“Why does Jonathan Gruber still have a job at MIT?”
1. Because they agree with him
2. Because they know that he wasn’t referring to them as part of the stupid populous because the MIT elitists are superior
3. The ends justify the means and Billy Bob and Joe the plumber are not intelligent enough to make an informed decision so it is ok to trick them.
Perhaps the most disturbing thing is that his comments happened some time ago and yet nobody at any of those meetings/panels thought he said anything worth raising their hand about. If it wasn't for their vanity of putting every utterance on video and posting it online we'd never even know.
They simply agreed with him and probably just nodded their heads when he said them at the time.