-moment-this-is-our-time/" title="germans obama"&gt;don&amp;rsquo;t tell the Germans&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, in the name of Fairness and Balance, you&amp;rsquo;d expect Hannity to have a fraction of the same indignation towards Phil Gramm, John McCain&amp;rsquo;s top economic advisor (and stinking rich UBS bank chairman), when he proclaimed that &lt;a href="http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jul/09/mccain-adviser-addresses-mental-recession/" title="gramm whine"&gt;America is a &amp;ldquo;nation of whiners&amp;rdquo;&lt;/a&gt; and that &lt;a href="http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jul/09/mccain-adviser-addresses-mental-recession/" title="mental"&gt;the suffering of millions of Americans under the Bush economy is simply a &amp;ldquo;mental&amp;rdquo; problem&lt;/a&gt;. You&amp;rsquo;d expect that &amp;mdash; but that means you are unfamiliar with the depths of hypocritical asshattery that is Sean Hannity. From &lt;a href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/13/sean-hannity-on-americans-maybe-we-do-whine-too-much/" title="hannity whine"&gt;C&amp;amp;L&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;HANNITY: I&amp;rsquo;ve met people that grew up in tyranny. I knew people that grew up in the former Soviet Union for fear of speaking out against their government. Never had an opportunity to pursue their dreams&amp;hellip;In this country, maybe we do, &lt;strong&gt;is there some truth to the fact, maybe we do whine too much&lt;/strong&gt;. Maybe we don&amp;rsquo;t to appreciate this gift we have of freedom. Maybe we don&amp;rsquo;t take advantage of, maybe too many of us look to the government to solve every problem we have, Health care etc&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;So let me get this straight &amp;mdash; if your government ruins the nation&amp;rsquo;s economy, you should shut the hell up because you have the freedom to criticize your government? Even Newt Gingrich couldn&amp;rsquo;t believe Hannity could be so tone deaf and idiotic. I could believe it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So which would you rather have: a president whose wife thinks the country is downright mean, or a president whose &lt;em&gt;chief economic advisor&lt;/em&gt; thinks the problems ravaging the US (and the world) economy are imaginary and people suffering its effects should stop whining? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Consumers See Poor Economy First-Hand</title>
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    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46055-consumers-see-poor-economy-first-hand</id>
    <updated>2008-11-28T03:48:13Z</updated>
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      <name>Gallup</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Americans identify gas prices and the high cost of living as the top two most important financial problems they face today.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Obama Finds Attacks on Michelle &#8220;Infuriating&#8221; &#8212; So Don&#8217;t Go on FOX!</title>
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    <updated>2008-11-01T03:31:26Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;This from the &lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/17/politics/p100036D65.DTL" title="BO mad"&gt;AP&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;In an interview with Glamour magazine, Obama said attacks on his wife are &amp;quot;infuriating.&amp;quot; &lt;strong&gt;The likely Democratic presidential nominee blamed the conservative press for going after his wife as if she were the candidate.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;If they have a difference with me on policy, they should debate me. Not her,&amp;quot; Obama told the magazine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rightly so. Really, has anyone ever seen a Republican candidate&amp;rsquo;s wife get attacked the way the Republicans and the media go after the wives of Democrats? And don&amp;rsquo;t give me the line that the &amp;ldquo;discussion&amp;rdquo; about Michelle Obama&amp;rsquo;s patriotism is actually a real issue, because it isn&amp;rsquo;t unless you believe the paranoid Republican myth that a first lady who isn&amp;rsquo;t appropriately patriotic would encourage the destruction of her own country. Besides, &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=0hVeWZjB8zM" title="mccain no love"&gt;John McCain has repeatedly said he &amp;ldquo;really didn&amp;rsquo;t love America&amp;rdquo; until he was a POW&lt;/a&gt;, and McCain&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;econ brain&amp;rdquo; &lt;a href="../blog/45466-fox-s-non-elitist-fred-barnes-calling-all-americans-whiners-is-just-straight-talk" title="barnes whiners"&gt;Phil Gramm recently said that America is a &amp;ldquo;nation of whiners,&amp;rdquo;&lt;/a&gt; and no one has questioned their patriotism or the effect it could have on a (shudder) McCain presidency. