This is smart government?
In the days after the 2008 election, when Barack Obama was putting together his team, the president-elect declared that "what the American people want more than anything is just common sense, smart government." He repeated this theme in his first inaugural, when he promised "government that works."
We thought of these words as we watched the president's Health and Human Services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, flounder her way through even the most basic questions about ObamaCare.
How many people had signed up? Not sure, because the data isn't reliable. Weren't you warned about problems? Yes, but no one had any idea they were this serious. What about the security? Well, we really can't say for certain. As if to underscore the debacle, the HealthCare.gov Web site was down during most of her testimony.
The question is, why? Remember, this rollout was put together by the smart people. They had Silicon Valley at their disposal. They had the elite universities. They were hailed for their innovative use of social media during their campaigns.
Yet when it came to the signature issue of the Obama presidency, with years to prepare, they put up a Web site that has more bugs than a Brazilian rain forest.
Today, President Obama, Sebelius and their team are no longer telling us how smart they are. They have now switched to saying how dumb you are to fixate on the president's repeated promise, that if you liked your health-care plan and your doctors, you could keep them. Apparently, you are way too stupid to appreciate that ObamaCare is giving you something better.
Be thankful for inadvertent blessings. For a president and health and human services secretary who came to office promising smart government are now doing more to advance the conservative argument for smaller, more limited government than Republicans could ever hope to.
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