Fractured Fairy Tales: Democrats Have A Plan To Neutralize Obamacare

Writing for The New York Times, Ashley Parker hypothesizes, “As Democrats approach the 2014 midterm elections, they are grappling with an awkward reality: Their president’s health care law—passed with no Republican votes—remains a political liability in many states, threatening their ability to hold on to seats in the Senate and the House.”

“The White House seems to understand the political necessity of allowing congressional Democrats to criticize the error-riddled rollout of the president’s health care law.”

“Many Democrats are reluctant to let Mr. Obama campaign for them, in part because of his low approval ratings.”

“If Democrats are being forced to spend resources in February attacking Obamacare, then this is a very grim foreshadowing of what November will bring,” said Andrea Bozek, the communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

One über liberal website proclaimed, “Now if only Democrats had approved an actually good health care reform proposal in the first place, they wouldn’t need to fall back on this pathetic defense.”

House Majority PAC designed ads in an effort to inoculate Democratic incumbents who parroted The World’s Most Dangerous Community Organizer’s infamous pledge, “If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. Period.  If you like your healthcare plan you can keep your healthcare plan. Period.”  The political action committee describes the ads as a means to “combat smear campaigns orchestrated by conservatives”.

"The problem Democrats have is larger than just the unpopularity of Obamacare, it's that voters no longer trust Democratic politicians like (Louisiana Sen.) Mary Landrieu and (Alaska Sen.) Mark Begich who have repeatedly been dishonest about the law," said Brad Dayspring, strategist at the National Republican Senatorial Campaign.  "These were all lies repeatedly told by (them) and voters can't trust them to 'fix' the law."

These schlubs are inextricably tethered to Obamacare and they would do well to remember the words of George Washington who said, “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”

I smell fear and I like it.  I like it a lot.

Via Memeorandum

New Surgeon General Warning

...on Obamacare!
By Proof, from the archives:

"Warning: Obamacare may be hazardous to the health of your wealth."

Cross posted at Proof Positive

This President Is Sorry (But Then You Knew That Already)

Opinion writer for The Washington Post, Dana Milbank wrote:

"Obama rejected pleas from outside experts and even some of his own advisers to bring in people with the expertise to handle the mammoth task [of Obamacare]; he instead left the project in the care of in-house loyalists. And his refusal to listen to alternative opinions, that famed arrogance of his, made him deaf to warnings about its faults.”

Lanny Davis, the man who crafted “Crisis Management 101” for embattled and embarrassed clients like Bill Clinton, Martha Stewart and Jerry Sandusky went on Fox News and said:

"We oversimplified. We should have told people, 'You might have to change plans to increase your coverage, and that's going to cost you more.' That was a mistake. We need to fix it." 

"He's hurting Democrats.  We have Democrats in red states. We've got to fix this problem.  We’ve got to acknowledge that it needs to be fixed.”

Davis’ comments came on the heels of a secret meeting between The World’s Most Dangerous Community Organizer, Joe Biden, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Jeff Zients, the president's troubleshooter for the smoking ruin website, and 16 Democrats who are scared shitless that the farce that is ObamaCare will hurt their races for reelection.

Add to that the fact that The Country Music Awards featured Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood hilariously mocking ObamaCare.  The reaction from the audience must have been cringe-worthy for the pricks in the West Wing.

TWMDCO has never listened to the American people, but he will hear the grievances of his bootlickers.  So he “apologized”.

"We weren't as clear as we needed to be, in terms of the changes that were taking place," TWMDCO said in an interview with NBC News. "I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation, based on assurances they got from me," he said.

But he added, "Given that I've been burned already with a website—well, more importantly, the American people have been burned by a website—that has been dysfunctional, what we've also been doing is creating a whole other set of tracks. Making sure that people can apply by phone effectively.  Making sure that people can apply in person effectively. So what I'm confident about is that anybody who wants to buy health insurance through the marketplace, they are going to be able to buy it."

He did not say whether he would push back the March 31 deadline to enroll or the penalty for those who do not purchase insurance.

UPDATE:  Linked by Cardigan at iOwnTheWorld.

Photoshop™ Of The Day: ObamaCare Is A Chernobyl-Grade Disaster

The War Room is panicked.  Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of pricks.

The World’s Most Dangerous Community Organizer Just Extended His Failure

Well, well, well.  Irony blows doesn’t it?

We’ve heard The World’s Most Dangerous Community Organizer say repeatedly, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.  If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.”

Sometimes he would be emphatic saying, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.  Period.  If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.  Period.”

Finding trouble everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies has been the hallmark of this regime.

The Obamacare website has been a smoking ruin since its launch on October 1, 2013.

I can envision TWMDCO sitting in the Oval Office (or teeing it up on the greens at Ft. Belvoir) squirming over the hemorrhoid that his crowning domestic achievement has become. 

He said no one could be more frustrated with the Internet laughingstock the website has become than him.  Oh, I doubt that.

Fifty to 75 percent of the 14 million consumers who buy their insurance individually can expect to receive a “cancellation” letter or the equivalent over the next year because their existing policies don’t meet the standards mandated by the new health care law. One expert predicts that number could reach as high as 80 percent.   But TWMDCO knew that.

They’re being dumped.  So, no they can’t keep their plans.  Broken promise or lie; call it what you will.

Those who are getting dumped are supposed to go find new insurance on the exchange by December 15 in order to be insured on January 1, 2014.  But, you can’t do that because the “Healthcare.gov” website doesn’t work.

Over the weekend, the data hub run by Verizon’s Terremark, lost connectivity after workers tried to replace a broken networking component.

Today, it was announced that a six-week extension until March 31 has been granted to sign up for coverage to avoid new tax penalties.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 9 million people will sign up for Medicaid in 2014, compared with the 7 million expected to sign up for private insurance on the exchanges.  This is the Master Plan.

FACT: Audacity's just a nice word for being full of shit.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) October 29, 2013

Photoshop™ Of The Day: Frankie Is Scared