Christmas came early for conservatives on Twitter this afternoon as the official White House Twitter account tweeted this photo of President Barack Obama holding a sign that says “#GetCovered because: Nobody should go broke just because they got sick!”
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
Not only is this notion ridiculous, but reporters Chris Moody of Yahoo! and Jake Tapper of CNN immediately saw the photoshop potential:
Merry Christmas, conservatives with Photoshop. pic.twitter.com/KV3QErcHTF
— Chris Moody (@Chris_Moody) December 12, 2013
that one was like an invitation for PhotoShop. there must be like an office pool or something. pic.twitter.com/lEHDtiPw0S
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 12, 2013
And conservatives on Twitter did NOT disappoint!
Here are the top photoshops mocking President Obama’s newest Obamacare social outreach.
First out of the gate was Time Magazine “Person of the Year” finalist Sen. Ted Cruz with this instant classic:
FIFY MT @WhiteHouse: President Obama: #GetCovered because … pic.twitter.com/8SylaoZNcM
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 12, 2013
Tweeter Anthropocon adds to Obama’s original message with the caveat: “…they should go broke paying for insurance they don’t want.” Read about one 26 year old’s story of facing unaffordable Obamacare plan premiums.
#truth pic.twitter.com/UaoyDnKnPU
— Jim J (@anthropocon) December 12, 2013
He follows up with a simple message of truth – as Sen. Cruz has said, Obama is “simply rewrit[ing] the law through an abuse of executive power.”
Pretty much. pic.twitter.com/Jp8wIUcxx4
— Jim J (@anthropocon) December 12, 2013
Vince Coglianese brings back yesterday’s presidential selfie meme:
Obama’s just rubbing it in now. pic.twitter.com/GWCysNAPYu
— Vince Coglianese (@TheDCVince) December 12, 2013
Jay Caruso reminds us all that the law attempts to coerce people into buying into Obamacare through fines – but Generation Opportunity has already made the case that the fines are cheaper than opting into Obamacare for young people.
#GetCovered pic.twitter.com/En7OQSZIXH
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) December 12, 2013
Chuck Dizzle appropriates House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s new Democrat campaign slogan “Embrace the suck:”
#getcovered #embracethesuck pic.twitter.com/h4nOSypBVO
— Charly J. (@chuck_dizzle) December 12, 2013
But wait – there’s more!
The White House Twitter account also produced this unforced spelling error:
My mom would sure like to give the White House a piece of her mind …
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