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Tx4obama

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8. The shutdown wasn't about the 'website' it was about the 'mandate'

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 07:33 PM

Nov 2013

Folks still could have signed up via mail, by phone, and in person - if the website launch had been delayed.

So, that would not have been good enough for the republicans.

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OUCH:"�If I had known� Mr. Obama said, according to the aide, �we could have delayed the website.� " [View all] kpete Nov 2013 OP

Hope this isn't true. What else doesn't he know? leftstreet Nov 2013 #1

The fact is that delaying the web site would be seen as caving to the shutdown Xipe Totec Nov 2013 #2

The shutdown wasn't about the 'website' it was about the 'mandate' Tx4obama Nov 2013 #8

Once they were cornered, delaying implementation is exactly what the repugs asked for Xipe Totec Nov 2013 #14

But GOP wanted ' delaying implementation' - that is different than delaying the website Tx4obama Nov 2013 #15

Exactly. It was about the spin Xipe Totec Nov 2013 #17

And if we delay the mandate now, B2G Nov 2013 #18

Who is 'Mr. Obama'? Wait Wut Nov 2013 #3

It is his name. Deal with it. cthulu2016 Nov 2013 #11

If you look at the article, kiva Nov 2013 #12

Where was this anger in 2003? Politicalboi Nov 2013 #4

^^^+1,000,000^^^ spanone Nov 2013 #5

The govt typically has Hard deadlines....unlike private industry...who can move goal posts VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #6

But not the 'law'. Folks still could have signed up via mail, by phone, and in person. Tx4obama Nov 2013 #7

Will Obama's concern trolling never cease? cthulu2016 Nov 2013 #9

I have experience with gov't/contractor web projects deutsey Nov 2013 #10

This is not going to be fixed in 2 weeks B2G Nov 2013 #13

The Definitive Guide To Decoding Washington's Anonymous Sources Mass Nov 2013 #16