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The President again stated today that “the cost of health care is the cause of bankruptcy every thirty seconds“. In a later interview with Christina Romer, the President’s Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors, a Fox reporter said he couldn’t find where the President got that figure and asked Ms. Romer to respond. Her response?
“I think I am not going to talk about any particular statistic, the key thing is the idea“. And later on repeated “I’ll have to check the facts but the key thing is the idea is absolutely true.”
*After writing my recent blog on Audacity to Tell the Truth I thought somebody should be pointing out when anyone in Washington, particularly Obama and his appointees, refuse to talk facts and instead tell you to hope or believe or that they just know something is true. I didn’t realize that I would hear a blatant use of the “Believe Me, Not the Facts” rant just a few hours later. So I decided to go ahead and start publishing these myself. If you see or hear any, let me know and I will publish them, after I verify that they are true, of course.
Comment by Jason Blanchard on 6 March 2009:
It was written on his teleprompter so it must be true…
Comment by Richard on 6 March 2009:
This is the typical celebrity/media mentality. You can say anything if no one challenges you and if they do say “I misspoke.”
Comment by Richard on 6 March 2009:
Your teleprompter comment is humorous.
Years ago I woked on a TV floor crew.
The weather man was so dumb when the teleprompter roke he walked off the set. He simply had no idea what he was talking about, in fact someone else typed for him into the propter. Boy was he dumb!