Sunday, March 23, 2014

Obama Advisor to HuffPo on Obamacare Rollout: 'We Failed Him'



Obama Advisor to HuffPo on Obamacare Rollout: 'We Failed Him'

by John Nolte 22 Mar 2014
Gene Sperling, a former top economic advisor to President Obama, told the Huffington Post's Sam Stein that one of his "most painful moments" while working in the White House was the technical debacle that was the launch of the ObamaCare exchanges. "We all failed him," Sperling said.

There's no question that that was a painful moment, one of the most painful moments, because the president had repeatedly said for two years that what mattered most to him is real people getting on the Internet site and being able to purchase health care in an easy way. ... So it is my view that we all failed him. I’m very much against efforts by anyone to try to scapegoat specific or lower-level people. This was a failure by all of us who were in senior positions. And all we can do is all you can do is all you can ever do in life, which is move forward as best as you possible [sic] can.

The Huffington Post posted the story in this way:

With Obama's economy in its fifth year of stagnation (and maybe now in a downturn), ObamaCare not signing up the very uninsured this massive government takeover was designed to help, and Obama's lead-from-behind world in chaos, it might just be that the left-wing media and Obama's own staff have decided to fabricate a "We Failed Him" narrative in an attempt to get Obama off the hook with history.

Of course, this is the least-worse spin one can come up with for a president who by every objective measurement has been a total failure. Rather than accept blame, it is apparently better to pretend Obama was helpless and never really in control.

Sperling spins the age-old yarn about Obama saving us from the near-Depression he inherited – but what President Ronald Reagan inherited in 1981 was just as bad. Both men enacted wildly opposing policies. Reagan's policies ushered in a generation of unprecedented prosperity. Obama's policies bounced like a dead cat. 

Sperling didn’t fail Obama. He and Obama failed tens of millions of Americans. One wonders if they even realize that, or care.

Gene Sperling
Gene B. Sperling is the director at the National Economic Council for the Barack Obama administration, married to Allison Abner, was a co-writer for The West Wing, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Mario M. Cuomo’s economic adviser.

Note: Allison Abner is married to Gene B. Sperling, and was a writer for The West Wing.
Lesli Linka Glatter is a director for The West Wing, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Alexa Junge is a producer for The West Wing, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Lily Tomlin is an actor in The West Wing, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Aaron Sorkin is a writer & producer for The West Wing, a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and Ari Emanuel’s client.
Ari Emanuel’s client is Aaron Sorkin, is the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Rahm I. Emanuel & Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother.
Rahm I. Emanuel is Ari Emanuel & Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother, Josh Lyman is a character based on him on The West Wing, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Bradley Whitford is Ari Emanuel’s client, plays the character Josh Lyman a character based on Rahm I. Emanuel, an actor on The West Wing, and a director at the Alliance for Justice.
Barbra Streisand is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and the founder of the Barbra Streisand Foundation.
Barbra Streisand Foundation was a funder for the American Constitution Society.
Mario M. Cuomo is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, and his economic adviser was Gene B. Sperling.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Alliance for Justice, the American Constitution Society, and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.
Ezekiel Emanuel is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Rahm I. Emanuel & Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Anna Deavere Smith is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and an actor on The West Wing.
James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Beth A. Brooke is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Gerald Greenwald is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Patrick W. Gross is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Yotaro Kobayashi is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
John Brademas was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
William H. Donaldson was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and a VP at the Boeing Company.
W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and Obamacare is his signature policy initiative.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Ari Emanuel & Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother, Josh Lyman a character based on him on The West Wing, the Chicago (IL) mayor, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Gene B. Sperling was a co-writer for The West Wing, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Mario M. Cuomo’s economic adviser, is the director at the National Economic Council for the Barack Obama administration, and married to Allison Abner.
Ezekiel Emanuel is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Rahm I. Emanuel & Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.







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