Stupid Voters and Lack of Transparency Helped Pass Obamacare Claims Architect of Obamacare- On Video

Remember how Barack Obama promised to create the most transparent and open government ever:

"My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government." - 

It turns out that Jonathan Gruber, an economist who helped cobble together Obamacare, claims that "lack of transparency" was what enabled Obama and his Democratic congressional minions to pass the Affordable Care Act.  Lack of transparency, and the stupidity of the low information voter.

“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage." “And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass.”

Obamacare Could Prompt 10,000 Las Vegas Union Workers To Strike

Unions were instrumental in getting Barack Obama elected, but now many members are squawking about his prized Obamacare because it isn't turning out to be quite what they expected.

One of those unions (that was probably pushing hard for its membership to vote for Obama - both times)  represents Las Vegas workers, and about 10,000 of those unhappy campers are poised to strike because they want to keep the benefits they have, including no-cost health coverage, and that 'aint gonna happen under Obamacare.

The Culinary Union Local 226 - representing a slew of Las Vegas workers including maids, porters, cooks etc. -  has curtailed negotiations with management and ended a contract extension because they don't want to pay a penny for their health insurance, and don't want any changes to their pension and guaranteed 40 work hours per week.  Obamacare would change all that.

According to BuzzFeed, union honcho Donald "D" Taylor said:

“The biggest hurdle to reaching settlements in Vegas is the new costs imposed on our health plan by Obamacare," “Even though the president and Congress promised we could keep our health plan, the reality is, unless the law is fixed, that won’t be true.”

Oops.  Fools for believing the oh-so obvious lies.

BuzzFeed explains the reason unions are balking:

Union leaders have long voiced concern over the health care law’s effect on their Taft-Hartley plans, which are collectively bargained plans maintained by multiple employers and a labor union. Under the Affordable Care Act, Taft-Hartley plan recipients (like the members of CU 226) are not eligible for tax subsidies. That makes some union employees more expensive for employers who provide health care, making employers less agreeable when it comes time to foot the bill.

Taylor is so pissed about the situation he actually approached a Republican: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The Washington Post quoted Taylor as saying:

“You can’t just order people to do stuff." “If their health plan gets wrecked, why would they then go campaign for the folks responsible for wrecking their health care?”

The CU Local 226 has made some leeway with MGM Resorts, Caesars and Tropicana, all of which have said members will continue to receive free health insurance. But others are still pending.

More info on Buzzfeed.

More on how union members will be hurt.

Granted, there are some happy campers who have benefited from the ACA, but many more people haven't, and this straight from the lips of  Democrat friends who voted for Obama.

NBC's Lester Holt Discusses "Unintended Consequences" Of Obamacare

NBC's Lester Holt talks about some of the "unintended consequences" of  Obamacare.

Promise: Insurance for all.

Truth: No insurance and paycuts for many working for small businesses. So good luck getting the funds to pay for insurance or the fines if you don't.

From Subway fast food workers and professors at universities, people are starting to experience those unintended consequences.

Of course, the Obama administration is in total denial.

Even unions (die-hard liberals) admit there are problems.

Way to go.

Joke of the day: Liberal Logic 101 on 'lying'

This pretty much nails liberals on their logic on 'lying'.

Obama's Epic Fail On His Campaign Promises, In His Own Words- Video

In his own words, with commentary from the media (oftentimes the mainstream), the video below shows us just how many times Barack Obama has lied about his various campaign promises, including:

Transparency
Healthcare security
Healthcare cost
Healthcare single payer system
Healthcare tax
Taxes
Fairness
Energy
National Debt

13 minutes long, it's worth every minute.

The video uses source material from WordsMatter2012, a website inspired by a 2008 Obama speech where he said "don't tell me words don't matter." Through his own words you get to decide if Obama has followed through with his promises or not.

In this video it's quite obvious.





H/T Independent Journal Review

More Lies From DNC- Steelworker Did Not Work For Bain

More lies from the Democratic National Convention.

According to ABC News (and kudos to them for breaking the story), David Foster- one of several steelworkers speaking at the DNC- was introduced as one of three “former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital” who had been mercilessly fired from the company when it went bankrupt.

Trouble is he was actually a union organizer who wasn't even on GST Steel's payroll other than being a union lead negotiator, so was never  "fired", so to speak.

“David Foster was never an employee of GST Steel’s Kansas City plant. He was employed by the United Steelworkers of America as their regional union director to represent GST Steel, but was not employed at our facility,” according to BC Huselton, who was head of HR at GST.

Lumping in Foster with two former employees, if they indeed were, makes one assume he too worked at Bain. He did not!

Independent Journal Review is spot on when it says:

Leave it to the Democrat Party to get a union negotiator to give a prime-time speech to the American people, who then misrepresents his position with a company for political purposes, and acts as if people are entitled to a job and a certain salary at a private company.

The Democrats will do anything to win, and the people who vote for them are too ignorant or blind to question.

Israeli Ambassador Denies Wasserman-Schultz' Claim He Said GOP Dangerous

Florida Democratic Congresswoman and DNC Chairman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is at it again with her flagrant lies. Back in late August, Wasserman-Schultz purposely misquoted an L.A. Times article in a fundraising newsletter, deliberately equating Romney's abortion stance with Republican Congressman Todd Akin's  bizarre beliefs. Anderson Cooper ripped her a new one for the misquote, but Wasserman-Schultz was not interested in apologizing for her blatant lie.

Her latest fib, caught on tape (see below), claimed she heard Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren say that "..what the Republicans are doing is dangerous for Israel."  

Oh really?  According to, Oren Debbie is lying.

"I categorically deny that I ever characterized Republican policies as harmful to Israel,” Ambassador Michael Oren said in a written statement. “Bipartisan support is a paramount national interest for Israel, and we have great friends on both sides of the aisle."

Naturally, she's now backpedaling, saying that her comments were "misrepresented" by the Washington Examiner that quoted her. Brad Woodhouse, DNC communications director, said:  "The Examiner’s piece should be seen for what it is, a blatant misrepresentation of the facts by a conservative outlet."  Sorry Brad, audio bytes don't lie. And besides, with her penchant for twisting the truth, she's the last person I would believe.

Wasserman-Schultz was apparently at an Obama campaign sponsored training pep rally for Jewish Democrats, telling them that:

Republicans “can’t get anywhere with our community on domestic issues” and instead “do everything they can to lie and distort and mischaracterize this president’s stellar record on Israel.”

And more lies, Obama does not have a stellar record on Israel. He never has.