Caption/Photoshop Contest, Plus: ObamaCare Gonna Give Yo’ Mama a Piece of Its Mind!
Let’s start with the latter half of the title. This actual tweet, which I am not making up, appeared on the actual White House Twitter feed today:
#GetCovered because
your mom will have peace of mind
(and you will as well).
http://t.co/GNfbftrfo3, pic.twitter.com/AP3HLgeQBV
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 12, 2013
Be proud. Be very proud.
And as if that were not sufficiently lacking in self-awareness, the very same official White House Twitter feed also featured this, a tweet which screams: PLEASE PHOTOSHOP ME!
President Obama: "#GetCovered because nobody should go broke just because they get sick." http://t.co/eR8TeNMAhp, pic.twitter.com/xIN98tIxLX
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 12, 2013
Senator Ted Cruz said: OK. If you really want me to Photoshop you that badly, then I will Photoshop you:
FIFY MT @WhiteHouse: President Obama: #GetCovered because … pic.twitter.com/8SylaoZNcM
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 12, 2013
I enjoyed Jay Caruso’s entry as well:
#GetCovered pic.twitter.com/En7OQSZIXH
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) December 12, 2013
Commenters: what text would you put in the photo? And if you have Photoshopping skills, go ahead and provide your own Photoshopped version. Anything good, I will round up and put in a post.
#GetCovered because …. racisms
Had (5c1832) — 12/12/2013 @ 5:50 pmI ruined the whole country and all I got’s this lousy sign.
Colonel Haiku (f9c738) — 12/12/2013 @ 5:52 pm#GetCovered Because ShamWow
G (bbda88) — 12/12/2013 @ 5:58 pmI say so!
htom (412a17) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:01 pmgetcovered so we can overcharge you and give your monies to a filthy food stamp whore what hasn’t worked a day in his miserable worthless life
happyfeet (8ce051) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:14 pmWill work for food.
Colonel Haiku (f9c738) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:29 pmGet covered because of Judge Roberts.
mg (31009b) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:34 pmGetcovered or I’ll eat your little doggie.
Colonel Haiku (11870b) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:36 pmGet covered and Getbent
Colonel Haiku (11870b) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:38 pmMichelle wasn’t around, so the Prime Minister of Denmark took this picture of me. Looks good. There’s more.
Ag80 (eb6ffa) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:38 pmBorn in Kenya
Colonel Haiku (11870b) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:40 pmI’m with Stupid
Colonel Haiku (11870b) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:42 pmBitches leave
Colonel Haiku (11870b) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:42 pmGet covered because I made a big boo boo and you rubes need to help me out.
elissa (353b1e) — 12/12/2013 @ 6:47 pm“Hey, everybody. I’m a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells, and I like to kiss my own butt.”
Patterico (9c670f) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:01 pmBecause RAAAAACISTS!!!
Colonel Haiku (2be95d) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:10 pmWinning.
Colonel Haiku (2be95d) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:10 pmHave golfclubs, will travel
Colonel Haiku (2be95d) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:12 pmBecause Romney
Colonel Haiku (2be95d) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:14 pmI am not a crook.
Ag80 (eb6ffa) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:14 pmNo one should go broke just because they voted for me. Period.
Ag80 (eb6ffa) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:15 pmThis represents Golfymcnumbnutsistan, the 58th state.
Colonel Haiku (2be95d) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:17 pmPlace your “Job Wanted” ad here.
Colonel Haiku (2be95d) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:20 pmHere you go, Patterico: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r8oc0dJqwww/Uqp8oYqQI2I/AAAAAAAAAfk/fLWPmESbzg4/s1600/obamacare.jpg
nk (dbc370) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:20 pmLike flies on doo-doo…
Colonel Haiku (2be95d) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:23 pm#GETCOVERED…
Chumps.
Perfect Sense (4d5c72) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:32 pmGet covered because Susan Collins vote enabled this disaster to come out of conference.
mg (31009b) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:37 pmGet covered because Ted Cruz was against it.
mg (31009b) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:38 pmWhat, me worry?
Ag80 (eb6ffa) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:41 pmYou effed up
You trusted me
Twice
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:48 pmSUCKAS!!!!
