'If you like your vowels...' Pat Sajak pokes fun at Obamacare

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"Move over, political pundits. Even game show hosts are stepping out to poke fun at Obamacare.
"Chicago's Pat Sajak, famed host of "Wheel of Fortune," finds the confusion regarding the Obamacare law both maddening and hilarious. After Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress yesterday, Sajak took to his Twitter account to have some fun, cleverly relating it all to a new method of buying vowels on his show."

Pat Sajak        ✔ @patsajak      

Considering rule change for Wheel: If you like your vowels, you can keep your vowels.

 

 

Pat Sajak        ✔ @patsajak      

A lot of confusion regarding new vowel policy. Guidelines are being written and will be posted online by November 31.

 

 

Pat Sajak        ✔ @patsajak      

Vowel Clarification: Ys will be covered if they meet minimum standards found in section XIV of guidelines.

More here.   Hat tip to WorldNetDaily

 

Obama Secret Service Agent: “It’s Worse Than People Know… and I’m Not Trying to Scare You Either”

shtfplan  (Pictured: Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino with President Obama)

Infowars  "Dan Bongino has protected numerous Presidents over his career, including President Obama. He has been within ear-shot of many a discussion in the Oval Office, but up until this administration has stayed out of the lime light. Apparently, however, the activities of this administration are so abhorrent that he could no longer keep quiet." 

WND posts this:  "Starting his career in law enforcement with the NYPD in 1995, Bongino joined the ranks of the Secret Service in 1999 as a special agent where he was assigned to investigate financial crimes. In 2006, he entered into duty with the elite Presidential Protective Division in the administration of President George W. Bush and remained on protective duty during the change in administration to that of President Barack Obama. He resigned from the Secret Service in 2011 to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Maryland."
 

From Opposing Views: Dan Bongino Slams Obama for NSA Spying, but Not Bush   "For reasons unknown, Bongino did not mention why he didn't step forward for eight years during the Bush administration, which began the NSA spying on Americans."
Opposing views cites this open letter from Bongino"

Mr. President,
In one of your famous #Obamacare speeches you stated, “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.”

Well, as evidenced by the below letter, which my wife and I just received, you lied.
We did “like our plan” and were informed in this letter that our plan will no longer exist and we will be forced to purchase a new plan, from a website which doesn’t work, for a higher monthly premium, for services we don’t want.
 
Now, I know I am not one of your connected cronies and insiders, who were all given waivers from this disastrous piece of legislation. I was just one of the Secret Service agents who put my ass on the line for you every day, but I was still praying that given our middle-class existence, operating a small-business, that your “fundamental transformation” of America would have stayed out of our home. Apparently that is not the case as my public battle against your disastrous presidency has just become personal.

Regards,
Dan

Media Bistro; Secret Service Agent Saw White House Staff Dancing Like Seinfeld’s Elaine Umm...ok.  "When asked if there are any journalists out there who do their jobs well and don’t display the kind of biases he’s talking about, he quickly rattles off the usual suspects conservatives can compliment without frothing at the mouth: CBS’ Sharyl Attkisson, CNN’s Jake Tapper and Fox News’ Bret Baier."

AP: Obama Relies On 'Staged Propaganda Photos'; Ya Think?

IJReview  "Editors of The Associated Press have condemned the White House’s refusal to give photojournalists access to Barack Obama, who prefers, instead, to release pictures taken by his own photographers.
     "Incredibly, the AP has only been permitted to photograph Obama in the Oval Office on two occasions. Both were during his first term. All other pictures of Obama in his office were taken by paid White House photographers and distributed to the press. Here are a few of them for your viewing pleasure:
     "Many of Obama’s staged photos are meant to show us what a normal, compassionate guy he is:"...

 

Sometimes, however, an unauthorized photo gets published:

"By the way, here’s a picture of the Leader of the Free World speaking to a sixth-grade class that didn’t make the Staged Propaganda Photos cut:"

Afterthoughts on the New Jersey/ Virginia elections

Republicans mull 'what ifs' in Cuccinelli race 
"Ken Cuccinelli's suprisingly close race for Virginia governor has Tea Party Republicans steaming about a lack of support from the national party. Few Republicans in Washington gave Cuccinelli a chance in the race and most big money men kept their checkbooks closed."

 

Michael Barone; Some reflections on the Virginia and New Jersey elections
Excerpts of the full article included with each point.
1. The Obamacare rollout fiasco and Obama's lies hurt Democrats

Did Obamacare hurt? Well, the exit poll showed Virginia voters opposed rather than favored it by a 53 percent to 45 percent margin.

