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From cnn.

Phil Gramm, a top adviser to Sen. John McCain, on Thursday stood by his comment that the country is in a "mental recession," and said he was trying to say the nation's leaders, not its people, were "whiners."

Democrats blasted Gramm, who advises presumed Republican nominee McCain on economic matters, for saying Americans who have named the economy as a top concern this campaign cycle were "a nation of whiners."

McCain forcefully repudiated the remarks while campaigning in Michigan, which has the highest unemployment rate in the nation.

The comments came in a Washington Times interview published Thursday.

Us Americans know what is going on and having one of Mccain's Advisers call americans a "nation of whiners" will hurt Mccain. They said this while in Michigan; I have been and lived in Michigan and it is suffering badly. This will hurt Mccain in the long run and I suggest he fires Phil Gramm.

-Nathan Young