Remember Thanksgivukkah? In 2013, Hanukkah began on November 27, with Thanksgiving following on the 28th. For the Obama White House, the rare convergence of the two holidays offered an opportunity for the administration to promote Obamacare, then off to an extremely rocky start.
“Make sure everyone who sits down with you for #Thanksgivukkah dinner is covered. #GetTalking,” President Obama tweeted on November 27, 2013, with a photo of the young man who became known as “Pajama Boy” sitting at a table with symbols of both holidays. Next to the photo was the message: “Celebrating Thanksgiving. Lighting the Hanukkah candles. Talking about health insurance. Gotta love dinners like these.”
That wasn’t all. From a post of mine last year:
That was last year. Now, even though Obamacare open enrollment is again underway, and even though the administration has lowered its signup target, suggesting it is falling behind on its goals, the president refrained from adding an Obamacare pitch to America’s twitter feeds. While that hasn’t kept some liberal groups from giving it a shot — the Center for American Progress published “How To Talk To Your Tea Party Uncle About Obamacare This Thanksgiving” — the White House has been mostly quiet. Give thanks.
