Nancy on “Meet the Press” - A Tale Told By An Idiot

Well, I see the lady-parts were out in force yesterday, defending their sex (and lots of it) as well as the very foundations of Obamacare (free birth control and pregnancy coverage): 

Infamous Obama-Biden 2112 Campaign

First Nancy “hoop-de -doo” Pelosi was on Meet the Press, with former water boy and cheerleader David Gregory who bemoaned the “fumble” on Obamacare that created what “may be the lowest moment of (Obama’s) presidency.” Assuming you disregard Benghazi, Fast & Furious, NSA, IRS, etc..

“There is a bottom line to this which I think people understand and the president has acknowledged, if the government has decided there has to be minimum requirements in any health care plan … it doesn’t meet what the government says you have to have, you cannot keep it. That’s not what you said here.”

That however did not comport with Nancy’s received truth:

 

                                  

"The law does not demand that all of these cancellations go out," Pelosi said. "The laws says if you had your plan before the enactment of the law, you can keep it. And that's what the president said. So there's a distinction between those who had it before."

A parsing that only earned her a  PolitiFact badge for the effort, rather than  the usual full “Pants on Fire” designation.

Having first staked out her position on Obamacare back in 2010:

“We have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it beyond the fog of the controversy.”

Nancy is not deterred now that we’ve finally waded through “the controversy.” She soldiered on; still claiming that people will love their more expensive coverage after they buy it and finally find out what’s in it (preventive care, birth control and pregnancy coverage - even for boys!) And she’s certain that all the negative press is just a whole bunch ’a  “hoop de doo and ado” about nothing.

Goodness, was that Freudian? Surely she knows that the plot of Much Ado About Nothing is based on multiple and deliberate deceptions, right? And that one of the play’s major themes is “deception as a means to an end” right?

Wait, what!?

Yeah, well, her degree is in political science which contains a lot of course materials on deception butt Shakespeare? Not so much. So let’s cut her some slack and just go with it being a poor choice of idioms.

Then we switch over to catch Kirsten Gillibrand on ABC’s “This Week” telling us this:

“No, we all knew (there would be cancellations of “sub-par” insurance plans). The whole point of the plan is to cover things people need, like preventive care, birth control, pregnancy.”

Goodness. It’s almost as if we are living in parallel universes or something. Somebody simply must tell somebody at HHS that 60 year old women - and men of any age - simply are not going to be excited about paying for Julia’s birth control and pregnancies.

No matter how badly they want Julia to have that coverage.

Seriously? Even your cat knows better than that.

I leave you today with this short soliloquy to contemplate from the master of the English language; no, not Big Guy, William Shakespeare:

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow,

a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more:

it is a tale told by an idiot,

(take your pick)

full of sound and fury,

signifying nothing."

 

Macbeth (Act V, Scene V).

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Hold My Hand. ‘Cause I want to love you the best that I can.

I’m beginning to think that Gerard is just a trouble maker.

First, I see Petee’s latest pic of Big Guy and Joey B - which I’m sure you’ve all seen – in his American Digest post: Those Magic Moments

It's sweet when two hearts and hands entwine: Obama, Biden Hold Hands in Immigration Prayer - Fox Nation White House photographer Pete Souza tweets this picture of President Obama and Vice President Biden holding hands "during a prayer at end of mtg w faith leaders on immigration reform." [And afterwards it was back to the residence for a tickle fight!]

I was prepared to let that slide until I saw the first comment, from from Gagdad Bob: “Probably nice to be caressed by a feminine hand after all those years with Michelle.”

What??? Like, is he sayin’ my FLOTUS isn’t…feminine???

Ok…so he’s got a point. Never mind.

Anyhoo, you’ve all seen the still, butt how many of you have seen the video? That’s what I thought, since it’s been embargoed. So I decided to be a little naughty and give us all a treat today; I’ve got the video clip, along with a little traveling music (h/t: Jackie Gleason).

