God Save Us From Phil Gramm
By Vince Leibowitz on Jun 22, 2008 in 2008 Presidential Race
UPDATE: Gramm has called the media all the way from Turkey to try and polish his tarnished reputation. More via PoliTex.
There are some very scary rumors out there that former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm (a one-time presidential also ran) will be Secretary of the Treasury if we are unfortunate enough to see John McCain elected as president. Via PoliTex:
Former Sen. Phil Gramm and former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, were power brokers for years. Now, the like-minded conservatives — each with a Ph.D. in economics — are working on John McCain’s presidential bid. Gramm has an official role, Armey does speaking, but they keep tabs on each other. Like the recent speculation about Gramm slated to be treasury secretary (a recurring rumor since Gramm retired in 2002) in a McCain Administration.
“That’s what I’m hoping,” said Armey, who was on Capitol Hill today, “and expecting that to be the case.”
Doesn’t this just make you feel all slimy? Senator Dead Pheasant as Secretary of the Treasury? Of course, his close ties to Enron and the fact that he greased the way to the meltdown in the housing sector will no doubt knock any confirmation hearings off the tracks.
Ugh… One more reason to bust ass and get Obama elected. We need economists who use their knowledge for good instead of evil.
OMG! Just what we need! The story I’ve heard is Gramm is being considered for VP. Just what we all need. Now that they’ve plundered Enron and the state of Texas, they want to finish off the rest of the country. We are majorly screwed. If only we still had legitimate elections, we can dream. John McSame and his merry band of thieves will lead us into HELL…
Cheryl,
I too have heard the rumors about Gramm being considered for Veep, but the more likely Texas choices are the two Kays: Granger and Hutchison. I think that even the stupid R’s know that as Veep Gramm would be a huge liability because of the Enron mess and some of the stupid stuff he’s said over the years.
Oh, and “McShame!” I love that moniker!