Obama speaking of Gruber and other academics in 2006 : ` I think the president was referring to a study that came out last year showing how much more expensive health insurance is for people who are not covered by their employer. Despite the '06 praise , Obama dismissed Gruber as `` some adviser '' after Gruber 's remarks drew fire . Speaking at a Brookings Institution event the same day as Gruber , Obama praised him and other academics as `` some of the brightest minds from academia and policy circles , many of them Gruber talked about `` the stupidity of the American voter '' in videos that surfaced in the last two weeks .
Obama speaking of Gruber and other academics in 2006 : ` I think the president was referring to a study that came out last year showing how much more expensive health insurance is for people who are not covered by their employer. Despite the '06 praise , Obama dismissed Gruber as `` some adviser '' after Gruber 's remarks drew fire . Gruber talked about `` the stupidity of the American voter '' in videos that surfaced in the last two weeks .