 2. The government shutdown didn’t much hurt Republicans.

Considering that individuals almost always poll better than groups of people—particularly Republicans (or, for that matter, Democrats) in Congress, this is a devastating result for Obama.

 3. Millennials are souring on Democrats. 

But it also suggests that McAuliffe's last-minute campaigners Hillary Clinton (born 1947), Bill Clinton (born 1946) and (the not very technologically savvy) Obama (born 1961) don't necessarily strike a resonant chord with the younger segment of Millennials (born between 1984 and 1995).

 4. Hispanics and Asians didn't rush out for Democrats. 

The New Jersey exit poll showed Christie carrying Hispanics 51 percent to 45 percent and losing heavily Hispanic (and historically hugely Democratic) Hudson County by only 55 percent to 44 percent. This is a great achievement that national Republicans need to study.

 5. Private-sector unions.

Democrat and union operatives helped Christie "rein in the outsized benefits and privileges of greedy and self-righteous public-sector unions in the state on the sensible theory that their hard-pressed members were paying for benefits far more lavish than they were getting themselves."

Ken Cuccinelli’s near miss sparks recriminations   "After Cuccinelli’s closer-than-expected loss, the defiant candidate and his supporters said the election results were only a blip on the radar of the larger conservative struggle as they blamed the defeat on Obamacare and a deluge of Democratic attack ads. Some Cuccinelli backers privately steamed that the national party did not do more to shore up Cuccinelli against Democrat Terry McAuliffe and his enormous war chest."  Jonah Goldberg agrees

The Betrayal of Ken Cuccinelli   "They said he was “unelectable.” The RNC put only $3 million into this race."

Can Christie make it on the national level?  "For all his notoriety and political acumen, neither his political nor his policy victories are directly translatable to the national stage."

 

Hitler reacts to...wait for it...the Obamacare rollout!

Western Free Press   "Love the bit about “Sandra” and the Ford Pinto!"

The Obama – Clinton Media Axis

Western Free Press  "Saving the Administration and Gearing up for 2016"

"The cozy relationship between the Democratic Party and the mainstream media made news Monday when Bill Daley, President Obama’s former Chief of Staff, signed on as a commentator with CBS News.
"Along with his fellow left-leaning media pundits, Daley has his work cut out for him. The immediate task is saving the Obama administration from the Obamacare disaster. Then he will move on with the others to pave the way for Hillary Clinton in 2016."
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"Daley’s position at CBS is only the latest example of the revolving door that spins for Democrats. Journalists leave prominent media jobs for senior government positions; political operatives with government experience join the media."

NYT: Obama 'Misspoke' When He Lied About Keeping Your Insurance
..."Then the Times said that the fib was totally justified, since Americans had to be convinced to give up their insurance for better insurance plans under Obamacare – as though the free market does not allow people to do that already."   More here.

 

Too bad this Virginia election coverage just now came out

Libertarian con in Virginia governor's race revealed
"It has been revealed that the libertarian candidate for governor in Virginia, who is siphoning votes away from Ken Cuccinelli, was funded by an Obama campaign bundler. Meredith Jessup of the Blaze reports:"...
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"This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Split your opponent's votes with a hopeless candidate. Coming as it does on Election Day, this revelation may be too late."

Taking Issue with McAuliffe and Single-Issue Voters  "McAuliffe's accusations are outlandish to the point of insulting the intelligence of his opponents and supporters.  Claiming your opponent, whom is married with five daughters, is focused on advancing his anti-woman agenda is patently ridiculous."

Ken Cuccinelli’s rough ride may have lessons big and small for the GOP.
"McAuliffe’s campaign did feature a simple theme: “Republicans like Ken Cuccinelli are horrible people.” That may seem like an exaggeration, but McAuliffe has run a disciplined campaign that began by demonizing his opponent, moved on to demonizing his opponent, and then finished by demonizing his opponent."

White House Adviser Smears Cancer Patient Who Lost Her Health Insurance

OUT: Mitt Romney causes women to get cancer.
IN: Women with cancer should probably shut up about ObamaCare.
Edie Littlefield Sundby is an average person and cancer survivor who wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal over the weekend in which she detailed the loss of her health insurance under ObamaCare. 

Edie Littlefield Sundby in the Wall Street Journal;  I had great cancer doctors and health insurance. My plan was cancelled. Now I worry how long I'll live.
...."Since March 2007 United Healthcare has paid $1.2 million to help keep me alive, and it has never once questioned any treatment or procedure recommended by my medical team. The company pays a fair price to the doctors and hospitals, on time, and is responsive to the emergency treatment requirements of late-stage cancer. Its caring people in the claims office have been readily available to talk to me and my providers.