The beating will continue
Until I am impeached
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:50 pmJim Messina wanted me to write the message on my hands but I told him “No, that would be too creepy and unpresidential. Holding a sign is much better”.
http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/photoshopping-jim-messina-creepy-hands-for-all-t9685.html
elissa (0c4f80) — 12/12/2013 @ 7:59 pmOne more. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-YVT7JnPwU/UqqJhPZucmI/AAAAAAAAAf0/N267T1kf_d8/s320/obamacare2.jpg
nk (dbc370) — 12/12/2013 @ 8:16 pm#GETCOVERED…Because
I should be on Mt. Rushmore.
Perfect Sense (4d5c72) — 12/12/2013 @ 8:20 pm“Get covered or we will arrest you, and your family will never see you again.”
Patricia (be0117) — 12/12/2013 @ 8:25 pm“Lobotomy spoken here”
Colonel Haiku (9f1a43) — 12/12/2013 @ 8:32 pmHere’s your sign.
Ag80 (eb6ffa) — 12/12/2013 @ 8:34 pmWhere’s that sign-language interpreter when you need him?
AZ Bob (ade845) — 12/12/2013 @ 9:23 pm#Get Covered Because You Can’t Pay For Food Too And It’S The Law
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 12/12/2013 @ 10:03 pmLooks to me like it’s time for Big Momma to get the hairbrush out and knock a few pieces off the little varmint’s butt. 50 whacks should do the trick–he won’t sit down for a week–and he’ll have had a piece of Momma’s mind.
Comanche Voter (bd140e) — 12/12/2013 @ 10:04 pm#GetCovered because my voters’ “free” health care has to be paid for by somebody!
JVW (ce4d07) — 12/12/2013 @ 11:18 pm#GetCovered because we have determined that you are in the 53%, not the 47%. Better luck next year.
JVW (ce4d07) — 12/12/2013 @ 11:20 pm#GetCovered because it’s cheaper than your cell phone bill.
Kevin M (536c5d) — 12/13/2013 @ 12:43 am#GetCovered because otherwise the Tea Party wins.
Kevin M (536c5d) — 12/13/2013 @ 12:44 am#GetCovered because otherwise you’ll have to do Sandra Fluke without a condom.
Kevin M (536c5d) — 12/13/2013 @ 12:45 am#GetCovered because Shabbat 156b
Kevin M (536c5d) — 12/13/2013 @ 12:51 am…because nobody should go broke just because they get sick. With Obamacare you can go broke even if you are healthy!
Mike S (89ec89) — 12/13/2013 @ 6:22 amJust one more, for Conan (the real one) fans. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qGCRKgB3eKI/UqsnKPlooJI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/f2fQSUuKqJQ/s320/OBAMACARE.jpg
nk (dbc370) — 12/13/2013 @ 7:29 amBut if you get sick (and you are your family’s main or only source of income) you probably will lose income, and may qualify for Medicaid, with a greater choice of doctors!
It’s only important not to go broke if you have assets to protect that are not protected during bankruptcy.
Sammy Finkelman (ca4c0f) — 12/13/2013 @ 7:40 amAnd there’s no limited yearly enrollment period for Medicaid. You can enroll anytime!
And if you can’t handle the forms, your hospital or an agency of your state government will probably do it for you.
Sammy Finkelman (ca4c0f) — 12/13/2013 @ 7:42 am‘Cause what’s #UNCOVERED ain’t pretty!
BW (eddb86) — 12/13/2013 @ 7:44 amIs it just me, in my little bubble, that thinks his entire propaganda campaign for this boondoggle is hopelessly lame?
Has he convinced anybody to sign up with this stuff??
Patricia (be0117) — 12/13/2013 @ 8:31 amGetCovered because don’t be a one percenter!
Colonel Haiku (8be552) — 12/13/2013 @ 8:45 amObamacare and the fraudulent Mechanical Turk:
http://andstillipersist.com/2013/12/obamacare-and-the-fraudulent-turk/
Sammy Finkelman (3bb3ae) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:07 amhttp://andstillipersist.com/2013/12/obamacare-and-the-bifurcated-cusp/
Sammy Finkelman (3bb3ae) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:09 amhttp://andstillipersist.com/2013/12/obamacare-and-the-cold-equations/
The science fiction story is flawed because nobody would leave no margin for error or accident.
