With more than a half-dozen
videos surfacing in which MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber bragged about fooling
the public about Obamacare, today he faces the House Oversight and Government
Reform Committee. The
hearing begins at 9:30 AM ET on C-SPAN 3.
Many have characterized his
remarks about the purposeful lack of transparency and the “stupidity of the
American voter” as gaffes. His remarks
may prove to be a fatal blunder that exposes just how bad the law is and may
ultimately cause the damn thing to unravel.
It has most assuredly raised the public’s suspicions about the law and
generated a palpable anger over the arrogance of this Administration.
Gruber is political poison.
Democrats have distanced
themselves from Gruber since the release of the videos. The World’s Most
Dangerous Community Organizer referred to him as “some adviser who never worked
on our staff” who “expressed an opinion that I completely disagree with,” and
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who was House speaker when the ACA passed,
said she didn’t know who he was, despite having praised his work in 2009.
Jim Esquea, assistant secretary for
legislation at HHS, wrote a letter begging to have Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner seated separately
from Gruber. Esquea is scared silly that
photographs taken of the two seated together would be a public relations
nightmare for the regime. O RLY?
Gruber,
the self-described “ivory tower guy” had laid low since the videos became a
flashpoint claiming, “Anything I say will just feed the haters.”
The
Daily Caller is reporting that Tea Party Patriots will be handing out
250 t-shirts with Gruber’s likeness with the words “I’m With Stupid” to remind
everyone why he will be at the hearing.
Tea Party Patriots co-founder
Jenny Beth Martin told The Daily Caller,
“With all that’s going on in the Capitol, we didn’t want Mr. Gruber’s curtain
call to go unnoticed. We commemorated his appearance, and in the spirit of the
Season, we’d like to offer the Obamacare architect a dozen. He can use them as
stocking stuffers for the economically unsophisticated.”
Is 9:30 in the morning too early for popcorn?
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