#Obamacare, the Media, and Lying about Lying

You may have heard that the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) recently released a disastrous report which detailed that Obamacare was likely to result in 2.3 million fewer jobs.

But as fast as that news came out, the Democrats and their Media shills issued a counter narrative: “No, that’s not true! It’s not that Obamacare will kill jobs! It’s only that people will choose not to work (or work as much) so as to qualify for health care subsidies, and THAT means that there’ll be the equivalent of 2.3 million fewer people working.

See? It just kills employment, not jobs, which is TOTALLY different! Sorta…”

Of course, the casual news gatherer (which is way more than half the population) never heard the second half of that argument. They heard “No, that’s not true…”, and the rest faded into Miss Othmar’s voice from the Charlie Brown cartoons. No matter, they got the gist: those Republicans have obviously lied once again about King Barack the Beneficent and his glorious Health Care Machine. The details as to exactly if, how or why they lied are probably unimportant, anyway.

Except that they’re not.

Obama and the #IRS: “Do as we Say, NOT as we Do…”

Gonna take you on a quick trip in the ‘Way-back Machine‘, so stick with me for a moment.

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Back in 2009, I was Sales Manager for a Fortune 500 insurance company. President Obama had just begun his Class Warfare antics when, after passing his ill-advised stimulus and bailouts, he made this statement:

“You can’t take a trip to Las Vegas, or down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime…”

Even though the statement was supposedly directed at recipients of the Government handouts (TARP, etc.,..), when taken in the context of the political climate it rightfully terrified every executive in corporate America.

Anderson Cooper = 2; Lefty Drones = Zilch

What is going on with Anderson Cooper? First he took apart a dude from MoveOn.org a few days ago, and now THIS?

Add in his drubbing of Thomes L Friedman on ‘Jeopardy’ the other night, and Cooper is quickly becoming my favorite anchor on CNN. A rather low bar, I admit, but still: it’s something.

If the talking heads on any of the Big Three networks were half this skeptical when interviewing Obama lackeys, I’d actually watch them. Maybe.

Until that happy day, another round of “kudos” goes to Mr. Cooper. Please note the complete-and-utter inability by this LaBolt guy to vary from his talking points, even a little. Someone in the White House needs to host a “debating clinic”, ’cause right now the current messengers are less than impressive.

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Kudos for Cooper

How did I miss this?

CNN has gotten to where it’s tough to digest more than 15-minutes at a time, since the bias is so pronounced. However, among their gaggle of talking heads, I’ve always held out hope for Anderson Cooper. He often comes across as sincere, though just as often sincerely misguided. As yet, he doesn’t fall into the egregiously “clueless” category like, say, Soledad O’Brien.

That said, …this is great stuff. There are some folks out there on CNN and MSNBC whom I’m not sure even know how to do journalism (think Piers Morgan or Ed Shultz), but this is proof positive that Cooper possesses that knowledge, regardless if he chooses to use those skills most days. I have no problem pointing out when I think a reporter is being unfair/illogical/biased, so file this under “credit where credit is due”.

Nice job, Anderson.

Question: Perhaps Cooper is auditioning for FOX?