If desperate spin were health insurance, everybody would be covered by now:
GOP went from "shut down govt to deny access to affordable care" to "we demand immediate glitch-free access to affordable care" pretty fast
— Jesse Lee (NARA) (@jesseclee44) October 21, 2013
This ridiculously non-ironic “isn’t it ironic” spin first started with David Axelrod, and now the “White House Director of Progressive Media and Online Response,” Jesse Lee, is using the argument.
Many tweeters, not unlike people trying to create an account at HealthCare.gov, just can’t buy it:
.@jesseclee44 You are continuing the @davidaxelrod spin, I see. Nice try. Well, not really even a nice try.
— Area Man (@lheal) October 21, 2013
See, @jesseclee44, as you know what we're doing is pointing out that the structure of the ACA and your boss' political edicts caused this.
— Area Man (@lheal) October 21, 2013
Warning that something would result in a train wreck and later pointing out that it appears to be resulting in a train wreck is neither ironic nor hypocritical, no matter how hard they spin that top.
@jesseclee44 Three years to prepare something that wasn't tested til the week before rollout. We just demand COMPETENCE.
— Razor (@hale_razor) October 21, 2013
And you guys went from "Hey, don't worry about it" to "This is unacceptable!" equally quickly, @jesseclee44.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 21, 2013
According to White House flacks such as Lee and Axelrod, the new scapegoat for the Obamacare implementation incompetence is going to be “unforeseen hypocritical demand for the product from the Right.” No doubt some mainstream media outlets will consider that argument reasonable enough not to question.
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