David Gregory is a blithering idiot.

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David Gregory Compares 'Obamacare' Rollout to the Iraq War

This is why we can't have nice things... because people like this useless hack are actually allowed to have a supposed "news" show on national television. Apparently the disgusting Katrina comparisons weren't quite enough for David Gregory, so he had to up the ante a little:

David Gregory Makes a Fool Of Himself Comparing the ACA Rollout to Bush’s Iraq War:

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/david-gregory-compares-obamacare-rollout

[Romulox]

1. Complaining about criticism of a program that the President, Nancy Pelosi, and Bill Clinton have

criticized?

It's the definition of "circling the wagons", to be sure!

[lostincalifornia]

3. isn't gregory's comparison a bit of an exaggeration, it not outright absurd?

[factsarenotfair]

4. The word you are looking for is evil.

I can't hardly take all of the sociopathic attacks.

[Romulox]

6. It's not Gregory's words that are causing the pain. It's the botched rollout of Obamacare.

[lostincalifornia]

13. sorry, comparing ACA to Katrina or the Iraq War is Bullshit! No one died from the rollout. Stop

the repuke talking points please

There is a difference criticizing the problems with the rollout, that is one thing, comparing it to wars and deaths, is bordering on hatred against the president

[uponit7771]

27. Not the question, comparing website glitches to people being sent to a useless war is bullshit

[lastlib]

2. I proudly second that!

A useless fool.

[Eleanors38]

5. Here I thought it was Katrina.

[spanone]

7. cnn compared it to iran/contra...got to bring reagan into it, eh?

fuck the m$m it is corrupt

[tularetom]

8. No he isn't

I have it on good authority however that he aspires to one day advance to the level of blithering idiot.

[Cha]

26. I see what you did there..

[book_worm]

9. What else is new?

[JHB]

10. For the record...

(from Media Matters)


For Iraq, just US Soldier deaths more than double that, plus tens of thousands wounded. For Iraqi civilian deaths the lowest estimates are well over 100,000.

[Justice]

11. The ultimate in false equivalency. One - going to kill people over a lie; trying hard to help people

to be able to be healthy.

[Mass]

12. The comparison is only problematic because of the dead soldiers and Iraqi people.

Otherwise, there are a lot of points in common. The administration refused to accept the notion that their system, without a public option, would lead them to problems. They claimed repeatedly that that people could keep their plans, even if it was patently absurd (the insurance market does not work like that anyway, independently of ACA). They claimed that people would be able to keep their doctors, even if it is also patently absurd. When you change insurance (and even if you do not), you are not insured that your medical team will still be on the list the next year.

After these absurd claims were proven false, all sorts of explanations were given (not necessarily false, but too late) before the White House started to acknowledge that, yes, they should have not said that (difficult to deny something that was on video everywhere at multiple times, and that was still on the White House website a few days ago (not sure if it is still there today).

When apologizing, the president claimed that they did not realize that it was difficult to buy insurance on the private market (really. They should have asked to people who knew). Really?

Of course, we still are at the beginning and it may not turn out to be the mess than Iraq continued to be (and still is), and obviously, nobody died from ACA's mess, but there are a lot of similarities in the way criticisms were accepted and the project was led to implementation.

Other point: DO NOT USE PELOSI AS SURROGATE. SHE SUCKS.

[Bandit]

18. You are right and Social Security was exactly the same as WWII

And Medicare was exactly the same as Vietnam....I am sure if you dig deep enough you might find an untruth spoken in every piece of legislation ever written so that makes them exactly the same as the Civil War....Or should I say the war of Southern Treason.

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. Unless he's tearing down a right wing hack.

Then he's the best thing since sliced bread.

[Bandit]

19. and when pray tell did he EVER do that?

Nmae just one time...I dare you

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. ...

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/05/12/badly-darrell-issa-david-gregory-fails-gop-shill.html

[bluedeathray]

15. Correct, but

What percentage of the population with voting rights will perceive this idiot to be what he actually is?

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

16. They need to fire this joker.

What a bunch of ignorant, hot air...

[copperearth]

17. Petition to fire David Gregory?

Is there anyway we can start a petition to have NBC fire this fool? He is just way too partisan. I can think of several really good NBC reporters or contributors who would be more fair and impartial.

[davidpdx]

25. Doubt it will do much good

We could kill two birds with one stone and ask them to fire Baldwin as well for his homophobic rant.

[11 Bravo]

20. I must have missed something. When did Gregory get smarter?

Because "blithering idiot" would be a HUGE step up.

[Jack Rabbit]

22. Jack Rabbit compares David Gregory to Baghdad Bob

The powers that be hand a script full of hyperbole and outright lies. Then he dutifully reads it.

[Skittles]

23. no sense of decency

[davidpdx]

24. So a website is killing people?

It's sucking people into the computer in a black-hole if you will and people are being starved of oxygen. Call it death panels, yes that's it. THAT'S THE TICKET!

[mdbl]

28. Wasting time on Gregory the tool

He's a stooge. Quit watching and quoting him and maybe NBC will get the message. I haven't watched meet the press since Tim Russert ruined it.

[drynberg]

29. HMMM...GREGORY IS CONSISTANT...

In being a ReThug tool. Is he crooked? Lazy? Incompetent? So many choices, so little time...Key Point is that all these choices are wicked negative. What a loser.