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By Stanley P. Gershbein
Brooklyn Daily
Appearing soon on bumper stickers all over America: “Mr. President – If You Like Your Apology You Can Keep Your Apology. Period!”
You have heard these stories already. Here’s one more. His name is Ed and we’ve been great friends for almost 25 years. He is in his mid- 50s and, up until last week, he was the proud owner of an insurance plan that covered him — and only him. The cost of this excellent policy was $350 a month.
According to the geniuses in the federal government, his policy is “substandard,” and yesterday he received a letter from his insurance company. They brought his plan up to the demands of the Affordable Care Act and the new cost is now $700 a month. For the extra $350 he currently has coverage for maternity, ob-gyn, pre-natal care, post-natal care, pediatric care, oral contraceptives and mammograms. He only asked me one question: “Where do I go to take my vote back?”
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Why are so many unions being exempt from the controversial Affordable Care Act? It is a simple case of one hand washing the other. The unions supported Obama in both elections and the exemption is the payback. Is it fair? No, it isn’t, but then again, they used my wife’s dues money, without her permission, to support him. She paid for her exemption well in advance, didn’t she?
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Jay Carney is being beaten up daily at the news conferences. Are his wounds covered by Obamacare?
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As of this writing, several dozen Democrats, unhappy with what is happening with the Affordable Care Act, have broken ranks with the White House. Are we supposed to applaud them? Of course not. They voted for it without reading it. Do you remember when Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to pass it to find out what’s in it?”
A doctor called a radio show and said, “That’s a description of a stool sample.”
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The New York Times claimed that my president “misspoke” when he said, “If you like your plan you can keep it. Period.”
I haven’t heard that word “mispoke” since the days of Shillary. In fact, Tom Kulper wrote a whole book of her lies. Now the Times tells us that the President spoke with a lack of intent. Everybody. Join me. “Yeah, right!” I told you several times that I use the words “Yeah, right!” because my editor, fine gentleman that he is, would never print the words that I really want to use. As for the Times, it is keeping up with its slogan, “All the news that fits.”
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A great line from Senator Cronyn: “You cannot lie to Congress but you can lie to the American people.” I wonder who he was talking about.
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There was Tricky Dick. Then Slick Willie. I am StanGershbein@Bellsouth.net asking you, what do you think the legacy nickname of the current liar in the White House should be?