Democratic
congressman Elijah Cummings tore into MIT professor and Obamacare
architect Jonathan Gruber on Tuesday for his remarks on American voters
and the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
The ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee made GOP chairman Darrell Issa’s opening statement sound tame by comparison.
“As far as I can tell, we are here today to beat up on Jonathan Gruber for stupid — I mean absolutely stupid — comments he made over the last few years,” he began, staring angrily at the hapless professor.
“Let me be clear, I am extremely frustrated with Dr. Gruber’s statements,” Cummings continued. “They were irresponsibly, incredibly disrespectful, and did not reflect reality. And they were indeed insulting.”
“I was in Congress when this law was debated, and Dr. Gruber does not speak for me, or the chairman of the other committees who worked tirelessly on this bill,” he said. “We debated this legislation for nearly a year before it was finally passed and signed by the president! Never once did I believe or did anyone suggest that we were somehow hiding our goals from the American people.”
“But worst of all,” the ranking member concluded, “Dr. Gruber’s statements gave Republicans a public relations gift in their relentless political campaign to tear down the ACA and eliminate health care for millions of Americans!”
The ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee made GOP chairman Darrell Issa’s opening statement sound tame by comparison.
“As far as I can tell, we are here today to beat up on Jonathan Gruber for stupid — I mean absolutely stupid — comments he made over the last few years,” he began, staring angrily at the hapless professor.
“Let me be clear, I am extremely frustrated with Dr. Gruber’s statements,” Cummings continued. “They were irresponsibly, incredibly disrespectful, and did not reflect reality. And they were indeed insulting.”
“I was in Congress when this law was debated, and Dr. Gruber does not speak for me, or the chairman of the other committees who worked tirelessly on this bill,” he said. “We debated this legislation for nearly a year before it was finally passed and signed by the president! Never once did I believe or did anyone suggest that we were somehow hiding our goals from the American people.”
“But worst of all,” the ranking member concluded, “Dr. Gruber’s statements gave Republicans a public relations gift in their relentless political campaign to tear down the ACA and eliminate health care for millions of Americans!”
Only Democrats were stupid enough to vote for this legislative nightmare.
STUPID STUPID STUPID
only republicans were stupid enough not to.
ReplyDelete"As far as I can tell, we are here today to beat up on Jonathan Gruber for stupid — I mean absolutely stupid — comments he made over the last few years,” he began, staring angrily at the hapless professor."
ReplyDeleteWow. A rare day when Issa admits what a worthless asshole he is and how equally worthless his hearings are. Never thought Id see that. As for Gruber, he spoke the truth. How many Americans fully understood all the tax breaks and deregulation bills that Republicans passed, with Democrat support, that helped destroy our financial system. I mean, As TS always points out, our financial meltdown would never have occurred without Roosevelt or the CRA, but they certainly picked up steam after repeal of regulation. Gruber spoke reality, American voters ARE stupid. 36% of all possible voters showed in mid terms. Screw all the idiots who didn't vote. You get what you deserve
What freakin' cosmic bunny-hole have we dropped down into?
ReplyDeleteOnly the Pols in D.C. would they make somebody publicly apologize in front of a Congressional committee for telling the truth. Too funny.
Ok William. You may now continue your campaign of ginning up phony outrage ...
Hey pfunky.
DeleteThe 2 questions of the year.
Would we have the ACA today if they told the American people the truth?
Would Obama be president if he told the truth about the ACA?
Hiya Lou ;-)
Delete1. No. Can't pass any legislation that contains the T-Word, "tax" - even though everyone on this blog new the "fee" or the "fine" was a tax. Gruber was right. The vast majority of voters are stupid.
2. Probably. Mitt Romney was a poor candidate who totally lacked cred because Obamacare is basically Romneycare on a national scale & because he ran on an "Anybody But Obama" campaign. "Anybody But Bush" didn't work for Kerry in '04, I'm not sure why the Pubs thought "Anybody But Obama" would work in '12.
Hey I have no argument. Our unionized educational system has done a heck of a job creating a few generations of stupid Americans. Gruber just validated those representatives who voted it into law.
DeleteRomneyObamaCare, lies voted on by stupid liars.
"Our unionized educational system has done a heck of a job creating a few generations of stupid Americans."
DeleteAnd Fox news has helped fill in the gaps missed by the educational system