{"id":23834,"date":"2014-01-19T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T15:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=23834"},"modified":"2014-01-19T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T15:54:00","slug":"obamacare-opponents-ruthlessly-parody-the-efforts-of-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/01\/19\/obamacare-opponents-ruthlessly-parody-the-efforts-of-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Obamacare opponents ruthlessly parody the efforts of supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who are still opposed to President Obama&#8217;s healthcare program will go to any lengths to ridicule and belittle both the program itself and the people who support it. <a href=\"http:\/\/redalertpolitics.com\/2014\/01\/16\/if-you-thought-obamacares-marketing-plan-was-lacking-a-richard-simmons-dance-off-youre-in-luck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here, for example is one of the nastiest attempts<\/a> to drag Obamacare into the public eye in as negative and mocking a fashion as possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m either on drugs, or the administration is this helplessly stupid. <em>The Tell a Friend \u2014 Get Covered<\/em> campaign, better described as \u201ca tourist trap off Route 66,\u201d began a six-hour live-streamed event Thursday afternoon that was advertised to \u201cinclude stories, tips, helpful information and other details related to national health care options.\u201d Really, it was as if the audio-visual club got wasted on malt liquor and hijacked public access television.<\/p>\n<p><em>Get Covered<\/em>, a partnership among state healthcare exchanges and the Obamacare missionary Enroll America, expertly fails to cater to young people. Its circus began Thursday with a dance-off between Richard Simmons and the contortionist Nathan Barnatt, overseen by the star of an Internet show whose premise is \u201cdrunk cooking.\u201d How this is supposed to entice a 27 year old to pay $200 a month for health insurance, or even talk about it, is a question for the gods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s he doing?\u201d Simmons exclaimed as Barnatt began to shake his body wildly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s extending his livelihood! That\u2019s what he\u2019s doing!\u201d Hannah Hart, your host and creator of <em>My Drunk Kitchen<\/em>, responded in an endorsement of cardio.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, c\u2019mon. Is this seriously going to be one of those D-grade infomercials in which the participants force every line back to the bottom one?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis moves are telling us something,\u201d Barnatt whispered as Simmons took his turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are, and I think they\u2019re saying, \u2018Be flexible about your health insurance options,\u2019\u201d Hart responded.<\/p>\n<p>Yes. Yes, it is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh. Sorry. Apparently this isn&#8217;t a sleazy disinformation scheme by opponents. It&#8217;s a &#8220;good faith&#8221; advertising effort by <em>supporters<\/em>. Carry on, then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who are still opposed to President Obama&#8217;s healthcare program will go to any lengths to ridicule and belittle both the program itself and the people who support it. Here, for example is one of the nastiest attempts to drag Obamacare into the public eye in as negative and mocking a fashion as possible. 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