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>GOP Brags That McCain Will Continue Bush's Economic Legacy</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45853-gop-brags-that-mccain-will-continue-bush-s-economic-legacy" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45853-gop-brags-that-mccain-will-continue-bush-s-economic-legacy</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T04:57:34Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/video-gop-brags-mccain-will-continue-bushs-economic-legacy"&gt;David Sirota&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last week, I appeared on Fox News to discuss the &lt;a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5881298.html"&gt;inflammatory comments by Phil Gramm&lt;/a&gt; (John McCain&amp;#39;s top economic advisor) and how those comments really epitomize the Republican Party&amp;#39;s country clubbish, let-them-eat-cake outlook on the economy. Notice about half-way through as the Republican strategist I&amp;#39;m debating actually acknowledges that McCain&amp;#39;s major idea for fixing the economy is continuing George W. Bush&amp;#39;s tax policies - and that when she&amp;#39;s called out for saying that, she tries to deny what she just said.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The interchange is instructive for two reasons.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;First and foremost is the admission: namely, that Republicans still want America to believe that the way to steady the economy is to follow Bush&amp;#39;s efforts to slash taxes for millionaires. As I show in the very first chapter of &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307395634?tag=sirotablog-20&amp;amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;amp;linkCode=as1&amp;amp;amp;creativeASIN=0307395634&amp;amp;amp;adid=1BYG4T2ZJJAZXD5JM0YF&amp;amp;amp;"&gt;my book&lt;/a&gt;, this is a prescription being rejected even in some of the most conservative parts of the country.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Second, there is the denial: When called onto the carpet for wanting to continue the policies of the most unpopular president in history, Republicans start running for cover to the point of claiming they never said what they just said. The denial is a tacit acknowledgment of the power of the populist uprising now boiling throughout the country. The GOP knows the country is very angry at conservatives&amp;#39; free market fundamentalism - and so will deny and obfuscate to pretend they aren&amp;#39;t championing such fundamentalism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45853-gop-brags-that-mccain-will-continue-bush-s-economic-legacy"&gt;Continue reading&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain's Top Economic Adviser Says You Should Stop Whining, Get Off Your Big Fat Ass, and Start Imagining Yourself Rich</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45785-mccain-s-top-economic-adviser-says-you-should-stop-whining-get-off-your-big-fat-ass-and-start-imagining-yourself-rich" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45785-mccain-s-top-economic-adviser-says-you-should-stop-whining-get-off-your-big-fat-ass-and-start-imagining-yourself-rich</id>
    <updated>2008-10-27T15:31:09Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ZP Heller</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/45785-mccain-s-top-economic-adviser-says-you-should-stop-whining-get-off-your-big-fat-ass-and-start-imagining-yourself-rich"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53064" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McCain&amp;#39;s top economic adviser Phil Gramm wants you to awaken your inner elephant.  Think Progress has &lt;a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/11/phil-gramm-greatest-hits/"&gt;the disgusting facts&lt;/a&gt; about the man McCain considers his &amp;quot;econ brain.&amp;quot; 				&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Stranahan"&gt;Lee Stranahan&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45785-mccain-s-top-economic-adviser-says-you-should-stop-whining-get-off-your-big-fat-ass-and-start-imagining-yourself-rich"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Whither Phil Gramm?</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45650-whither-phil-gramm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45650-whither-phil-gramm</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T03:30:29Z</updated>
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      <name>tpmtv</name>
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&lt;p&gt;The future of Phil Gramm&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45650-whither-phil-gramm"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Sunday Show Roundup: Gramm Cracker</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45633-sunday-show-roundup-gramm-cracker" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45633-sunday-show-roundup-gramm-cracker</id>
    <updated>2008-10-29T09:39:07Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Veracifier</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/45633-sunday-show-roundup-gramm-cracker"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52864" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John McCain&amp;#39;s economic adviser Phil Gramm said last week that our failing economy is nothing more than a &amp;quot;mental recession&amp;quot; brought on by a &amp;quot;nation of whiners.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Think Progress&amp;#39; Satyam has &lt;a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/13/george-will-gramm/"&gt;more on George Will&amp;#39;s illogical defense of Gramm.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45633-sunday-show-roundup-gramm-cracker"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>McCain &amp; the Economy: You'll Laugh, You'll Cry...</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45615-mccain-the-economy-you-ll-laugh-you-ll-cry" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45615-mccain-the-economy-you-ll-laugh-you-ll-cry</id>
