Amanda Carpenter, senior communications adviser to Sen. Ted Cruz, tried to enroll in an Obamacare plan on Friday morning. How’d it go during the recommended “off peek” [sic] hours? Easy peasy … or not:
Mozilla keeps trying to kill the page because it is so obscenely slow
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
Black Friday rush?
@amandacarpenter You're not missing anything. Dodged a bullet is what you did.
— MCC~TrumpNation2016 (@mcc418) November 29, 2013
@mcc418 The law requires all congressional staffers to enroll. I have to. Site isn't working right now. VERY hit or miss.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
Sheesh, you obstructionist Republicans ruin everything.
It's 5am and I still can't log in to healthcare-dot-gov. Are they going to tell me it's a "traffic" problem right now? FAIL
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
After a half hour of trying I was still unable to register. Have to try again later.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
And, now it's after the 5am maintenance window–crash crash crash
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
5:35am–still no success logging into Obamacare
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
@amandacarpenter According to isitdownornot it's chugging along just http://t.co/3JUqYVhTNB #obamacare
— (((R.Saddler))) (@Politics_PR) November 29, 2013
@Politics_PR Ha, it's definitely not working. I've been at this for an hour and a half now. What a crock
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
Ouch:
At this point, I can confirm the DMV offers a far superior customer experience than trying to get logged into healthcare-dot-gov
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
Ok, after 2 hours and 20 minutes I was finally able to enter information and view plans.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 29, 2013
Good news if she runs into trouble again:
@amandacarpenter @lheal: The http://t.co/rYrGIm3pkD fairy dust sprinkle happens 11:59PM, 30 Nov. Your OFA rep didn't tell you Thanksgiving?
— FricosisGuy (@FricosisGuy) November 29, 2013
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