The NY Times of late has been stuck on stupid. Really stuck. Really stupid. They have endorsed Obama’s lies, omitted key information in sensitive issues, outright lied about George Bush and Iraq, and tried to peddle Obamacare fiction.
Now they’re at it again. I was reading a Media Research Center article on the ongoing effort by the broadcast networks to censor Grubergate when two items caused me to slam the attention brakes.
The conclusion of the AP article even hinted that deception regarding ObamaCare’s costs couldn’t be the case: “[A]s it was being written, the law was frequently reviewed by the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation and the often-critical Medicare Office of the Actuary.”
Similarly, the article that appeared in the print New York Times observed that, even though Gruber “has expressed regret about his comments,” the GOP “have decided to believe what they see on the videos.”
As for the AP article, it’s GIGO- garbage in, garbage out. The CBO generates results based on the data input. Gruber has already admitted that they fed the CBO false information. False data in, false conclusion out.
The NY Times then goes into full bullsh*t mode. The article reads:
Mr. Gruber also made headlines in July when a video surfaced that showed him agreeing that the health care law’s tax subsidies were supposed to go only to states that set up their own health exchanges. Thirty-seven states chose not to. That put Mr. Gruber on the opposite side of the White House in a lawsuit that is heading to the Supreme Court.
He said at the time that he “made a mistake in some 2012 speeches,” and reaffirmed his belief that the law’s tax subsidies are proper and constitutional. But Republicans have decided to believe what they see on the videos.
They want us all to believe that Gruber made a gaffe- a whole slew of them, actually, and that he didn’t mean a single one of them.
Michael Kinsley is credited with saying “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.”
Gruber made a gaffe alright. He told the truth. He was arrogant, condescending, smug, self-righteous and above all, honest.
The Times would have us buy the propaganda. Michael Shear’s sneering line says it all:
“But Republicans have decided to believe what they see on the videos.”
Can you imagine that? Republicans have decided to believe their own eyes instead of the horse crap from Gruber and the NY Times.
Groucho Marx was credited with saying
“Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?”
In the case of the Times, it’s readily apparent.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.