"But in January, United Healthcare sent me a letter announcing that they were pulling out of the individual California market. The company suggested I look to Covered California starting in October.
"You would think it would be simple to find a health-exchange plan that allows me, living in San Diego, to continue to see my primary oncologist at Stanford University and my primary care doctors at the University of California, San Diego. Not so." ...

Check out Dan Pfeiffer’s despicable tweet posted via his official White House Twitter account.
 Dan Pfeiffer        ✔ @pfeiffer44

The Real Reason That The Cancer Patient Writing In Today’s Wall Street Journal Lost Her Insurance http://thkpr.gs/1hHgZjp  via @TPHealth

Breaking news:The Obama machine shifts blame onto the insurance companies.

 

Will Obama invite this woman to the next State of the Union address?
"I am praying that Ms. Sundby continues her valiant battle, that ObamaCare is cast into the dustbin of history (along with Solyndra solar panels, Fisker Cars, etc.) and the next President, a Republican, has the honor to invite her to the State of the Union Address in 2017."

Germany: Police storm homeschool class, take children by force

Adina Kutnicki; ‘Officers brought a battering ram and were about to break the door in’

Four children, ages 7 to 14, have been forcibly taken from their Darmstadt, Germany, home by police armed with a battering ram, and their parents have been told they won’t see them again soon, all over the issue of homeschooling, according to a stunning new report from the Home School Legal Defense Association.

HSLDA, the world’s premiere advocate for homeschoolers, said the family of Dirk and Petra Wunderlich has battled for several years Germany’s World War II-era requirement that all children submit to the indoctrination programs in the nation’s public schools.

The shocking raid was made solely because the parents were providing their children’s education, HSLDA said. The organization noted the paperwork that authorized police officers and social workers to use force on the children contained no claims of mistreatment.

Obama Bid to Deport Homeschool Refugees May Threaten U.S. Rights   "The Romeikes, who fled outrageous persecution in Germany so that they could homeschool in peace and freedom in America, were awarded asylum in the United States by a federal immigration judge in 2010. They had fled from their native land two years earlier to escape the extreme punishments meted out to homeschoolers there. According to U.S. law, persecuted members of particular social groups — home educating families or Christians, for example — are supposed to be allowed to stay in the Land of the Free to avoid further persecution in their homelands."

On Obamacare, the president says, "Let me be clear, period."

Obama denies ‘you can keep it’ videotaped promises  "President Barack Obama told his enthusiastic supporters Monday night that he never promised what video recordings show him promising at least 29 times.
....
“ 'What we said was you could keep it if it hasn’t changed since the law was passed,” he told Obamacare’s political beneficiaries and contractors.
That claim is not supported by his videotaped statements, which don’t include any mention of his new “if it hasn’t changed” exception." 

 

Rich Lowry: The ObamaCare speech he never gave   "It’s now a matter of bipartisan consensus that President Obama should have been more honest and forthright in selling his health-care plan. Here is the transcript of the speech he never gave:"...  More from Rich Lowry here.

What will be voter's reaction to Obamacare?

Will ACA Problems Hurt Democrats as Much as the Shutdown Hurt the GOP?  "Democratic dreams of long-term Republican fallout may be fading as Obamacare rollout issues grab the spotlight."

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Flashback: When Democrats wanted to scrap “embarrassing” gov’t healthcare launches   She is discussing the Bush prescription coverage.

From Jake Tapper at CNN: Obamacare 'War Room' docs: We're concerned next media story is some consumers getting on website and finding fewer options, higher prices

"Officials expressed concern that the next shoe to drop in the evolving story about the Affordable Care Act would be disappointment from consumers once they are able to get on the troubled HealthCare.gov website – disappointment because of sticker shock and limited choice, according to a new document obtained by CNN."

 

ChicksOnTheRight

Can Small Businesses Handle Obamacare?

By Megan McArdle at Bloomberg 

"Subbing in for Matt Yglesias, Sean Vitka looks at a new report from the National Federation of Independent Business, the trade association for small businesses, and says that “No, Obamacare Hasn't Led Small Businesses to Cut Employees' Health Care”:" ...
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"Good news! But here’s a surprising thing: The numbers in that report seem to be at odds with its words.
"Here’s the report's table on employers who plan to drop health insurance versus employers who plan to add it:

"If you look at the percentages, then Vitka’s point is correct. Thirteen percent of employers who do not offer insurance plan to add it, while only 7 percent of those who offer insurance plan to drop it. Unfortunately, percentage is not the correct way to look at it."