Star Member cali (96,682 posts) Thu Nov 13, 2014, 02:55 PMhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/10025812281
Pointless lie: Pelosi on Gruber: 'I don't know who he is'
The ObamaCare consultant churning headlines this week for questioning voters' intelligence is a stranger to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader from California said Thursday.
“I don't know who he is,†Pelosi said of Jonathan Gruber. “He didn't help write our bill.â€
Gruber, a health economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who advised the administration during the months-long ObamaCare debate, stirred a hornet's nest this week with comments he made last year suggesting only a “lack of transparency†and “the stupidity of the American voter†allowed the bill to pass.
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Still, if Pelosi is unfamiliar with Gruber now, that wasn't the case amid the fierce debate as ObamaCare was being crafted.
As unearthed Thursday by The Washington Post, Pelosi's website contains entries from December 2009 featuring an extensive analysis of the law's impact on insurance premiums. The author? Jonathan Gruber.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/224031-pelosi-on-gruber-i-dont-know-who-he-is
MineralMan (68,653 posts)
1. In all honesty, she may have never even been on her website.
It's entirely possible that she didn't know who he is. Very few congressional members actually participate in creating their websites. They have people who work for them who do that.
Mass (26,182 posts)
9. Apparently, she knew who Gruber is at that point.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4514604/nancy-pelosi-mentions-jonathan-gruber-analysis
Tatiana (11,443 posts)
2. Pathetic. I don't know what to believe.
a) She's flat out lying.
b) She's so disengaged with the legislative process that her staffers do all the work and she doesn't have a clue regarding what's going on.
Either way, I don't think she should be in any leadership position, at this point.
Orsino (28,500 posts)
3. Not much of a lie, if they never met and Gruber didn't actually write any of the bill. n/t
Mass (26,182 posts)
6. Ridiculous. Gruber was an important actor during the writing of ACA.
Even if he was not an advisor for the House (not sure whether this is the case or not), he was everywhere in the media and in hearings. It is ridiculous that she would answer like that.
Star Member cali (96,682 posts)
8. Embarrassing. As are the justifications in this thread
Hell, I know who he is and that he was a key adviser on the ACA.
B2G (3,980 posts)
7. She's ****ing lying and she needs to be gone.
She has become a huge liability.
From HuffPo in 2010. Read the whole damn thing:
"On November 30th, Krugman wrote about the CBO report, relying on Gruber's analysis. He, too, concluded it was "good news for reform advocates." That same day, Harry Reid took to the floor of the Senate that same day, saying "just a few days ago an MIT economist -- one of the nation's foremost economists -- a man by the name of Jonathan Gruber, analyzed our bill and concluded it will help Americans pay less and get more."
Reid read from the piece on the floor of the Senate, saying that it provided substantiation from Gruber "who is one of the most respected economists in the world" that the Senate bill would reduce the deficit. Nancy Pelosi touted "the Gruber analysis" on the Speaker's website."
MineralMan (68,653 posts)
1. In all honesty, she may have never even been on her website.
It's entirely possible that she didn't know who he is. Very few congressional members actually participate in creating their websites. They have people who work for them who do that.
Lying is second nature to a liberal. Given the choice between the truth and a lie they will choose the lie nine out of ten times. It is just a character flaw.
Lying is second nature to a liberal. Given the choice between the truth and a lie they will choose the lie nine out of ten times. It is just a character flaw.
Still, if Pelosi is unfamiliar with Gruber now, that wasn't the case amid the fierce debate as ObamaCare was being crafted.
Gruber "who is one of the most respected economists in the world"
Response to nationalize the fed (Reply #19)Thu Nov 13, 2014, 04:39 PM
Star Member alp227 (28,039 posts)
32. Please don't link to Newsbusters or other right wing sites.
this story is only posted on right wing sites and is likely out of context.
If you want to limit your search, look for all the times Nancy "Bela" Pelosi told the truth.
Damn! You do believe in sending DUmbshits on snipe hunts, doncha?! You coulda made it easier, and just had them go get a hundred yards of flight line out of the supply warehouse. :wink: :naughty: :popcorn:I'm going to need a can of relative bearing grease, some pogie bait, some geedunk, and a half bucket of steam.
...Any enterprising airman knows how to find flightline !
I'm going to need a can of relative bearing grease, some pogie bait, some geedunk, and a half bucket of steam.
Any enterprising airman knows how to find flightline !
Pointless lie: Pelosi on Gruber: 'I don't know who he is'
Kornbunkler.