So it’s official. The new White House response to all questions about the millions of health insurance cancellations is, “there is nothing in Obamacare that forces people out of their health plans.” You know it’s official when Valerie Jarrett herself impales herself on such flimsy reasoning.
It is like saying, “there’s nothing about landmines that forces explosions.” The actual explosion is caused by someone’s foot applying pressure to the landmine, but that doesn’t mean you can blame the victim for blowing his foot off. Of course nothing in ObamaCare technically “forces people out of their health plans.” It just makes it illegal for their current health plans to continue to exist! You can’t force someone out of something that doesn’t exist, right?
Never mind that this callous semantic rubbish doesn’t even bother to acknowledge the millions who are about to lose their current health insurance plans. It’s a line that allows the White House to look like President Obama hasn’t broken his infamous promise, so that’s what they’re going with. It’s disgusting.
Honestly, we’ve come to expect this from people like Eric Schultz, who was peddling this laughable non-argument earlier tonight. Schultz is a low-level lackey whose primary job function seems to be the public humiliation of journalists who don’t toe the party line. It doesn’t faze us when he ventures into the realm of the ridiculous. However, Valerie Jarrett is one of the closest advisers to Barack Obama, the most powerful person on Earth. When someone of that stature is reduced to playing grammar games, you know that there’s no one driving the train, and the passengers are just bracing for the inevitable impact.
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Teachable moment: Be very skeptical when anyone associated with this WH asserts anything as FACT. They lie breezily & without remorse.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 29, 2013
I have to step away from Twitter before I blow a gasket. The brazen lies from the admin tonight are just too much. I just can’t…
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 29, 2013
Update:
Twitter users can barely believe the mendacity:
@vj44 Blatant lying. Going for Goebbels school of PR?
— Angry Bell (@Angrybell) October 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/RedGalBlueState/status/395003259007406081
@vj44 Oh..then I guess th 1.5 MILLION Americans booted off their plans ARE LYING. #tcot
— SHUTDOWN ANTIFA NOT AMERICA! BIBLE RULES! (@marypatriott) October 29, 2013
@vj44 Another lie. Your plan forced insurers to change their plans. We remember, we can read. Your side lies.
— Harold O. Koenig (@DawgGabriel) October 29, 2013
Where's a straightjacket when we need one? RT @vj44: FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans.
— Laura Curtis (@Laura_PH) October 29, 2013
@vj44 ACA mandated features in all policies. So the ones without those features got cancelled. WE DONT WANT YOUR MANDATED LOSS OF CHOICE
— Rabid Dan (@DanThaWildMan) October 29, 2013
. @vj44 nothing in Obamacare forces ins cos to drop coverage? Nothing at all?
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) October 29, 2013
“@vj44: FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans…" Then why did Anthem BC cancel my plan b/c it isn't ACA koshr
— Cory Wilson (@philogos68) October 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/PhillyLector/status/395002759860482048
@vj44 FACT: you & this entire administration are pathetic liars. You regulated ins plans so companies had to cancel policies & you know it.
— KatLadyNE (@KatLadyNE) October 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/usernamedon/status/395004704905637889
https://twitter.com/JoeCarruth/status/395002460831371264
https://twitter.com/Alias_Nitro/status/395004874468761600
@stephenfhayes @vj44
Why can't the American tax payer realize that everything that comes out of admin is a lie. Most dishonest ever— Michael Ratcliff (@RatcliffMichael) October 29, 2013
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