Tuesday, October 1, 2013

“It’s on the president’s head, he’s got to lead, he’s got to talk”

"So let me be clear about this.  An important part of the Affordable Care Act takes effect tomorrow no matter what Congress decides to do today.  The Affordable Care Act is moving forward. That funding is already in place.  You can’t shut it down.  This is a law that passed both houses of Congress; a law that bears my signature; a law that the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional; a law that voters chose not to repeal last November; a law that is already providing benefits to millions of Americans in the form of young people staying on their parents’ plan until they’re 26, seniors getting cheaper prescription drugs, making sure that insurance companies aren't imposing lifetime limits when you already have health insurance, providing rebates for consumers when insurance companies are spending too much money on overhead instead of health care.  Those things are already happening."

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Woodward on MSNBC Morning Joe...
 

Woodward: If Shutdown or Debt Ceiling Causes Economic Crisis, It’s on the ‘President’s Head’
 

15 comments:

rhhardin said...

Armstrong and Getty say the interstates are closed, and nobody will accept dollars.

On the bright side, you can shoot a bald eagle.

rhhardin said...

Watch the baby panda die at the national zoo.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

I doubt the white chefs will be deemed non-essential.

The Obamas are known to eat quite well, at least in public, where they can be seen frequenting trendy spots around Washington and landing in over-priced restaurants aimed at vacationers when they’re in Hawaii and Martha’s Vineyard. At home in the White House, a team of chefs plans menus for the Obamas and prepares an endless series of tasty meals.

But the government shutdown presents the terrifying prospect that the Obamas may have to defrost a package of Lean Cuisine or open a can of meat ravioli.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I'm not sure what to make of all this talk about ObamaCare so I think maybe I'll go contract some sort of horrible disease in the interest of science.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

"The Affordable Care Act is moving forward. You can't shut it down." —President Obama #Obamacare


10:31 PM - 30 Sep 2013

President Barack Baby Child Little Kid Whiney Brat, Obama

Calypso Facto said...

"a law that voters chose not to repeal last November"

I don't remember seeing that choice on my ballot.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Dictators don't discuss. Dictators pass crap legislation in the dead on night on party line vote.

Matt Sablan said...

Other things happening: People will have to pay more for pacemakers, crutches, etc.

But, that will make them cheaper, because, science.

test said...

"This is a law that passed both houses of Congress; a law that bears my signature; a law that the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional"

So then: similar to the immigration laws you don't enforce?

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Obamacare was passed on party line vote and upheld, in part, by ONE GUY on the Supreme Court.

One guy.

edutcher said...

For once, I agree with Mortuary Bob. This is all Choom's doing so he can look tough.

Any bets he screws this up, too?

PS One good thing about the shutdown, the death panels don't get paid.

test said...

You know what else was the law of the land: the debt ceiling. So why was the Senate writing laws and Obama signing them knowing they were violating the law of the land?

Methadras said...

Whenever he says, "let me be clear..." or some derivative of that, he's going to politically posture. Oh wait.

sakredkow said...

I don't remember seeing that choice on my ballot.

___ Obama

___ Romney

It really couldn't have been more clear.

chickelit said...

___ Obama

___ Romney

It really couldn't have been more clear.


Clear thinking like that should allow me to state that each and every Obama voter chose approval of late term abortions (which also wasn't on the ballot). If you chose Obama, phx, I therefore despise you.