Posted on 05/02/2014 7:48:34 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
In a long-winded speech on Wednesday at Georgetown University, former president Bill Clinton criticized the “political press” who, he says, are so often blinded by a “storyline” that they ignore reality, especially when it comes to Obamacare.
“One of the problems is, if a policymaker is a political leader and is covered primarily by the political press, there is a craving that borders on addictive to have a storyline,” said Clinton. “And then, once people settle on the storyline, there is a craving that borders on blindness, to shoehorn every fact, every development, everything that happens into the storyline, even if it’s not the story.”
Clinton went on to say that public policy is often “dimly understood,” and often “distrusted and disconnected from the consequences of the policies being implemented,” adding that he felt that most intensely in the development, the passage and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Funny, I don’t recall Clinton being critical of the media when they were being blinded by Democratic propaganda about Obamacare, and heartily endorsed its socialized medicine model as a panacea for our health care system.
The media’s trust of Obama’s and the Democratic Party’ s promises backfired on them as problems surfaced, requiring waivers, delays and extensions in an effort to try and make the law work.
Instead of helping the Democrats, Obamacare has become an albatross around their necks, just as they head into a midterm election. That has Clinton and other high profile Democrats practicing damage control, which has largely failed.
If Bill wants to woo the media in preparation for Hillary’s likely 2016 presidential run, yesterday’s speech was not a good start to that relationship.
An egghead speaking to an audience of eggheads. What else is new?
Mrs. Bill Clinton’s hubby to the rescue!
Paraphrased version of “Zipper-Boy’s” speech:
“Before there was the failed Obamacare, there was Romneycare.
Before there was Romneycare, there was the failed Hillarycare.”
Unapologetic commies
Ask him if HE has “O” care, yet... or ever will!
Yep. He is all about protecting her from the backlash of the wretched creature she created.
He seemed pretty rickety to me. He’d start to get drifty and then catch himself, rally around to Classic Bill Clinton for a few moments, then begin to fade again. He ain’t looking too good these days.
Instead of helping the Democrats, Obamacare has become an albatross around their necks.
And what idiot would vote for any of them guess that’s why they don’t want photo id’s.
Old Age is a cruel Master.
Gotta love the projection on the left. Really wish. Would have gone into psychiatry. I would have made a fortune off of them. It is definitely a cottage industry which will be around for many years.
Hey Bill is that a stain on your jacket or are you just happy to see the press?
Both he and his WINO make mockeries of everything holy in our culture....advocating death of marriage, death of babies, death of seniors, death of morals, death of the Constitution, death of traditions, death of principles, need I go on?
One of these days, as this increasingly-foggy old goat stumps for Hillary, he will make some major blunder that will sink both of them.....or at the very least, cause him to get yanked permanently from her campaign trail with all possible speed.
I'm waiting for the moment.
Leni
Unfavorable?
How about Honest reporting for a change on this maggot of a president and his leach wife???
“Clinton went on to say that public policy is often “dimly understood,” and often “distrusted and disconnected from the consequences of the policies being implemented,”
The pleebs aren’t smart enought to see that our well intended, heavy hand on their lives is for their own good! So what if we have a few bumps in the road that adversely effects some individuals. They don’t matter, we are working for the collective.
Obama must have so much dirt on these two criminal grifters that they don’t dare speak against him or stop defending him.
Several FReepers have conjectured that the Chicago Mob used inside info on Arkancide for “mutually assured destruction” and prevented the Clintons from using their vaunted private detective squad to bring out the truth on Baraq.
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