Meet the Snobocrats

Townhall.com ^ | November 20, 2014 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Kaslin]

Last week, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Jonathan Gruber, one of prominent architects of Obamacare, was exposed as little more than an elitist fraud.

Gruber was caught on videotape expressing the haughty attitude that drove the Affordable Care Act, deriding the "stupidity" of Americans as a way to justify misleading them.

Gruber apparently thinks such deception is OK because yokel voters could not handle the truth about the looming chaos he helped to engineer in their health coverage.

Unfortunately, Gruber's disdain for the proverbial masses -- he was paid nearly $400,000 in consulting fees -- is thematic of the last six years.

Another master-of-the-universe drafter of Obamacare was Ezekiel Emanuel. He scoffed on national television that the number of people covered by Obamacare at that point was "irrelevant."

[Kaslin]

Ping

[sauropod]

I’ve been noticing for a while that Gruber reminds me of Ezekiel Emanuel.

And not in a good way.

[Ann Archy]

Rahm’s CREEPY brother Ezekiel was in on ALL this FRAUD ALSO!!!

[VanDeKoik]

"Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi lectured of Obamacare that "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it." The same elitist message reverberates: that government and academic elites are smarter than average Americans, and so need not explain what they are doing.

This is a pattern of Obama administration ruling elites who express disdain or lack of concern about the people they are supposed to serve."

My town has the same problem.

Our city commission, and mayor are all part of the same "we know better than you" cult. They would get tax hikes passed and would hold "victory" parties where they actively laughed in our faces. That is on top of their crazy "green" initiatives that most of us see as complete jokes. But again, they just ignored us silly peons because we weren't "sophisticated progressives" like they are.

So this month we voted for term-limits, and that effectively fired most of them, including the mayor.

[Mr. Jeeves]

In the view of the snobocrats, the harm that follows from Obamacare, blanket amnesty or out-of-control bureaucracies should always affect someone else -- someone thought to be too stupid to figure out what hit them.

It's worse - if victims are hurt by their schemes, Snobocrats rationalize that they are members of the white middle class, anyway...and therefore they deserve it as payment for the Original Sins of slavery and white privilege.

And any politician might become this arrogant, when his opposition has become too frightened to shout him down.

[WaterWeWaitinFor]

Boy, you two are exactly right. He DOES remind me of Ezeeekeeel (please die at 75) Emanuel AND was in on the planning. Want to bet they’ve had phone conversations since this broke? And that Ezeekeel E is hiding out.

GOOD points - both of you. Sauropod - got my morning laugh from your tag line. bwahaha

We all need to call our senators and reps today. Block this guy with any means we have. To heck with bonehead and no chin Mitch - both are spineless and why were they elected again? Disgusting.

[WaterWeWaitinFor]

So this month we voted for term-limits, and that effectively fired most of them, including the mayor.

EXCELLENT......... I’m from Wisconsin and now I’m still gloating that we have overcome horrid attempts to dump our Gov. Scott Walker. Neener, Neener...... we won - get over it. And “they” are NOT happy. But we Love our Gov.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Sad but true. Very well written.

[Travis McGee]

[snowtigger]

From what I have seen in my 66 years, anyone with ANY common sense could do a better job than these supposed professional politicians.

Most people can figure out a budget. They are smart enough to know that when the account says zero, you quit writing checks. When you borrow money to cover the difference, you have thrown a percentage of your future down the drain.

An example; Not to blow my own horn, but, this fall, after our excessively rainy summer, our septic system showed signs of failing. I kept delaying, hoping the leach field would dry out. As our winter was approaching, with the ground freezing fast, I HAD to decide. We were saving to get the wife a new car. Now I had to choose, a new car or a new septic system. I love my wife and would like to get the new car, but a toilet that flushes every time is also important.

We discussed it and decided it was more important to replace the 30 year old septic. We dug into our "new car fund" and called the contractor. Two days later he left and we breathed easier.

We could finance the car, but choose not to do it that way. We don't choose to become slaves to a finance company.

This doesn't make us superior to anyone, it just shows the common sense we would like to see in our government. I am not against financing something absolutely needed, but most things are not worth sacrificing your children's future. We are at the point of spending our GRANDCHILDREN'S future. Then what happens?

[Western Phil]

http://video.mit.edu/watch/mit-economist-gruber-clarifies-health-care-law-in-a-comic-book-11139/

[Western Phil]

Health Care Reform the Comic Book: https://www.google.com/search?q=health+care+reform+the+comic+book&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

[Servant of the Cross]

VDH ping ...

[thirst4truth]

You all do know who found the Gruber tapes? No one from the press, no one from online media, no one creating blogs, it was a citizen that had his health insurance policy canceled and had a hard time finding a new one but finally did and now he pays double what he used to pay.

He was pissed and freaked out and wanted to know how this happened. So he did the research and found the tapes.