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Home Front: Politix
Sebelius 'will testify' on ObamaCare website woes, Durbin says
[FOXNEWS] A top Democratic senator said Sunday that Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will testify before Congress about the problem-plagued ObamaCare website, amid a growing call for her to accept requests to testify.

"Ultimately, Secretary Sebelius will testify," Sen. Dick Durbin
...Senator-for-Life from Illinois and Democratic Party Whip. In April 2006, Time magazine identified Durbin as one of America's 10 Best Senators, so what's that tell you? He was the first United States Senator to support the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, then the junior senator from Illinois....
, D-Ill., the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, told "Fox News Sunday."
"Whaddya mean 'ultimately?'"
"When you hear that trumpet sound, and you see yer Granny risen from the grave, you'll know it's gonna come soon. Maybe a coupla weeks after that."

Sebelius and the entire B.O. regime has declined requests to testify on Capitol Hill about the site, which has been plagued by crashes, slow responses and other glitches since it went online Oct. 1.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter directly to Sebelius last week asking her to testify Thursday on the matter.
Posted by: Fred || 10/21/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Woes" are NOT what she needs to testify about, what about Obama's lies, deliberate falsehoods and outright "Misunderstandings".
(Deliberately, of course.)
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 10/21/2013 1:12 Comments || Top||

#2  A resignation would spare us a great deal of drama. Of course that will likely not happen as a the media will be focused on Sebelius and her testimony as opposed to other, more egregious and deadly administration scandals. The goal of any OB regime crisis is to employ the event as a useful diversion. They've become masters of public relations manipulation and cover for action.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2013 3:18 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm sure they'll have the same success as their -

1. laser like focus to restart the economy
2. reboot of America's foreign policy
3. reduction of the disparity of income of Americans
etc, etc, etc
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/21/2013 9:00 Comments || Top||

#4  when they send the email invite mke sure to use all the email address' that she currently uses.
Posted by: airandee || 10/21/2013 10:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Sebelius and the entire B.O. regime has declined requests to testify on Capitol Hill about the site, which has been plagued by crashes, slow responses and other glitches since it went online Oct. 1.

Health and Human Services has also been rather circumspect about the contractors who built "healthcare.gov" site as well. Apparently there was concern about the contractors receiving subpoenas from Congress.
Posted by: Pappy || 10/21/2013 12:06 Comments || Top||

#6  John Brennan took care of faulty and embarrassing contractors in the US Passport office of the State Department, perhaps he can take care of.... these ones.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2013 12:46 Comments || Top||

#7  Durbin seems very certain of himself. There is a history of people getting thrown under the bus with Champ. Individuals as well as entire countries.
Posted by: JohnQC || 10/21/2013 12:52 Comments || Top||

#8  They've become masters of public relations manipulation and cover for action.

Hardly the skill of masters when they have the Permanent Party Propaganda Machine in the full sheep choir mode baying their song. A legion of Wormtongues makes the required skill level basically pedestrian. Even then they're scared of Fox, Rush, and bloggers.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/21/2013 13:33 Comments || Top||

#9  She should blame it on Bush! Half the Senate will applaud her! The rest will be so stunned as winged monkeys fly, unicorns appear, and midgets, er, little people dressed as clown perform Hamlet.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 10/21/2013 16:10 Comments || Top||


Government
Surprise! You may owe more than the Obamacare exchange quote.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2013 17:03 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

As always Kelly Freas and MAD were ahead of the wave. Do note the quality instruments the Medico has at his disposal.
Posted by: Shipman || 10/21/2013 18:56 Comments || Top||

#2  This of course is a Parke Davis Lithograph: Presenting the Bill. :)
Posted by: Shipman || 10/21/2013 18:59 Comments || Top||

#3  ..an allegory for America when it discovers the cost of seeking immortality, as reported when the 'rubes' discovered their premiums skyrocketed and quipped they thought someone else was going to pay for it [just like the generous pension bonuses handed out in Detroit].
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/21/2013 19:31 Comments || Top||

#4  This will hit hardest those who actually use their healthcare insurance, especially people with catastrophic medical bills

Which, at this point are the majority demographic that is going to enroll.
Posted by: Pappy || 10/21/2013 20:55 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2013-10-21
  Syria: Exploding truck murders 30 in Hama
Sun 2013-10-20
  Report: 400 arrested in Egyptian operation in Sinai
Sat 2013-10-19
  18 Palestinians Charged in Leb Terrorist Plot
Fri 2013-10-18
  At Least 60 Killed, Hundreds Wounded in Iraq Bombs
Thu 2013-10-17
  Logar Governor Killed By Blast in Mosque
Wed 2013-10-16
  Syria fighting rages on despite Muslim holiday
Tue 2013-10-15
  Boko Haram 'kills 24 Nigerian vigilantes in ambush'
Mon 2013-10-14
  Key Syria opposition group refuses Geneva peace talks
Sun 2013-10-13
  Tunisian Forces Clash with Jihadists
Sat 2013-10-12
  US troops capture a senior Pakistan Taliban leader in Afghanistan
Fri 2013-10-11
  Libya PM 'Freed' after Several Hours Held by Militia, Calls for Calm
Thu 2013-10-10
  Libyan Prime Minister Zeidan kidnapped by gunmen
Wed 2013-10-09
  Egypt Strips Muslim Brotherhood of NGO Status
Tue 2013-10-08
  Egypt: Huge Explosion Hits Security HQ In Sinai
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