He probably lies to his diary too, right?
They’re spinning like dervishes, LOL!
http://patterico.com/2014/07/25/jonathan-grubers-speak-o-number-two/
How many speak-os does it take to make a lie?
I’ve seen not only the so called speako, but the actual minutes from congressional hearings. Denying subsidies to those states that chose not to have exchanges was not only a part of the law, it was a main feature. The Dems wanted a hammer to hit reluctant governors over the head with. Ahhh.but they guessed the politics wrong. Folks don’t want the law or the state exchanges.
If the courts pull the Dems chestnuts out of the fire on this one I will be pissed, but mostly I’ll be heartbroken because we will have indeed reached banana republic status if that happens.
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Regardless what Gruber and activist justices want everybody to think about Obamacare Democratcare, it remains that the Supreme Court had historically clarified that states have never delegated to Congress, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for intrastate healthcare purposes. This is evidenced by the following excerpts from Supreme Court case opinions.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress. [emphases added]” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress. [emphases added]” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
And for those RINOs and Democrats who would argue that, since the Constitutions doesn't say that the feds cannot do something, that means that they can do it, the Supremes have also address that foolish thinking too.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
So what Mr. Gruber needs to do if he wants the Democratcare law that he helped to write actually be constitutional is the following. He needs to encourage Congress to propose a healthcare amendment to the states. And if the states choose to ratify Mr. Gruber's amendment then Congress will actually have the power to regulate, tax and spend for intrastate healthcare purposes and Mr. Gruber will be a hero.
Consider the Grubers of the field—
They toil not, but they spin like
Tasmanian devils.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress. [emphases added]” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
“Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws of every description [emphasis added], as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a state and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c., are component parts of this mass.” —Justice Barbour, New York v. oo., 1837.
“Direct control of medical practice in the states is obviously [emphasis added] beyond the power of Congress.” –Linder v. United States, 1925.
“Speak-O” takes the place of “Mis-spoke”.
1. Grubers: We have all met Grubers in our lives.
2. They believe that they are the smartest persons in the room.
3 No mistakes: But the main thing about them is this: They believe that they don't mistakes like us ordinary humans, or they believe that they rarely make mistakes.
3. My point is this: Gruber did not make a mistake when he talked about how only State exchanges could apply for Obamacare subsidies, because he said it at least twice. He knew exactly what he was saying.
4. Since he wrote the law, I bet that he is one of the few persons who has read every word over and over. He probably even memorized the whole damn thing.
5. I can hear know-it-all Gruber defending himself:"Who are you going to believe, me or you own lying eyes?"
6. I say this to Gruber and his partner in crime Obama: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
“Lying in defense of a liberal goal is no vice,” to bastardize a phrase from Barry Goldwater.
The sad part of this is that while this is strong evidence that the “state exchange” language was intentional, it can’t be considered, because the case will be decided on appeal. It’s my understanding (legal Freepers please jump in) that the appeal process looks to flaws in the judge’s actions or application of the law, not new evidence.
When I first heard the word “gravitas,” it suddenly became common parlance to my life. Time to add “speak-o,” I guess.
There once was man named Obama and he had a dog
Speak-o was his name-o and Speak-o was his name-o.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Speako
After reviewing the video, although Mr. Gruber didn’t use the word “period,” I think that Mr. Gruber should share the “liar of the year” award with Obama.