Oh, yes, my friends, Cruella DeVile has given us permission to blame her for the ObamaCare rollout debacle - but not to do anything about it, or her, or her horned boss:
Sure, the ACA was "passed by both houses of Congress" - illegally and corruptly. It's also flagrantly unconstitutional, which renders its ostensible legislative enactment irrelevant.
But we already knew that. What is so amusing about the "national health chief's" rhetoric in this clip as that she gives every indication of viewing ObamaCare not as "law" or even "settled law" but as veritable divine revelation. It's like it wasn't excreted out of the bowels of the Capitol Hill alimentary tract but floated down from the heavenlies on gossamer wings from the blindingly pearly gates of Godbama's throne. It's the same insufferably obtuse mindset that permeates the post-ObamaCare left: "You can work with us to 'fix' the ACA, but you can't possibly be serious about getting rid of it!" Because, of course, it's a religious icon to them; socialized medicine is their Ark of the Covenant and Holy Grail all rolled into one hellish package, and Allah help anybody who dares to consign its desiccated remains to the Lake of Fire where it belongs.
The same mockery applies to her professions of "responsibility" and "accountability". It's the same tiresome BS we've heard from Obamunists countless times before. Jim Geraghty sums it up well in today's Morning Jolt:
In Sebelius' reaction to her biggest and most important responsibility blowing up like the Hindenberg crashing into the Titanic, we get another key lesson in how the administration operates. When bad news pops up, they never confront it directly. They insist it isn't as bad as it looks. They attack the messenger. They insist it isn't their fault. They lie, and say that the law required them to take certain actions that it didn't.
You can argue that the old Washington tradition of cabinet secretaries falling on their swords for the boss after a massive mistake was cynical, or not genuine accountability. But I think the simulation of accountability was better than the current situation of absolutely no accountability. Imagine how differently Obama would be perceived if at any point during the past five years, we heard…
"Mr. President, I understand it is absolutely unacceptable that an agency under me was sending guns to Mexican drug cartels, including one used to kill an American Border Patrol agent. My resignation letter is on your desk.
"I'm sorry I have to accept this, Eric."
…
"Mr. President, on my watch, the Internal Revenue Service, behaved in an out-of-control manner, unacceptably targeting Americans based upon their political beliefs, abusing its power and violating the trust of the American people. My resignation letter is on your desk."
"I'm sorry I have to accept this, Tim."
…
"Mr. President, by allowing Snowden in the door, and failing to keep an eye on him, we've allowed one of the biggest intelligence disasters in American history. My resignation letter is on your desk."
"I'm sorry I have to accept this, Keith."
…
"Mr. President, my department made awful, inexcusable decisions about the security for our people in Benghazi. There's no excuse. My resignation letter is on your desk."
"I accept your resignation, Hillary."
But they did fire the guy who made fun of his co-workers on Twitter.
Exit question: Can't we at least, in Cruella's case, figuratively run her through with the proverbial sword on which she imperiously refuses to fall?
UPDATE: Note the difference between the first vid, in which a committee Democrat fed her juicy Tea Party-bashing propaganda talking points, and this one, where she's actually being overseen by a committee Republican:
"Whatever"? Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't sound like the contrite riposte of a public servant who is genuinely taking responsibility for the biggest policy disaster in the history of the former Republic.
Mein Gott, I wish we could see a cross-examination between Cruella and a Representative Gibbs. Maybe we can put together a simulation for this Saturday's edition of American Daily Review.
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