BloggeRhythms

It’s far too early to tell how much damage has been done to the administration in general, and the health care tax specifically. However, there’s no doubt that both have been dealt an extremely costly blow by the comments of the arrogant elitist whom had a great deal to do with the architecture of Obamacare.

 

Aside from MIT economics professor, John Gruber, administration advisor on the health care tax proclaiming American voter’s in general are “stupid,”  a similar slur by him was disclosed on yesterday’s Fox News' "The Kelley File."

 

Shown speaking at an October 2013 event at Washington University in St. Louis, he referred to “the so-called ‘Cadillac tax’ on high-end health plans,” saying, "They proposed it and that passed, because the American people are too stupid to understand the difference."

 

Referring specifically to the way the "Cadillac tax" was designed, he touted the plan to, “instead of taxing policy holders, tax the insurance companies that offered them. He suggested that taxing individuals would have been politically unpalatable but taxing the companies worked because Americans didn't understand the difference.”

 

And once again, the best summation Mr. Gruber’s comments came from a reader of the article.  

 

tishuwish wrote: “Is he really that far off base? After all he is referring to OBAMA SUPPORTERS. Democrats that voted for obama, and I have to agree with him, they have to be the stupidest thing walking! I personally never took offense to what he said because I knew he wasn't referring to me!”

 

Which leads right into the next item from Politico.com, as follows: “A new Gallup poll showing “The favorability rating for Democrats is the party’s lowest since Gallup began asking the question in 1992.

 

Only 36 percent had a favorable view of the Democratic party, a 6-percentage-point drop from before the midterms, the Gallup poll released Wednesday found. With the GOP standing with 42 percent favorability, it is the first time since 2011 the GOP has had a higher rating than the Democrats.”

 

Additionally, John Nolte of Breitbart writes that, “As things stand today, Republicans in Congress enjoy a 42% approval rating. Obama, on the other hand, sits at a 39% approval rating. His disapproval rating sits at a whopping 56%. 

 

When asked by Gallup who should have more influence over the direction of the country, a majority of Americans chose Republicans in Congress over Obama by a whopping 56-36% margin.”

 

While the poll results indicate significant dissatisfaction with the Democrat party as a whole, and the incumbent president even worse, the following item, also from politico.com, by Andrew Restuccia and Erica Martinson, may shed some light on why the public is fed up with both. 

 

The authors write that, “Tied to court-ordered deadlines, legal mandates and international climate talks, the efforts scheduled for the next two months show that President Barack Obama is prepared to spend the remainder of his term unleashing sweeping executive actions to combat global warming. And incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have few options for stopping the onslaught, though Republicans may be able to slow pieces of it.

 

The coming rollout includes a Dec. 1 proposal by EPA to tighten limits on smog-causing ozone, which business groups say could be the costliest federal regulation of all time; a final rule Dec. 19 for clamping down on disposal of power plants’ toxic coal ash; the Jan. 1 start date for a long-debated rule prohibiting states from polluting the air of their downwind neighbors; and a Jan. 8 deadline for issuing a final rule restricting greenhouse gas emissions from future power plants. That last rule is a centerpiece of Obama’s most ambitious environmental effort, the big plan for combating climate change that he announced at Georgetown.”

 

At the same time, Drudge posted the following links.

 

Minnesota shatters snow record from 1898...
KEEP CALM AND SHOVEL ON...
Cold to Freeze East...
WY WINDCHILL WARNING: 35 BELOW...
FROSTBITE IN 10 MINUTES...
Winter still month away...
CHILL MAP...

 

Which leads me to suggest once more, that to find out why the entire global warming farce doesn’t resonate with voters today, or anyone else blessed with common sense, climate change fanatics ought to close their mouths and open a window.

 

Because we’re on the cusp of the coldest winter ever predicted by real experts who actually know what they’re talking about, and not a bunch of money/power-hungry hacks driven by government grants. 

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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