For the first time our award is won by a group instead of a single person. House Democrats, you win this weeks award! House Republicans, don't get to excited, I'm quite confident you will have your opportunity!
As you read the screenshots posted below, it is important to remember a few things from recent history.
1. Much of the Affordable Care Act was put together with no transparency. In fact the American People were intentionally misled by the Democrats.
March 2010: REP. NANCY PELOSI: But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy.
Jonathan Gruber: Gruber explains that the Obama administration passed the so-called “Cadillac tax” on high-value employer health plans “by mislabeling it, calling it a tax on insurance plans rather than a tax on people, when we know it’s a tax on people who hold these insurance plans.” Americans would not support a tax on individuals, so “We just tax the insurance companies, they pass on the higher prices . . . it ends up being the same thing.” The ruse, Gruber says, was “a very clever . . . basic exploitation of the lack of economic understanding of the American voter.”
“Barack Obama’s not a stupid man, okay? He knew when he was running for president that quite frankly the American public doesn’t actually care that much about the uninsured. . . . What the American public cares about is costs. And that’s why even though the bill that they made is 90 percent health insurance coverage and 10 percent about cost control, all you ever hear people talk about is cost control.”
In yet another video, Gruber says the Obama administration knew the individual mandate was a tax, but that if Americans knew the truth “the bill dies.” So the bill “was written in a tortured way to make sure [the Congressional Budget Office] did not score the mandate as taxes.” He adds that “the lack of transparency is a huge political advantage” and that “the stupidity of the American voter . . . was really, really critical for the thing to pass.”
Nancy Pelosi on Townhall protests against ACA: PELOSI: What they want is a continuation of the failed economic policies of President George Bush which got us in the situation we are in now. What we want is a new direction. … This [tea party] initiative is funded by the high end — we call call it astroturf, it’s not really a grassroots movement. It’s astroturf by some of the wealthiest people in America to keep the focus on tax cuts for the rich instead of for the great middle class.
So let me get this straight Nancy. When it is the Tea Party it is Astroturf, but when it is liberals it isn't funded, or organized? Just Organic Grass Roots? Is that what you are saying? Opps: Caught again Nancy. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web#header-summary
So let me get this straight Nancy. When it is the Tea Party it is Astroturf, but when it is liberals it isn't funded, or organized? Just Organic Grass Roots? Is that what you are saying? Opps: Caught again Nancy. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web#header-summary
Former National Security Advisor to President Ben Rhodes on manipulating the press to get the Iran Deal done. The lies told, back room deals no transparency:
Rhodes has become adept at ventriloquizing many people at once. Ned Price, Rhodes’s assistant, gave me a primer on how it’s done. The easiest way for the White House to shape the news, he explained, is from the briefing podiums, each of which has its own dedicated press corps. “But then there are sort of these force multipliers,” he said, adding, “We have our compadres, I will reach out to a couple people, and you know I wouldn’t want to name them — ”
Rhodes has become adept at ventriloquizing many people at once. Ned Price, Rhodes’s assistant, gave me a primer on how it’s done. The easiest way for the White House to shape the news, he explained, is from the briefing podiums, each of which has its own dedicated press corps. “But then there are sort of these force multipliers,” he said, adding, “We have our compadres, I will reach out to a couple people, and you know I wouldn’t want to name them — ”
“I can name them,” I said, ticking off a few names of prominent Washington reporters and columnists who often tweet in sync with White House messaging.
Price laughed. “I’ll say, ‘Hey, look, some people are spinning this narrative that this is a sign of American weakness,’ ” he continued, “but — ”
“In fact it’s a sign of strength!” I said, chuckling.
“And I’ll give them some color,” Price continued, “and the next thing I know, lots of these guys are in the dot-com publishing space, and have huge Twitter followings, and they’ll be putting this message out on their own."
For more on the backroom secret deals and collusion with the media in Rhodes on words:
Now that we have had a refresher on the House Democrats lack of Transparency, back room secret deals, and media manipulation. Let's take a look at what they are saying:
For this reason House Democrats you all share in the honor of being this weeks Hypocrite of the Week!
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