Remember that wonderful Thanksgiving when your family dropped by with a list of official OFA talking points as part of their “pledge” to have the talk about health insurance? Or how great it was that December when OFA’s Pajama Boy stopped by to drink hot chocolate and talk about getting insured?
Two years and a SCOTUS ruling later, the White House has a little homework assignment for those attending cookouts and family gatherings this Independence Day weekend.
White House: Don't forget to defend ObamaCare at #July4 family gatherings http://t.co/Lcx8NNNX2A pic.twitter.com/40AuKWVglW
— The Hill (@thehill) July 2, 2015
Actually, if you could come up with and memorize a three-paragraph defense of the Affordable Care Act this weekend, and back it up with the provided statistics, that’d be great.
On July 4, the government wants you to “recite a three-paragraph response citing 14 figures” in defense of Obamacare. http://t.co/eBv7OrP3uK
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 2, 2015
Kevin Griffis, HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, has plenty of suggestions for dealing with your relatives who have been brainwashed by an estimated “half a billion dollars in ads” spreading misinformation on the Affordable Care Act. For example, what do you do when “Uncle Ted claims Obamacare is a train wreck and has cost jobs”? You set him straight with the provided script, that’s what.
I cannot think of few things that are more creepy than this. As @ByronYork noted recently, it’s East German in nature.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 2, 2015
Not to mention that if you bring government-issued talking points to a family gathering you should be fed into an industrial shredder.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 2, 2015
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What is it about the progressive mind that thrills to these “how to talk to your family about politics” guides? I’m genuinely curious.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 2, 2015
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@charlescwcooke Followers of a religion feel the need to proselytize.
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) July 2, 2015
I think there’s an awful lot in this. Sad. https://t.co/jKwnIZDIn4
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 2, 2015
In a sane society, the government’s encouraging its employers to sell state programs on July 4th would foment unrest.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 2, 2015
I also suspect that if people did “reflect on the holiday’s meaning” the guy agitating for federal mandates would be tarred and feathered.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 2, 2015
Happy Dependence Day. https://t.co/8bC1KCrChp
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 2, 2015
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