As always, click the button to play, and sing along. Although I should warn you that this might seem sort of gross, after reading Ann Barnhart’s post and all. Butt in my defense, I didn’t link to that, someone else did that for me (h/t creeper).

Take it away:

Hold My Hand: Hootie and the Blowfish

"Hold My Hand"

With a little love, and some tenderness
We'll walk upon the water

We'll rise above this mess

With a little peace, and some harmony
We'll take the world together
We'll take 'em by the hand
'Cause I've got a hand for you

'Cause I wanna run with you

Yesterday, I saw you standing there
Your head was down, your eyes were red
No comb had touched your hair

I said get up, and let me see you smile
We'll take a walk together

 
Walk the road awhile, 'cause
'Cause I've got a hand for you
I've got a hand for you

'Cause I wanna run with you
Won't you let me run with you? yeah

Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I'll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand

Anything you wanna be because
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can

See I was wasted, and I was wasting time
'Till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes

Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud

I don't wanna be part of your problems

Don't wanna be part of your crowd, no

'Cause I've got a hand for you
I've got a hand for you

'Cause I wanna run with you

Ah, won't you let me run with you?

Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I'll take you to the promised land
Hold my hand

Maybe we can't change the world but

Then again…

I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can, yeah

Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand

I'll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand
Anything you wanna be because
I...Oh...No, No, No, No, No

Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I'll take you to the promised land

Hold my hand
Maybe we can't change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, best that I can
Oh, The best that I can

“Yeah, it’s still a big f***ing deal, butt not on the lips, man!”

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Got Cronies?

Let's take a break from Obamacare, shall we?

Here’s big news: Turbo-Tax Timmy is definitely NOT going to replace the Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

My that was good! I wonder what the private sector has to offer?

He wanted to make some real money, so instead of just picking up another federal pension he’s going to go to work for Warburg Pincus LLC starting next spring!

Right after the release of the book he’s been working on, “How I Saved Wall Street the Whole World from Financial Collapse with Your Tax Dollars.”

Butt wait: Warburg Pincus? Aren’t they one of those, uh…

job killing vulture capitalist companies? You know, like the “Mitt-Romney-killed-my wife-and-gave-her-cancer” kind of venture capitalist?

"When Mitt Romney and Bain closed the plant, I lost my healthcare, and my family lost their healthcare.  And, a short time after that, my wife became ill. I don't know how long she was sick and I think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew that we couldn't afford the insurance. And then one day she became ill and I took her up to the Jackson County Hospital and admitted her for pneumonia and that's when they found the cancer and by then it was stage four…she passed away in 22 days. I do not think Mitt Romney realizes what he's done to anyone, and furthermore I do not think Mitt Romney is concerned."

Well yes, yes it is. And it sounds like just about the right kind of job for somebody who goes by the name “Toxic Timmy.”

Gosh! This math is hard.

I just hope he knows what he’s getting into, because he’s going to be the guy in charge:

At Warburg, he will serve as president and managing director, not the kind of figurehead or advisory positions that public-sector figures often land after government stints.

Because unlike the public sector, where Timmy has spent his career, in the private sector when “mistakes are made”  the buck stops at the desk of the guy in charge, not some nameless underling.

Of course if nobody ever tells you anything, how can you accept the blame?

So if future audits reveal problems with Warburg’s information system, accounting, or tax returns, Timmy won’t be able to blame Turbotax ® and still pass “GO” to collect his big bonus.

To get the biggest refund, just override all those pesky “error” messages

So welcome to Wall Street, Timmy,

Where greed is still good,

…as long as you have the right (which is to say, left) ideology.

Where money Never Sleeps,

It just passes from your hand to government’s to crony capitalists’

And people with bad teeth never make it to the sequel.

No matter how much tiger blood they have

So here’s my advice for Timmy, on how to make it big on Wall Street: get those rodent teeth of yours capped.

Because you can be greedy, as long as you don’t look greedy.

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Today’s Public Service Announcement was paid for by: CGI, Government contractor to Healthcare.gov and friend of Michelle’s

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