Sammy Finkelman (3bb3ae) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:22 amhttp://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com
Sammy Finkelman (3bb3ae) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:25 amGet covered because I have just been informed I’m not covered.
mg (31009b) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:35 ammorons.
Get covered–free contraception
rochf (f3fbb0) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:41 amFile might be too big. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4SaWxPivTds/UqtTWx_Yq0I/AAAAAAAAAgg/1pG5DCTVSGU/s1600/OBAMACARE.jpg
nk (dbc370) — 12/13/2013 @ 10:38 ambecause, if you don’t, the IRS will audit you EVERY YEAR for the rest of your sorry life.
Hangtown Bob (4cf94d) — 12/13/2013 @ 10:40 am46, Comment by Kevin M (536c5d) — 12/13/2013 @ 12:51 am
GetCovered because Shabbat 156b
This may be a mystery. This is, I think. the explanation:
IIn shabbat 156b “Tzedekah Tatzil Memovet” (Righteousness/charity saves from death) is quoted.
It is from Proverbs 10:2 (second half of verse)
Both Shmuel and Rabbi Akiva lectured on this as a result of similar incidents where a dead snake was found (that could have killed people.)
They asked the people involved what (good deed) did they do. This used to be a somewhat customary thing to do, apparently.
In one case there were people were sharing bread, and one person didn’t have bread and the person colecting it pretended to take it from him so he could give it to eat.
In the other case (Rabbi Akiva’s daughter) there was some kind of celebration going on, and a beggar came to the house and asked for food and his daughter gave him her portion – because everybody else was away.
So charity preserves someone from death – even an unnatural one. That was the moral.
The meaning here is: Buying an Obamacare policy is not insurance – it’s charity!!
Sammy Finkelman (3bb3ae) — 12/13/2013 @ 10:52 am52. Comment by Patricia (be0117) — 12/13/2013 @ 8:31 am
Has he convinced anybody to sign up with this stuff??
How would anyone know??
The whole ad campaign is a shot in the dark. By people who are in denial about sticker shock.
Sammy Finkelman (ca4c0f) — 12/13/2013 @ 11:43 am#GetCovered because…
Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 12/13/2013 @ 12:23 pmYou can call me Queen Bee,
and baby I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
#GetCovered because…
Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 12/13/2013 @ 12:47 pmonce you see how expensive your new premium is, you’ll have a heart attack.
My butt is on the line!
felipe (70ff7e) — 12/13/2013 @ 1:00 pm#GetCovered because…
Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 12/13/2013 @ 2:10 pmObamaCare is guaranteed to make you feel sick to your stomach !
My Take:
Smock Puppet, Gadfy, Racist-Sexist Thug, and Bon Vivant All In One Package (225d0d) — 12/13/2013 @ 7:15 pmOK, that’s obnoxious. The preview shows the pic with [img src=] (in brokets), but the submitted comment does not…
:-S
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/555/1te6.jpg
Smock Puppet, Gadfy, Racist-Sexist Thug, and Bon Vivant All In One Package (225d0d) — 12/13/2013 @ 7:17 pmThat’s a good one, smock puppet!
Colonel Haiku (5b3439) — 12/13/2013 @ 8:13 pm#GetCovered because you will need Ibamacare’s free birth control after I get through screwing all of America over.
peedoffamerican (c1890a) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:21 pmOkay, just a little health update. Got out of hospital a few hours ago. Everything went well, but instead of two stents, the Doc had to put in three. That makes a total of 5 for the past two weeks. I’m glad that I still have employer health insurance and not Ibamacare, would probably have been given a pain pill and sent home to wait for the Grim Reaper!
peedoffamerican (c1890a) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:26 pmOops, posted in the wrong thread. Posting it in the last thread at top.
peedoffamerican (c1890a) — 12/13/2013 @ 9:28 pmTeh Death Panel sends its regrets, POA! Good news!
Colonel Haiku (f1d630) — 12/14/2013 @ 9:09 amNow you know what happens when you give the White House to an Idiot.
Ira (27502b) — 12/14/2013 @ 1:51 pmyou know, by the way the Pres is grinning in that picture, you’d think he just got the winning answer on “The Newlywed Game”.
Ira (27502b) — 12/14/2013 @ 1:54 pm