Posted on 11/17/2014 8:04:51 AM PST by Kaslin
Grubergate's" ongoing drumbeat is taking its toll on the White House, and the president doth protest too much:
President Barack Obama denied Sunday that his signature health care reform law was deceptively marketed, rejecting statements by a consultant on the plan who said aspects of Obamacare were designed to take advantage of the “stupidity” of voters. “The fact that an adviser who was never on our staff expressed an opinion that I completely disagree with in terms of the voters is not a reflection on the actual process that was run,” Obama declared at a press conference here, speaking for the first time about the comments by MIT economist Jonathan Gruber. When the president was asked whether he had intentionally misled the public in order to get the law passed, he replied: “No. I did not.”
Yes you did, sir. You lied, misled and distorted at virtually every stage of the process:
Obamacare Promises: Then vs. Now
Your signature law has betrayed and shredded the central pledges on which it was sold; it is objectively failing, based upon the metrics for success you erected. Millions can't keep their plans and doctors. Premiums and out-of-pocket costs are rising for millions more (including among many new "beneficiaries"). The national healthcare tab is increasing, not decreasing. And the true costs and outcomes of the law were purposefully camouflaged by your administration. As Jonathan Gruber said himself, "lack of transparency" was a "huge political advantage." Your team used cynical accounting tricks and misdirection to cook the books with CBO in order to maintain the charade that the health law would be a cost-reducing enterprise. In other Gruber classic, he admitted that the "lower costs" promise was dubious from the start, but was repeated on a loop by government officials because that's what the public "want[ed] to hear." That's the definition of misleading. And it's the reason why even some of the law's supporters are admitting that it was peddled on a "foundation of lies." Of course, not everyone was fooled at the time. Paul Ryan famously deconstructed the fiscal chicanery prior to Obamacare's passage:
Paul Ryan: Hiding Spending Doesn't Reduce Spending
As for Obama's excuse that Gruber was "never on our staff," he's splitting hairs. Gruber was paid approximately $400,000 by the Obama administration to consult and assist in the Obamacare design process. According to a glowing 2012 profile in the New York Times, "after Mr. Gruber helped the administration put together the basic principles of the proposal, the White House lent him to Capitol Hill to help Congressional staff members draft the specifics of the legislation." His fingerprints are all over this law. He's boasted about his granular involvement. He's been paid handsomely by the White House, helped draft the law's specifics, and was praised to the hilt by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi (who's now feigning ignorance of his very existence). So the fact that he's proudly informed numerous audiences that the law was constructed on fabrications and falsehoods, and that he's been caught in a five-alarm lie pertaining to a key legal challenge to the law, is about as relevant as it gets. Oh, and how often does Obama strategize on crucial legislation with minor, irrelevant, non-members of his staff? The president knew Obamacare wouldn't sell on the merits, so he turned to Jonathan Gruber to help him hide the football:
SMOKING GUN! Gruber Admits Obama Was in Room During Planning of Cadillac Lie
The truth does not matter only the cause. The last six years summed up in one sentence. Enslave 300 million Americans.
6 Grubergate videos so far make Nixon’s little missing tape minutes look like a sniffle in preschool.
First You Tube link to Gruber bragging about lying to stupid American Voters about ObozoCare.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G790p0LcgbI
Second Grubergate Video link to Gruber bragging about how stupid American voters are/were to pass ObozoCare.
<http://hotair.com/archives/2014/11/12/gruber-video-2-no-really-american-voters-are-stupid/
Third Video from Herr Gruber on stupid Americans wanting Obozocare.
Fourth Grubergate video from Herr Gruber re stupid Americans.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?292478-1/health-care-reform
Fifth Grubergate video from Herr Gruber re stupid Americans, Fifth Video Emerges, Showing Gruber Mocking Man Worried About Obamacare
Sixth Grubergate video from Herr Gruber re stupid Americans.
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/11/14/the-hits-keep-coming-gruber-video-6/
There is also a there is a PBS video of Gruber saying he worked with Obama himself in the Oval office:
Remember zero Republicans in Congress voted for ObozoCare. Every stupid rat in Congress voted for it without reading the bill or caring what was in it.
There is proof that Gruber worked directly for Obama, because his 2012 campaign paid Gruber to make this campaign ad!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxZK0spa1yI#t=0m14s
Click one of Nanzi's pictures to donate today.
We need your help to keep the lights on.
FR is funded solely by contributions made by
liberty loving people who enjoy and use it.
Every donation counts no matter how big or small.
If you can donate $5, $10, $20, $100 or more,
it would be greatly appreciated.
Gruber has more credibility than Obama. Gruber is revealing what took place behind the scenes.
We already have Obama on record: “If you like your plan ... If you like your doctor ... your premiums will go down by $2,500 per year ...”
I think we hit that milestone back in early 2008.
Obama’s in luck - there’s no lie so stupid the New York Times won’t buy it. (well, if the lie falls from the mouth of a liberal)
Costs money to print and distribute a comic book... any ideas on who paid for it?
How stupid does he think we are?
He can play that game with the morons who voted for him twice, but not with us
Exactly, and those are the stupid voters, besides those who voted for that arrogant pos in 2008 and again in 2012 who Jonathan Gruber was talking about
Oh btw Guy Benson is right now on OUT# on Fox News
Perfect!
I’d like to see the next scene where Abraham bashes Gruber’s face.
I heard about them on msnbc.
He only misled those who actually believed him,but he certainly tried to mislead everyone.
Sorry about this... pic post didn’t work... out of the habit, I guess.
YOU LIE!!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.