I Have As Many Whiners As I Need, Not As Many As I Want
McCain's Gramm steps down after "whiners" flap
"Phil Gramm, an economic adviser to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, resigned from his campaign on Friday in the fallout over his comment that the United States had become a "nation of whiners."
About ol' Phil, from Wiki:
"Investments in Porn
Gramm first became involved in funding porn in 1973, when his brother-in-law, George Caton, told him about an low-budget soft-core production called "Truck Stop Women." A promo poster for the film boasted of its buxom stars: "No Rig Was Too Big For Them To Handle." Caton, who was in charge of fundraising for the production, asked Gramm to become an investor. To entice his brother-in-law, Caton showed him scenes of Playboy Playmate of the year Claudia Jennings displaying her bare essentials, (she is naked throughout much of the film).
These scenes "really got Phil titillated," Caton told journalist John Judis in 1995. [1] Gramm cut Caton a check for $15,000. Because the film was oversold, however, Caton returned his brother-in-law's money, offering him an investment opportunity in an upcoming feature.
The following year, Gramm sent Caton a check for $15,000, this time to finance the production of "Beauty Queens," a soft-core flick about pageant judges having sex with contestants. But at the last moment, the director of "Beauty Queens," Mark Lester, decided to shelve his production to make the sequel to his "Tricia's Wedding," a comedy starring the drag queen troupe, The Cockettes.
Gramm contributed at least $7500 towards the sequel, a satire of the Nixon White House called "White House Madness" that featured the crazed president wandering around the White House in the nude. Unfortunately Gramm never saw a return on his investment. Shot in ten days on a soundstage crudely modeled after the Oval Office, "White House Madness" made little money. However, Gramm did get an executive producer’s credit for the film."
Compassionate Conservative Quotes:
"Has anyone ever noticed that we live in the only country in the world where all the poor people are fat?"
"Most people don't have the luxury of living to be 80 years old, so it's hard for me to feel sorry for them." - In response to a claim that a Social Security proposal would hurt people over 80.
"I have as many guns as I need, but I don't have as many guns as I want."
Well Ok, I resonate with that last one.
"Phil Gramm, an economic adviser to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, resigned from his campaign on Friday in the fallout over his comment that the United States had become a "nation of whiners."
About ol' Phil, from Wiki:
"Investments in Porn
Gramm first became involved in funding porn in 1973, when his brother-in-law, George Caton, told him about an low-budget soft-core production called "Truck Stop Women." A promo poster for the film boasted of its buxom stars: "No Rig Was Too Big For Them To Handle." Caton, who was in charge of fundraising for the production, asked Gramm to become an investor. To entice his brother-in-law, Caton showed him scenes of Playboy Playmate of the year Claudia Jennings displaying her bare essentials, (she is naked throughout much of the film).
These scenes "really got Phil titillated," Caton told journalist John Judis in 1995. [1] Gramm cut Caton a check for $15,000. Because the film was oversold, however, Caton returned his brother-in-law's money, offering him an investment opportunity in an upcoming feature.
The following year, Gramm sent Caton a check for $15,000, this time to finance the production of "Beauty Queens," a soft-core flick about pageant judges having sex with contestants. But at the last moment, the director of "Beauty Queens," Mark Lester, decided to shelve his production to make the sequel to his "Tricia's Wedding," a comedy starring the drag queen troupe, The Cockettes.
Gramm contributed at least $7500 towards the sequel, a satire of the Nixon White House called "White House Madness" that featured the crazed president wandering around the White House in the nude. Unfortunately Gramm never saw a return on his investment. Shot in ten days on a soundstage crudely modeled after the Oval Office, "White House Madness" made little money. However, Gramm did get an executive producer’s credit for the film."
Compassionate Conservative Quotes:
"Has anyone ever noticed that we live in the only country in the world where all the poor people are fat?"
"Most people don't have the luxury of living to be 80 years old, so it's hard for me to feel sorry for them." - In response to a claim that a Social Security proposal would hurt people over 80.
"I have as many guns as I need, but I don't have as many guns as I want."
Well Ok, I resonate with that last one.
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