Barry's Broken Promises Magical Misery Tour
Posted on 11/06/2013 7:57:29 PM PST by smoothsailing
Updated: Wednesday, November 6 2013, 09:32 PM CST
DALLAS, Texas -- President Barack Obama stopped by the Lone Star State Wednesday. He spoke to volunteers in Dallas about the Affordable Care Act, encouraging Texas to participate in the federal health insurance marketplace created under the law.
"I know that sometimes this task is especially challenging here in the great Lone Star State," Obama said to laughter. "But I think all of you understand that there's no state that actually needs this more than Texas."
Perry shot back, accusing Obama in a statement of trying to "salvage his ill-conceived and unpopular program from a Titanic fate."
"Texans aren't the reason Obamacare is crumbling," Perry said. "Obamacare is the reason Obamacare is crumbling."
Governor Rick Perry issued a statement following the president's remarks promoting Obamacare:
“President Obama deceived the American people by promising that anyone who liked their health care plan could keep it, but millions of Americans are now discovering that simply isn’t true. Now, he’s coming to Texas in a desperate attempt to salvage his ill-conceived and unpopular program from a Titanic fate by preaching expansion of the same Medicaid system he himself admits is broken. In Texas, where Medicaid already consumes a quarter of the state budget, we simply need the flexibility to implement fundamental, state-specific reforms to our Medicaid program, instead of a one-size-fits-all Washington mandate, before it bankrupts our state. Mr. President, Texans aren’t the reason Obamacare is crumbling; Obamacare is the reason Obamacare is crumbling.”
Ad-libbing at a synagogue in Dallas, Obama said he was the first to admit he was unhappy with the rocky first month since new insurance exchanges went live. He implored volunteers and guides who are working to help consumers to stick with it, casting it as an effort that would, eventually, be well worth the trouble.
"As challenging as this may seem sometimes, as frustrating as healthcare.gov may be sometimes, we are going to get his done," Obama said.
The visit also cast a bright light on staunch opposition to the law in Republican-leaning Texas, which has the highest rate of uninsured Americans - more than 23 percent. GOP Gov. Rick Perry has refused to take advantage of a provision in the law to expand Medicaid to cover more of the working poor.
Obama said Texas' neighbors had looked at the Medicaid expansion, which is fully funded by the federal government for the first few years, as a no-brainer.
""Why wouldn't the state of Texas want to do the same thing?" he asked later at a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee." Well, it's because ideology has taken precedence over common sense and helping people."
The trip to Texas - initially scheduled only as a fundraising visit - comes as his administration seeks to mitigate the damage from the website glitches and from a public outcry over a promise he repeatedly made - if you like your insurance, you can keep it - that turned out to be incorrect for millions of Americans.
Before leaving Washington on Wednesday, Obama tried to soothe the concerns of 16 Senate Democrats facing re-election next year during a two-hour White House meeting. Many of those lawmakers are worried that the problem-plagued rollout could negatively affect their races.
Later, at one of two fundraisers, he said: "It is fair to say that right now I'm not happy with some IT people in Washington."
Highlighting the law's benefits at Dallas Temple Emanu-El, Obama encouraged participation in the marketplaces set up by the law. He said nothing drives him crazier than knowing there's good insurance available - if only the website would work properly.
"This is like having a really good product in a store, and the cash registers don't work, and there aren't enough parking spots," Obama said.
Texas also is among the 36 states not providing their own insurance marketplaces, which means residents there must sign up through the federal website that stumbled badly upon its launch Oct. 1.
Back in Washington, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius faced heated questioning from senators, some of whom challenged her honesty and demanded she resign. Focusing on progress made, Sebelius said the web portal now is handling large volumes of material with fewer errors even as she acknowledged "we're not where we need to be."
Obama has been aggressively promoting the law in the face of numerous setbacks. In addition to the problem-plagued enrollment launch, insurers have been sending some of their customers termination notices because their policies don't meet federal requirements.
The notices have put Obama and White House officials on the defensive as they attempt to explain Obama's early vow that under the new law, people who like their existing coverage would be allowed to keep it.
The Obama administration lied through their teeth to get this bill passed and the Dems in the Senate and House bit on his lies or were part them. This is simple fact.
Today, I am convinced that Obama is going to hold on hard for the next three years....no matter what carnage is wrought on the Democratic Party...or more importantly on the country. Obamacare is his ‘achievement.’ Period!! There will be no compromise, no delay, no fixing, no anything.
Today was a good window into Obama’s political plans for the next three years: hunker down with his most fervent supporters (8th grade drop-outs, the unmotivated, the unaccomplished, the unsuccessful, the angry, the aggrieved, the guilty white people, and the victim class) for the next three years and ride out the political sh-t storm he’s created.
Neither low poll numbers, angry democratic senators, mocking comedians, huge deficits, broken websites, nor angry Americans will move President Obama on this stance. Period.
The only thing that could possibly bring change to this law is a veto proof majority from both houses demanding change. But Obama probably has something on enough of the folks in congress (remember the NSA stuff is in his hands), so that is not even that likely to happen even if the public demands that it happen. In short, we are owned!!
So, absent an unlikely act of congress, it’s full speed ahead with Obamacare.....poll numbers, public opinion, and medical dissaster be damned. Get used to it. It’s our fate for the next three years. Period!!!
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Good on Rick Perry.
Jan Brewer and John Kasich caved.
Mr Obama you are invited to leave Texas now and do not bother visiting again. We hate communism here.
I live no-where near Texas but Perry sure loves to bait the Dems with these zingers, I like it.
“This is like having a really good product in a store, and the cash registers don’t work,...”
There may be some really good products in a store but they are nothing I want, need, can afford or maybe - just maybe - I like what I already have better.
Was hoping that Perry would end his comments to BO by telling him he needed to quit Messin’ with our life in Texas and then give him a final Adios Mo Fo.
Thanks for posting. Glad my Gov took a good swipe at the skinny poser.
Yep, they did. Wonder if Rick Scott will be next.
I read earlier that Ted Cruz told Obama to “take your broken promises tour elsewhere”.
Love It!
There were some others but their names elude me.
“Common sense”???? You want common sense? Butt out and mind your own business, creep. Don’t tell me what I have to buy. I don’t want to be a part of your plan you commie freak.
“broken promises tour” Awesome! Every time Obama mentions it just call it another stop on the Broken Promises Tour.
We hate communism here.
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The last noted commie that went to Dallas was Oswald,50 years ago. And we all know how that went.
Mr. President, Texans aren’t the reason Obamacare is crumbling; YOU ARE!
That’s the only change I’d make in Perry’s most excellent statement.
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