McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm reiterates "whiners" comment about Americans concerned about the economy

They really are idiots.

Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who stepped aside as John McCain's campaign co-chairman in July after an uproar over comments that those worried about the U.S. economy are ``whiners,'' today revisited that sentiment.

``If you're sitting here today, you're not economically illiterate and you're not a whiner, so I'm not worried about who you're going to vote for,'' Gramm told supporters of McCain at a Financial Services Roundtable event in Minneapolis on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention.

Gramm, 66, stepped down as a senior adviser to McCain in July after telling the Washington Times that the U.S. is a ``nation of whiners'' facing a ``mental recession.''

So Americans who aren't at the convention are whiners? Nice. Remember, Phil Gramm is up for a cabinet post in the John McCain/Sarah Palin administration.