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Angus King: Gruber Who?—Fox & Friends 'Cruel' to Question Obamacare
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/11/2014 7:48:54 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Such an "independent," that Angus King. Nancy Pelosi couldn't have performed a more partisan hack job of defending Obamacare and attacking those who dare question it.

Things got ugly on today's Fox & Friends. The show ran the clip [that NB's P.J. Gladnick uncovered and that few in the MSM have aired] of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber admitting that the bill's drafters had deliberately deceived the CBO as to the costs of the program, and relied on the "stupidity" of voters to push it through. King claimed he had never heard of Gruber, jabbed his finger while instructing the Fox & Friends hosts "don't lecture me," and accused them of being "cruel" for raising questions about Obamacare.

View the video here.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: angusking; foxfriends; jonathangruber; obamacare
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1 posted on 11/11/2014 7:48:54 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...

“Independent” Angus King gets ugly on Fox & Friends over Obmacare. Ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 11/11/2014 7:50:13 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
relied on the "stupidity" of DEMOCRAT voters to push it through
3 posted on 11/11/2014 7:51:43 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Who is Angus King? Now Zeke Emanuel (Dr. Death) I know of.


4 posted on 11/11/2014 7:51:56 AM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest; PJ-Comix

Discovered by P.J. Gladnick??? Isn’t he the Freeper with the name of PJ-Comixs who does the Dummie Funnies?


5 posted on 11/11/2014 7:54:41 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO TO PRISON OVER THIS!!!! A LOT OF SOMEBODYS.......ENOUGH!!!!! (yes I am PO’d)


6 posted on 11/11/2014 7:56:32 AM PST by Envisioning (My desire to be well informed is at odds with my desire to remain sane....)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

This dude has always been a complete Moron. Thanks Maine!


7 posted on 11/11/2014 7:57:13 AM PST by acapesket
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

NO, Mr. King, the 8 million now covered by Obamacare were NOT previously uninsured!

HALF of them BECAME uninsured when Obamacare rules CAUSED the cancellation of their coverage!


8 posted on 11/11/2014 7:59:13 AM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
He managed to put FOX And Friends on the defensive with name calling...

Sorry, Fox and friends are the idiots here.

10 posted on 11/11/2014 8:01:42 AM PST by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Answering the question, "Gruber who"?


Health Reform Documents

Updated documentation for Gruber Microsimulation Model

Documentation for the Gruber Microsimulation Model

Senate High Cost Insurance Tax Will Raise Wages

Gruber Senate Premium Analysis 11-27-09

Response to AFSCME Criticisms of the High Cost Health Insurance Tax

National Affordability Report

Testimony Before the Senate HELP Committee on Health Reform and Small Business

High Cost Insurance Tax Will Raise Wages

Massachusetts Affordability Report

Report on Schwarzenegger Administration Health Proposal


Opinion Pieces

Obamacare Enrollment is Far From Over,” Talking Points Memo, April 1, 2014

 “Obamacare Critics Still Just Tell One Side of the Jobs Story,” The New Republic, February 13, 2014

 “Obamacare: It’s a Net Gain for the Economy,” LA Times, February 9, 2014

 “When Will We Get the Verdict on Obamacare?,” cnn.com, January 2, 2014

“Will the Health Care Law Help Small Businesses? Yes: At Last, Firms Will Have Affordable
Options
,” Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2013.

"Will the Affordable Care Act Kill Jobs?,” blogged in The New Republic

Massachusetts Must Remain a Model on Health Care,” The Boston Globe, June 29, 2012.

“A Thank You to Gov. Mitt Romney for Signing Massachusetts’ Historic Health Care Reform”
published in Editorials and Opinion, MassLive.com

“Why the Individual Mandate is Effective and Efficient"
published in The Daily Beast

"Health Care Reform Without the Individual Mandate: Replacing the Individual Mandate Would Significantly Erode Coverage Gains and Raise Premiums for Health Care Consumers," issue paper from Center for American Progress.

"Howard Dean Wrong, Individual Mandate Right," blogged at The New Republic, October 2010.

"A Health Reform Critic Flunks Math," blogged at The New Republic, October 2010.

"'Cadillac' Tax isn’t a Tax – It’s a Plan to Finance Real Health Reform," Washington Post, December 28, 2009.

"Reform Requires Consumer Pressure," Boston Globe, September 3rd., 2009.

"A Loophole Worth Closing," New York Times, July 12, 2009

"The Role of Individual Mandates in Health Reform."  Paper for the National Institute for Health Care Management, January 2009. 

"Medicine for the Job Market," New York Times, December 4, 2008.

Etc. etc. etc.

There is much, much more, Mr. King, so don't pretend that Gruber is unknown.

http://economics.mit.edu/faculty/gruberj/publication

11 posted on 11/11/2014 8:02:18 AM PST by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Anus King stinks.


12 posted on 11/11/2014 8:02:42 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Cruel. That is a tantrum word like Ben Affleck retorting, “That’s gross!” when the subject on Bill Maher’s show turned to what happened to Muslim apostates.


13 posted on 11/11/2014 8:06:41 AM PST by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

King is an elitist leftist shame and embarrassment. Carrying the water of wealthy at the expense of the middle class.


14 posted on 11/11/2014 8:07:35 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Lx

I believe you’re right!


15 posted on 11/11/2014 8:08:35 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Just changing tag lines.


16 posted on 11/11/2014 8:08:44 AM PST by x1stcav (We had the time of our lives. Those were the days.)
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To: rod1

Angus King just proved himself the dumbest sum bitch in the senate. What an embarassment to we the dumb stupid american voters?!


17 posted on 11/11/2014 8:09:43 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

DO NOT, under ANY circumstances let this lying, duplicitous creature caucus with the Senate Republicans. He is clearly a left wing operative and should stay with his fellow lefties, such as Schumer and Reid, in the Senate DemocRAT caucus.

If Mitch McConnell lets him in the Senate Republican caucus it will be obvious that he is looking for additional progressive support for the RINO wing.


18 posted on 11/11/2014 8:09:46 AM PST by House Atreides
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Talk about political doublespeak.

'He shouldn't have said it'
'I don't know what he was talking about.'
'I certainly don't endorse those kind of comments.'


19 posted on 11/11/2014 8:12:07 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: lewislynn

“He managed to put FOX And Friends on the defensive with name calling...”

Yes, Fox & Friends did not do a good job interviewing him, but it looked to me like they were ambushed by this man. He evidently wanted to get on Fox & Friends to do this.

I don’t think Fox & Friends were the “idiots here” as you said. They just weren’t prepared for the attack.


20 posted on 11/11/2014 8:17:41 AM PST by FR_addict
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