On Face The Nation Sunday, left-leaning host Bob Schieffer said he was “dumbstruck” by the comments made by MIT economist and ObamaCare architect, Jonathan Gruber. The comments were caught on video and surfaced last week, which were also followed with a series of others that trickled out via taped video footage.
“I was dumbstruck when I heard the comments that are surfacing from an economist named Jonathan Gruber, who was paid four hundred thousand dollars to help shape the president’s health care plan,” said Schieffer. “First, he allowed his health plan passed only because of a lack of transparency and this is a direct quote, ‘the stupidity of the American people.’ Then Friday our Nancy Cordes found a couple of other things he said going back to 2011.”
Schieffer went on to play comments made by Gruber in another video, during which he says the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) — whom he called a “very smart senator” — found a way to “rip off the feds” by getting them to pay for the Massachusetts health care overhaul.
“I’ll be honest, while I favor health insurance, I am not wild about the new plan and how it became law either,” Schieffer added. “But here is my question for Mister Gruber. If all this was as bad as you say, why did you take the money you earned as an advisor, nor is it too late to give it back? What we have here is another example of the sorry state of American politics where people take money for things in which they don’t believe and whether it’s good for the American people is not even a question. As for the President he may want to consider that old politician’s prayer, Lord, I can take care of my enemies; just protect me from my friends.”
JohanEstes / November 17, 2014
If Gruber started such an ‘integrity-based return’ and the rest of our government were to emulate his ‘example,’ then Republicans AND Democrats would be repaying millions to the American people.
We will not be holding our breath in anticipation of these worthless, demagogic criminals and racists doing the right thing.
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rahul01 / November 17, 2014
Schieffer engaging in faux outrage. Gruber never said the bill is bad, he said he believes in the reform so much that he along with others were willing to lie and cheat to get it passed. So why would he return the money?
The sad part is not that Gruber was caught saying the truth, the sad part is more liberals don’t engage in similar frank revelation of their true beliefs. The nation could have been saved from the Obama presidency if he was prone to expressing his true beliefs in the same fashion.
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