    <updated>2008-12-05T08:54:33Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>HotPotatoMash</name>
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&lt;p&gt;A mashup that covers everything John McCain and the economy. From Phil Gramm (McCain&amp;#39;s chief economics advisor) calling Americans whiners along with many conservative pundits to McCains belief that the economy is strong and that all the country&amp;#39;s economic problems are psychological and everything in between.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45615-mccain-the-economy-you-ll-laugh-you-ll-cry"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain: Gramm Can Be Ambassador to Belarus</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45431-mccain-gramm-can-be-ambassador-to-belarus" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45431-mccain-gramm-can-be-ambassador-to-belarus</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T03:29:52Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>tpmtv</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/45431-mccain-gramm-can-be-ambassador-to-belarus"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52574" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;John McCain, July 10, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45431-mccain-gramm-can-be-ambassador-to-belarus"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can't Get Enough</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45419-can-t-get-enough" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45419-can-t-get-enough</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T03:29:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>tpmtv</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;John McCain and Phil Gramm: can't get enough of your love, babe.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45419-can-t-get-enough"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>McCain Responds to Phil Gramm, Day 2</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45417-mccain-responds-to-phil-gramm-day-2" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45417-mccain-responds-to-phil-gramm-day-2</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T03:29:48Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>tpmtv</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/45417-mccain-responds-to-phil-gramm-day-2"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52557" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;John McCain, July 11, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45417-mccain-responds-to-phil-gramm-day-2"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Phil Gramm: "Mental Recession... Nation of Whiners"</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45406-phil-gramm-mental-recession-nation-of-whiners" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45406-phil-gramm-mental-recession-nation-of-whiners</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T03:29:44Z</updated>
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      <name>tpmtv</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Phil Gramm in interview with the Washington Times, July 9, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45406-phil-gramm-mental-recession-nation-of-whiners"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>McCain Responds to Phil Gramm "Mental Recession" Comments</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45273-mccain-responds-to-phil-gramm-mental-recession-comments" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45273-mccain-responds-to-phil-gramm-mental-recession-comments</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T03:29:42Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>tpmtv</name>
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&lt;p&gt;John McCain, July 10, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45273-mccain-responds-to-phil-gramm-mental-recession-comments"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Obama on Gramm Comments: "America Already Has One Dr. Phil"</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45272-obama-on-gramm-comments-america-already-has-one-dr-phil" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45272-obama-on-gramm-comments-america-already-has-one-dr-phil</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T03:29:45Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>tpmtv</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/45272-obama-on-gramm-comments-america-already-has-one-dr-phil"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52356" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Barack Obama, July 10, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45272-obama-on-gramm-comments-america-already-has-one-dr-phil"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain: Dr. Phil? Obama is "Dr. No"</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45271-mccain-dr-phil-obama-is-dr-no" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45271-mccain-dr-phil-obama-is-dr-no</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T03:29:45Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>tpmtv</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/45271-mccain-dr-phil-obama-is-dr-no"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52355" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;John McCain, July 10, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/45271-mccain-dr-phil-obama-is-dr-no"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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