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Why Didn't Obungle Delay ObungleCare?

Posted on the 03 October 2013 by Hughvw
"On Tuesday evening, left-wing Politico ran a headline story encapsulating the theme of the day: “Government closed, Obamacare falters.” That message marked a massive loss for the Obama administration, which has claimed that Obamacare’s implementation could not be delayed, and used that rationale as an excuse to reject the House’s proposal for a one-year delay in favor of a government shutdown," writes Ben Shapiro at Breitbart.com
The narrative began to shift early in the morning on Tuesday, when the Drudge Report ran a lead piece on the Obamacare health exchanges coming up with error messages for users across the country. “OBAMACRASH,” Drudge headlined. He followed that headline with another: “HAPPY OBAMACARE DAY,” accompanied by a smiley birthday face. The topic had been shifted. Now the question wasn’t whether the government should be shut down over Obamacare. Now the question was why in the world the Obama administration hadn’t insisted on an Obamacare delay rather than rushing a disastrously glitch-prone program to the public.  Read it all.

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