Anderson Cooper on ObamaCare Enrollment: ‘I Don’t Buy That They Don’t Have Those Numbers’

The White House for ten days has refused to reveal how many Americans have actually signed up for ObamaCare.

Quite surpisingly, some in the media, including CNN’s Anderson Cooper Thursday evening, have called the administration out for this absurdity (video follows with transcript and commentary):

ANDERSON COOPER: The other thing that they can’t give you a figure on how many people have actually signed up I just don’t buy. I mean, I just don’t believe that, you know, because, and they’re, you know, what they're, what they’re promoting is, “Well, we had all these unique visitors. We had an overwhelming number of people actually looking.” But actually signing up, actually creating accounts, the fact they’re not able to give numbers to me, I just, I just don’t buy that they don’t have those numbers.

What do they recommend for people who have been trying to sign up for days now? What’s their advice?

BRIAN TODD, CNN: They’re advice is if you’re frustrated, keep going back. Call a help center. There are help center lines on there. I tried to log on today, I couldn’t. But you can see a help center number at least. They say keep going back, keep trying. You’ve got six months to sign up for this. They really hit home that message. It’s frustrating now, they acknowledge that, but you’ve got six months to sign up for this. So they say keep going back,

COOPER: Brian Todd, I appreciate it. Thanks.

TODD: Thanks Anderson.

COOPER: I don’t get why they say they can’t release numbers. Doesn’t make any sense to me.

Doesn't make sense to anyone, Anderson. Nice to see you're willing to say this on the air.

Of course, it would have been far nicer if you expressed such skepticism before this law was enacted when people on the right side of the aisle were predicting this.

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Obama wants it to hurt and hurt badly. What a divisive, cruel person we have running this country.

New Cruel Obama Policy: Arlington Memorial Removes Pics And Mementos Left By Families At Fallen Soldiers’ Graves

Written By : John Hawkins
October 14, 2013

The most hostile administration to veterans in American history strikes again.

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The carefully-chosen mementos that cover graves in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery offer a deeply personal glimpse into the lives of grieving military families.

These reminders have now been scrubbed away following a new policy which has banned family and friends from placing tributes on the graves.

Headstones have been stripped of photos, drawings and poignant notes, in particular those in Section 60, home to the graves of more than 800 service members killed while doing their duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An Arlington spokesman said they were responding to complaints that the cemetery was looking too disorderly, and said the section needed to follow the same rules as the rest of the site.

Loved ones often left flowers, small stones and shells from favorite places and prized cigars. These have all now been swept away – some items saved to be returned to families, and some not.

Photographer Kevin Lamarque published images of the graves earlier this year on PhotoBlog.

In an article for Reuters, he commented this week: ‘There were immensely sad graveside moments of girlfriends, wives, children, mothers and fathers sitting, kneeling, laying beside a grave, often touching, holding or kissing the headstone of their fallen loved one.

These loved ones would often leave behind mementos of all kinds, a way to keep their connection to those who departed too soon.’

It would be easy to write this off as just an administrative change, but it’s coming at a time when the Obama administration is doing everything it can to hurt veterans, kids with cancer, older Americans, and even tourists who want to see state parks. This is an administration that’s hiring people to shut down parks and memorials that normally require no staff and suddenly, it starts doing something painful to the families of vets? Maybe, it’s a coincidence, but maybe it’s just one more shiv that the Obama administration is trying to stick into the backs of the American people.

http://www.rightwingnews.com/barack-obama/new-cruel-obama-policy-arlington-memorial-removes-pics-and-mementos-left-by-families-at-fallen-soldiers-graves/

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Obama is a vindictive b*astard, he and his whole administration. It is as simple as that. I think this weekend was a good indicator of just how much the American people are finally seeing just what we have running this country and they don't like what they see.

What continues to amaze me is those that still have their blinders on but then as you know you can't fix stupid, stupid is forever but then too, a lot of his supporters are drawing from the till and regardless, they don't want to rock the boat or bite the hand that feeds them but are they ever in for a rude awakening. In my opinion the deal with the EBT cards not working this weekend is just a prelude of things to come.

The next move?

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Obama wants it to hurt and hurt badly. What a divisive, cruel person we have running this country.

New Cruel Obama Policy: Arlington Memorial Removes Pics And Mementos Left By Families At Fallen Soldiers’ Graves

Written By : John Hawkins
October 14, 2013

The most hostile administration to veterans in American history strikes again.

ADVERTISEMENT

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The carefully-chosen mementos that cover graves in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery offer a deeply personal glimpse into the lives of grieving military families.

These reminders have now been scrubbed away following a new policy which has banned family and friends from placing tributes on the graves.

Headstones have been stripped of photos, drawings and poignant notes, in particular those in Section 60, home to the graves of more than 800 service members killed while doing their duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An Arlington spokesman said they were responding to complaints that the cemetery was looking too disorderly, and said the section needed to follow the same rules as the rest of the site.

Loved ones often left flowers, small stones and shells from favorite places and prized cigars. These have all now been swept away – some items saved to be returned to families, and some not.

Photographer Kevin Lamarque published images of the graves earlier this year on PhotoBlog.

In an article for Reuters, he commented this week: ‘There were immensely sad graveside moments of girlfriends, wives, children, mothers and fathers sitting, kneeling, laying beside a grave, often touching, holding or kissing the headstone of their fallen loved one.

These loved ones would often leave behind mementos of all kinds, a way to keep their connection to those who departed too soon.’

It would be easy to write this off as just an administrative change, but it’s coming at a time when the Obama administration is doing everything it can to hurt veterans, kids with cancer, older Americans, and even tourists who want to see state parks. This is an administration that’s hiring people to shut down parks and memorials that normally require no staff and suddenly, it starts doing something painful to the families of vets? Maybe, it’s a coincidence, but maybe it’s just one more shiv that the Obama administration is trying to stick into the backs of the American people.

http://www.rightwingnews.com/barack-obama/new-cruel-obama-policy-arlington-memorial-removes-pics-and-mementos-left-by-families-at-fallen-soldiers-graves/