@BarackObama, which sounds like it might be somehow connected to the president (I want to see its Twitter sign-up certificate!), sent out a tweet saying: “May your days be merry and bright, and your Christmas include a conversation about health insurance.”
Now, first of all, I am so offended that the president just assumes everyone is Christian (#Bigotry #ReligiousIntolerance). Or is it that he only wants Christians to be happy and healthy with affordable healthcare, and everyone else to die in pain and poverty? Wow, he must hate all religious minorities! How non-inclusive can you get? It’s just so insensitive. (I am joking here, but Democrats really do this kind of thing to Republicans all the time for the same kinds of comments. But I’m sure it’s all meant in fun.)
But second of all, doesn’t this silly tweet invite some political ads making fun of it, like, oh, maybe something like the following?
Pro-Obamacare:
Santa Claus slides down the chimney and into the home, but rather than giving gifts, he gives the family pre-existing conditions, and so then they have to spend Christmas talking about health insurance.
Santa Claus slides down the chimney, but he gets stuck because he’s so obese, and he has a heart attack from the stress, so he has to go to the hospital. And that provides the family an opportunity to talk about their own health insurance. But then it turns out that Santa has no health insurance, so he gets stuck with an enormous bill, making it so he cannot afford to get anyone gifts for next Christmas, effectively canceling Christmas for next year. And all because Santa didn’t have Obamacare! (Oh, but perhaps Santa is a bad example, because wouldn’t he be an undocumented immigrant? Republicans could attack Democrats over this, saying the ad proves Obamacare is going to cover all undocumented immigrants at taxpayer expense.)
Anti-Obamacare:
After delivering presents, Santa Claus goes to get his milk and cookies, but this time it’s bean sprouts and tofu, with a note about signing up for Obamacare because they’re concerned about his health due to his obesity. So he replaces all the gifts with coal, which this time is a double insult, because Democrats hate coal due to global warming.
Santa Claus slides down the chimney, but this time it’s President Obama in a Santa Claus suit. And rather than giving gifts, he takes away the family’s previous, actually affordable health insurance, replacing it with one from Obamacare, which they cannot afford. So they can’t pay their mortgage anymore and lose their home. Merry Christmas!
