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Sebelius Has 'No Idea' If Obamacare Adds to the Deficit
2012-03-08
Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius appeared flummoxed by questioning from Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) at a hearing on the new health care law Wednesday.
Nice volley back and forth...
Johnson challenged Sebelius over a number of the Obama administration's claims about the new health care law, namely that it will reduce the deficit and allow individuals to keep their current healthcare plans.

On several occasions, Sebelius professed to have "no idea" what Johnson was talking about.
Transcript at link. Fucking idiot.
Oh no, no idiot at all. She was put in an impossible situation. Of course it adds to the deficit. She knows it full well but she dare not say that because it will kill Champ's re-election campaign right there.

It's like how Panetta yesterday hinted that Champ needs only international approval to start a war, not Congressional approval. Since that's what Champ thinks and has already done with the Libyan War Kinetic Action, you think Panetta will say anything different to the Congress?

No my friend, these folks are a lot of things, but they aren't idiots. This game is played at a very high level.
Posted by:DarthVader

#11  parroting the part/Obama line in the face of factual and constitutional evidence otherwise, is NOT "playing at a very high level". I'd like to see prison sentences for Holder, et al for violating their oths
Posted by: Frank G   2012-03-08 22:55  

#10  These people don't have any idea about what anything costs. Furthermore, they don't give a flip. That is why a second term would be disastrous. But then I tend to think that is the plan. What was it Napolitano called terrorism--"man-made disasters?" Hmmmm.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-03-08 21:49  

#9  She is getting paid to do exactly this - shrug her shoulders and look the confused grandma.

Look, she knows dead babies saves money, and she knows government activity costs money, by her own words the other day.

In our (Kansas) defense, she is not a Kansan, she is of a professional political family tree from Ohio who found a booster, got her elected to any office available at the time..it just so happened the % showed Comissioner of Insurance in Kansas. Her boosters allowed her a State of the Union dissending opinion long ago, in exchange she didn't take a crap without getting direct marching orders from HQ, hell it took her 3 days to make a statement about Greensburg and when she did it was Global Warming and W's fault (KS Nat Guard troops were in Iraq at the time but not the MASH unit caugh caugh (then didn't go to their homecoming because KU won some ballgame)), so she poured millions into that boondoggle to pump the green movement.

No, she was selected for HHS for this very moment. Instead, grill her about dead babie=great savings, and why she has signed waivers which bypass the legal prosecution of lawful Congressional bills that is unless of course the law is illegal. She is not good on her feet so get her off script.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-03-08 20:50  

#8  "Sebelius Has 'No Idea' If Obamacare Adds to the Deficit"

Period.
Posted by: Barbara   2012-03-08 19:48  

#7  I would like to apologize for Kansas to the American people for Selbelius.
Posted by: whitecollar redneck   2012-03-08 19:15  

#6  Cue the Sgt. Schultz photo here
Posted by: regular joe   2012-03-08 15:16  

#5  Deficits don't matter. Until they do. A painful realization is coming to a country near you, but just when is uncertain.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-03-08 15:07  

#4  Sebelius in the cecum. Fairly common when one is fed a liberal diet. We'll let you know when the lab results come back.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-03-08 14:10  

#3  Amen newc

President Obama's Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, would not tell House members today how many companies that have received loan guarantees might go bankrupt, nor would he promise to provide the list of companies at risk to Congress.
Posted by: Beavis   2012-03-08 13:43  

#2  Like all of obamus tyranis staff, she gets paid to be incompetent.
Posted by: newc   2012-03-08 13:25  

#1  So what is she getting paid for?
Posted by: gorb   2012-03-08 12:28  

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