In what is, perhaps, the most amazing thing I have ever read in the New York Times, president Obama is quoted by that paper as having said that if only he had known of the difficulties in the rollout of Obamacare, he could have delayed the website. Are they kidding over there at Times Square? Do they really think that anyone with even half a brain would believe that nonsense?
Look, the White House was warned repeatedly that there would be problems with the Obamacare Exchange website. Those warnings began at least four months before the site went live. They grew and grew until in the two weeks prior to the site going live the White House was warned of possible security breaches on the website, of possible failures of the site to function properly, of a lack of necessary testing of the site, and of the possibility that traffic would overwhelm the site. Each of the subjects of these warnings came to pass.
There is no way that president Obama did not know of these warnings. We are, after all, talking about his most important program. There was no need to keep Obama from finding out; his staff would surely want him to know of the impending disaster so that steps could be taken to prevent it. Indeed, if Obama really did not know of these problems ahead of time, then he was not even trying to do his job as president.
I realize that Obama has used the excuse that he just did not know in scandal after scandal. This time, however, it just won't fly. Shame on the New York Times for trying to start such a story, or, even worse, shame on the New York Times for believing such ridiculous spin from the White House.
Look, the White House was warned repeatedly that there would be problems with the Obamacare Exchange website. Those warnings began at least four months before the site went live. They grew and grew until in the two weeks prior to the site going live the White House was warned of possible security breaches on the website, of possible failures of the site to function properly, of a lack of necessary testing of the site, and of the possibility that traffic would overwhelm the site. Each of the subjects of these warnings came to pass.
There is no way that president Obama did not know of these warnings. We are, after all, talking about his most important program. There was no need to keep Obama from finding out; his staff would surely want him to know of the impending disaster so that steps could be taken to prevent it. Indeed, if Obama really did not know of these problems ahead of time, then he was not even trying to do his job as president.
I realize that Obama has used the excuse that he just did not know in scandal after scandal. This time, however, it just won't fly. Shame on the New York Times for trying to start such a story, or, even worse, shame on the New York Times for believing such ridiculous spin from the White House.
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