Gotta love those Obama White House priorities!
While the festering pile of fail that is HealthCare.gov continues to suck — and will go on sucking long past the December 1 fix-it deadline — the White House has been hard at work on another website:
#TeamPopcorn or #TeamCaramel? Learn more & cast your ballot for this year’s National Thanksgiving Turkey: http://t.co/4XK5ybSWCj #TheGobble
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) November 26, 2013
Welcome to “The Gobble,” America.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/405357737053126656
To Team Obama’s credit, this site actually works. Who knew they had it in ’em?
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/405360905065484288
https://twitter.com/say328/status/405369188669091840
And, of course, this website works. @AnnieLowrey We are sad, sad little people. http://t.co/FQCFqKWy1w
— Stephen Gandel (@stephengandel) November 26, 2013
So, the Obama administration can get the Turkey pardon web site to work by the deadline… http://t.co/NJcJzx9KNO
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/405359722171097088
Oddly enough, though, citizens aren’t exactly breathing huge sighs of relief. For one thing, millions of people forced out of their health care plans are still screwed because HealthCare.gov doesn’t work:
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https://twitter.com/silasmajority/status/405361504137920512
Between http://t.co/vNiDMIJG0x and http://t.co/koSWDzDSCm, take a wild guess at which website works. #priorities #obamacare #iwantapardon
— Bryan Haskins (@HaskinsBryan) November 26, 2013
Love how a government website works perfectly fine for this extreme stupidity http://t.co/vV6DR1QvvH
— Armando Alvarez (@ArmandoAlvarez) November 26, 2013
And another thing? This site is effing creepy:
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/405355484825137153
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/405354937535561730
Tweeters can’t help but be reminded of another disturbing contest:
https://twitter.com/juliepagano/status/405365835969331201
This kind of takes the "Hunger Games" concept to a new level. White House: "Choose which turkey won't die!" http://t.co/idGjgxtDFj
— Kristen Soltis Anderson (@KSoltisAnderson) November 26, 2013
WOW. Wow. RT @spsullivan: This is some screwed up Hunger Games shit right here. http://t.co/qeYJ2A04xi
— Meghan Murphy (@mmurphydc) November 26, 2013
Guys, this feels a little sadistic and very Hunger Games-esque. http://t.co/s7eKHwh2Ty #TeamCaramel #TeamPopcorn
— Shannon Wurthman (@shannonwurthman) November 26, 2013
YOU CAN VOTE WHICH TO KILL. This is the closest thing we have to the Hunger Games. RT @jaredbkeller: What is this http://t.co/izmOeKpN8t
— Ali Griffin Vingiano (@alivingiano) November 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/Schneider_CM/status/405359322151915520
Remember all that talk about death panels? Yeah:
https://twitter.com/MattDeLuca/status/405357774886162432
@bdomenech @JohnEkdahl so, http://t.co/yJbQBq24Zl is basically a fowl preview of #Obamacare death panels… except with a working website
— Jason Hart (@jasonahart) November 26, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving, kiddos.
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