Posted on 11/18/2014 11:24:08 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Republicans are hyping past comments from ObamaCare consultant Jonathan Gruber as a way to distract from whats going well for the healthcare law.
After saying that Grubers view that the healthcare law was passed partly because of the stupidity of the American voter is not shared by anybody at the White House, Earnest challenged claims that ObamaCare was not passed in a transparent way.
He also suggested that few Americans are paying attention to the controversy.
People are understandably pretty tired of relitigating all the fights from 2009 and 2010, Earnest said Tuesday at his daily press briefing.
Some Republicans are fanning the flames of those old political arguments because it's politically advantageous. It's easier for them to talk about six-to-eight-year-old videos than to talk about how the open enrollment period has gone smoothly so far, or the millions who have gotten health insurance.
I don't believe there's a particularly large audience among the American people [for the Gruber dispute], he added.
Gruber, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been in hot water since last week when several old gaffes related to ObamaCare went viral.
In the videos, Gruber said the stupidity of the American voter contributed to the passage of the law and that a lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. He later apologized in an interview with MSNBC.
The issue has lit up conservative media as outlets hunt for additional clips that could bolster their criticism of ObamaCares passage.
Gruber's remarks have also put pressure on Democrats to explain how close he was to the legislative process.
Leaders have taken different approaches to answering the question. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said last week that she didn't know who Gruber was, though she had previously touted his work.
President Obama dismissed Gruber over the weekend as some adviser who never worked on our staff.
Earnest sought to thread the needle Tuesday by calling Gruber an adviser who was focused on the economics of healthcare, not communications or legislative strategy.
It wasn't his responsibility to try to figure out how to get this bill through, Earnest said.
It also, I think, is why it's pretty clear that the views that he's articulated do not reflect what happened.
At least one Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) has called for a probe of Gruber's federal consulting payments.
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My "Ha ha" file is really getting a workout today.
"Smoothly?"
WTF?
The most important underpinnings of the Obamacare Web Site, its heart HAS NEVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WAS ABANDONED!
AND HOW MANY OF THOSE WHO HAVE "GOTTEN" HEALTH INSURANCE HAVE NOT PAID A SINGLE CENT THEMSELVES?
The biggest welfare program ever, and it only had to steal $1,000,000,000,000 from Social Security to 'make it work!'
Stupid voters.
Stupid Congress.
Stupid Supreme Court!
Smoothly??
Say what?
Of course, we know that if a Republican presidential candidate were to privately say that he faced an uphill battle because 47% of the public depended on government assistance in some form, the Democrats would NEVER think of jumping on THAT comment for political advantage.
People are understandably pretty tired of relitigating all the fights from 2009 and 2010, Earnest said Tuesday at his daily press briefing.
Dude, that was like 4 years ago...
The WH spokesperson briefings are now more of a comedy show than an information exchange.
“GOP fanning `stupidity’ flames ... He (Obama’s press secretary, Josh Earnest) also suggested that few Americans are paying attention to the controversy.”
That’s because we’re stoopid, Josh. Go peddle your papers you mouth-piece of s***.
Der Fuehrer has now officially agreed with Gruber and called us all stupid. We’re stupid if we let this pass.
Josh is Earnest-ly Grubering.
Why bring up Karl Rove? :)
If you want to talk about fanning the flames of hatred and violence, the Obama Administration and his Justice Department has a lot to answer for in Ferguson.
What is needed is NO parties. These bastards are more loyal to, and wedded to their parties than they are to the country or the Constitution.
“Go back to sleep ‘stupid’ people. Our tricks don’t work if you can see them.”
Look, a squirrel!!!
Standing there on a regular basis, in a room chock full of other fawning sycophants, selling whatever trace of integrity one might have possessed.
How could one possibly face their spouse and children, having just returned from yet another day acting as a public lickspittle in exchange for a few pieces of silver ?
I simply find it almost impossible to imagine how such an apparently self-loathing little toad can escape daily thoughts of suicide.
quick, pass out more ObamaBucks
Rahm Emanuel
“White House: GOP fanning ‘stupidity’ flames for political advantage”
It blows my mind that ANY politician would EVER do ANYTHING for political advantage. Ever.
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