Friday, December 12, 2014

"I think “Grubered” should enter the modern political vocabulary along side “Borked.”  If “Borked” has come to mean “obstruct (someone, especially a candidate for public office) through systematic defamation or vilification,” then “Grubered” will mean “systematic defamation or vilification of oneself through one’s own words.”

Over on TownHall Katie Pavich has rounded several more videos where Gruber contradicts what he told the House committee earlier this week, namely, his disclaiming any authorship of Obamacare."
[Power Line]


and from the Washington Post we have .......

"Earlier this week, both Democratic and Republican members of Congress pilloried MIT economist Jonathan Gruber at a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Gruber’s sin was a series of speeches in which the key architect of Obamacare pointed out that the law was passed by manipulating “the stupidity of the American voter.” Republicans understandably want to exploit Gruber’s comments for political advantage. Democrats, just as understandably, want to distance themselves from him. 

Lost in the hysteria is the painful reality that Gruber’s statements were largely accurate. Exploitation of political ignorance did help get Obamacare passed, and the public really is ignorant about both Obamacare specifically and politics generally. Political strategists in both parties are well aware of the realities of political ignorance, and act accordingly in planning their campaigns. Both Democrats and Republicans routinely praise the wisdom of the voters, even as they shamelessly exploit public ignorance."
[Washington Post]
 

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