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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Nov 25, 2013, 07:26 PM Nov 2013

IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER HOPES NUKE DEAL DISTRACTS ATTENTION FROM OBAMACARE

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

POSTED BY ANDY BOROWITZ

TEHRAN (The Borowitz Report)—The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told reporters today his nation agreed to a deal on its nuclear program in the hopes that it would distract attention from the trouble-plagued rollout of Obamacare.

“It’s true, we’ve resisted any deal on nukes for over three decades,” the Ayatollah said. “But when we saw how much trouble Obama was having with his Web site, we realized it would be uncaring of us not to try to help him out.”

The Ayatollah said he was not “overly optimistic” that signing a nuclear treaty with the West would be sufficient to distract attention from the President’s Obamacare woes, but, he added, “You never know. Every little bit helps.”

He said that he and Iran’s leaders will be putting their heads together in the days and weeks ahead to see “if there’s anything else we can do to help Obama out of this health-care mess. One idea we’re tossing around is to get the Iranian people to stop chanting, ‘Death to America,’ the way they have for the past thirty-four years,” he said. “At the very least, maybe dial it back until he gets that Web site straightened out.

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http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/11/irans-supreme-leader-hopes-nuke-deal-distracts-attention-from-obamacare.html

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IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER HOPES NUKE DEAL DISTRACTS ATTENTION FROM OBAMACARE (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2013 OP
This truly is hilarious but I swear, someone is going to read this and...well, you know the rest..nt monmouth3 Nov 2013 #1
Great satire Gothmog Nov 2013 #2
It's working. It's working. pangaia Nov 2013 #3
Can't talk, laughing too hard. Tigress DEM Nov 2013 #4
He was very impressed with the Platinum Plan!!!!!!!! flamingdem Nov 2013 #5
OH PLEASE OH PLEASE!!!!! Let this be reported on Faux as a True Story Heather MC Nov 2013 #6
Hell yeah!!!!... DonViejo Nov 2013 #8
Hey - stop laughing - there on it already! ConcernedCanuk Nov 2013 #9
That just show so perfectly how ridiculous treestar Nov 2013 #7
I KNEW IT! Senator Cornyn was right! Iran's Supreme Leader... TomCADem Nov 2013 #10

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
3. It's working. It's working.
Mon Nov 25, 2013, 07:53 PM
Nov 2013

I haven't thought about Obamacare since before my nap.
Not even when taking a couple antibiotics for my cold or having some Thai soup. Next, is some ginger tea with a shot of Ezra B Bourbon.
I am CERTAIN not to think about Obamacare after that.

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All I can think of now is Benghazi..... no, no.. I mean... Iran.

flamingdem

(39,312 posts)
5. He was very impressed with the Platinum Plan!!!!!!!!
Mon Nov 25, 2013, 09:00 PM
Nov 2013

But can see right through it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ConcernedCanuk

(13,509 posts)
9. Hey - stop laughing - there on it already!
Tue Nov 26, 2013, 12:18 AM
Nov 2013

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Did Obama Make an Iranian Nuke Deal to Distract From ObamaCare?

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/11/25/did-obama-make-iranian-nuke-deal-distract-obamacare

BY FOX NEWS INSIDER\

// NOV 25 2013 // 8:23PM

AS SEEN ON THE O'REILLY FACTOR

Over the weekend, the United States and its allies reached a deal with Iran to keep them from creating a nuclear weapon. Tonight in his Talking Points Memo, Bill O’Reilly identified two key components of the Iran nuclear deal.

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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
10. I KNEW IT! Senator Cornyn was right! Iran's Supreme Leader...
Tue Nov 26, 2013, 12:44 AM
Nov 2013

...is trying to do President Obama a solid by agreeing to halt in their nuclear program just to obscure the roll out of a website! Brilliant!

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