12 ridiculous things Obama said during his press conference Thursday

12 ridiculous things Obama said during his press conference Thursday

Have no fear, America: President Obama feels for you as cancellation notices land in the hands of millions. And unlike the health insurance you may have lost, he’s got you covered.

The president held a news conference Thursday addressing the issues surrounding the Affordable Care Act and the millions of Americans who have received cancellation notices from their insurance companies. Obama announced he would allow insurance companies to continue offering current plans that otherwise would be terminated under Obamacare for at least another year, but also offered up his fair share of analogies surrounding the law’s failed rollout.

While Obama punted on several metaphors he used prior to the law’s implementation — it would be just like buying a plane ticket on Kayak or a television on Amazon, he said several months ago — he kicked around some other imagery and had some … interesting … realizations.

Check out the 12 most ridiculous things Obama said during Thursday’s presser.

1. “And you know, I am very frustrated, but I’m also somebody who, if I fumble the ball, you know, I’m going to wait until I get the next play, and then I’m going to try to run as hard as I can and do right by the team. So, you know, ultimately I’m the head of this team. We did fumble the ball on it.”

2. “And one of the — you know, when I do some Monday morning quarterbacking on myself, one of the things that I do recognize is since I know that the federal government has not been good at this stuff in the past, two years ago as we were thinking about this…”

3. “And you know, buying health insurance is never going to be like buying a song on iTunes. You know, it’s just a much more complicated transaction.”

4. “I am not a perfect man and I will not be a perfect president, but I’ll wake up every single day working as hard as I can on behalf of Americans out there from every walk of life who are working hard…”

5. “Roger — it’s his birthday, by the way. That’s not the reason you got a question, but I thought it was important to note that. Happy birthday.”

“Thank you, Mr. President. Back to health care…”

6. “…what we’re also discovering is that insurance is complicated to buy.”

7. “There aren’t a lot of websites out there that have to help people compare their possible insurance options, verify income to find out what kind of tax credits they might get, communicate with those insurance companies so that they can purchase, make sure that all of it’s verified, right?”

8. “And it’s important that we’re honest and straightforward in terms…”

9. “That’s what’s called a grandfather clause that was included in the law. Today we’re going to extend that principle both to people whose plans have changed since the law took effect and to people who bought plans since the law took effect.”

10. “So again, you know, these are two fumbles on something that — on a big game which — but the game’s not over.”

11. “My first and foremost obligation is to the American people, to make sure that they can get what’s there if we can just get the darn website working and smooth this thing out…”

12. “You know, I’m accused of a lot of things, but I don’t think I’m stupid enough to go around saying, this is going to be like shopping on Amazon or Travelocity, a week before the website opens, if I thought that it wasn’t going to work.”