Bob Schieffer Slams Gruber: It’s Not Too Late To Give Back Money You Made As Advisor

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.”