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Fired D.C. insurance commissioner tried to apologize for criticizing Obamacare fix
The Washington Post ^ | November 18, 2013 | Aaron C. Davis

Posted on 11/18/2013 7:34:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A fuller accounting of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s firing of the city’s insurance commissioner came into view Monday as the mayor’s staff worked to head off any threat of a council probe of the firing.

Documents and interviews showed that criticism of William P. White was immediate and fierce inside Gray’s office late last week, when White issued a statement critical of President Obama’s proposed fix to part of the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

Tempers flared on Thursday and White was fired less than a day later despite a late-night apology in a voice mail left on Gray’s cellphone and a lengthy mea culpa via e-mail to the mayor’s senior staff.

According to a copy of that e-mail reviewed by The Washington Post, White wrote that he took “full responsibility” for his statement questioning the wisdom of Obama’s plan. He also wrote that he would work to fix “any problems or misconceptions that might result from my action.”

Gray’s staff reached out to D.C. Council members on Saturday after The Post reported White’s firing. Despite the politically sensitive nature of White’s comments, council members were assured that Gray (D) had simply lost faith in White’s judgment — and that his firing was the mayor’s prerogative....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: obama; obamacare
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Translation: We have a king, not a president.
1 posted on 11/18/2013 7:34:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Heresy against the Liberal Messiah is not free speech! [/sarc]


2 posted on 11/18/2013 7:40:32 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, finally a person is fired over Obamacare (for criticizing it)


3 posted on 11/18/2013 7:46:04 PM PST by Mr. K
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To: Repeal 16-17

I hope he sues their asses off


4 posted on 11/18/2013 7:46:32 PM PST by Mr. K
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To: Mr. K

The laws apply only to us, free speech applies only to them - unless one of them says the wrong thing about El-Presidente.


5 posted on 11/18/2013 7:48:18 PM PST by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of "gun free zones"?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
White sees the writing on the wall.

Obama's decree likely spells the death of the DC exchange.

6 posted on 11/18/2013 7:48:37 PM PST by what's up
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To: Mr. K
Well, finally a person is fired over Obamacare (for criticizing it)

No...that's not correct.

White is angry at Obama because his pronouncement last week is going to doom DC's Obamacare exchange. White is 150% in favor of Obamacare and he sees it unraveling.

7 posted on 11/18/2013 7:50:22 PM PST by what's up
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Amazing that absolutely nobody will be allowed to keep a job if they criticize Obama, no matter how slight


8 posted on 11/18/2013 7:51:18 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dead ambassador, no one fired. Dead border agent, no one fired. Criticize Obamacare fix, fired.


9 posted on 11/18/2013 8:01:22 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: what's up
White is angry at Obama because his pronouncement last week is going to doom DC's Obamacare exchange.

Why he criticized the Liberal Messiah is irrelevant. All that mattered was that he did.

10 posted on 11/18/2013 8:06:38 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
How 'bout it, Mr. President, can he stay?
11 posted on 11/18/2013 8:06:40 PM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Repeal 16-17
Actually, it is relevant.

It shows that the democrats closest to the issue (insurance commissioners, not politicians) know the exchanges are failing.

12 posted on 11/18/2013 8:11:13 PM PST by what's up
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13 posted on 11/18/2013 8:14:57 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He should continue to speak out and let the truth be known!


14 posted on 11/18/2013 8:19:05 PM PST by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: GeronL
Amazing that absolutely nobody will be allowed to keep a job if they criticize Obama, no matter how slight

Including rodeo clowns.

Only Saddam Hussein and the Kim Jongs had this tight a control on the people.

-PJ

15 posted on 11/18/2013 8:21:20 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bark like a dog!


16 posted on 11/18/2013 8:26:51 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: what's up

Of course they are failing. Now Obama and company want to blame everybody else for this bullshit.


17 posted on 11/18/2013 8:26:59 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Political Junkie Too

How long before there are local councils to decide who is politically loyal enough to have a job?


18 posted on 11/18/2013 8:29:39 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: G Larry

BHO will take further retribution if he continues to speak out!


19 posted on 11/18/2013 8:29:44 PM PST by opres
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To: opres

Then he should make any perceived retribution very public.

Stay public, Stay loud.

He’s already lost his job.

Time to go on offense.


20 posted on 11/18/2013 8:34:51 PM PST by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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