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Sierra Marquina: President Barack Obama Talks Affordable Care Act, Zach Galifianakis, And Shopping At Gap
The Affordable Care Act was signed in to law by Obama in 2010 with the goal of increasing the quality, affordability, and attainability of health insurance and to date, over 4.2 million people have signed up. But President Obama stresses there are many more who need and should sign up for ObamaCare. However, for those who do not have health insurance, Obama stresses: “You should go to healthcare.gov and compare the prices that are available for various private plans. And they’re the same kind of plans that you’d get on the job that people are familiar with, things like Blue Cross and Aetna, depending on the state. And what healthcare.gov will show is the kinds of plans that are available, the prices that are available and whether you’re eligible for some sort of tax credit. And for a lot of people, they will find that for $100 or less, they can get really good health insurance – in some cases, it’s going to be less than the cost of their cellphone bill or their cable bill.” Why is it so important to make sure you’re covered? Obama explains it’s because “you never know what kind of curveballs life throws at you.”
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The president feels so strongly about the ACA, he even faced comedian Zach Galifianakis on his Funny or Die comedy series Between Two Ferns, where Zach called him a nerd, amongst other things. “Zach actually was pretty nervous,” Obama reveals with a laugh. “It was funny to watch because this whole Between Two Ferns schtick – which I wasn’t familiar with before my staff told me that we had been pitched to do this – his whole character is to go after the guest and I think he was looking around and seeing all these Secret Service guys with guns and thinking, ‘I wonder what happens here if I cross the line?’ But we had a great time.” “And as I said, I wasn’t familiar with this thing, but when I was at the dinner table with the girls and I said, ‘Well today I did something with Zach, it’s called Two Ferns I think?’ Malia was so excited! She had seen all the previous episodes, so I figured it was going to reach our target audience, which is a lot of young people and it turns out we’ve had close to 15 million hits. And the amazing thing is afterwards people actually did link to healthcare.gov and people actually signed up for health insurance, so it ended up working, but I think I have to keep my day job.”
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Yes Sir, you really, really, really, really do
“I’ve been unfairly maligned about my jeans,” Obama jokes. “The truth is, generally I look very sharp in jeans. There was one episode like four years ago in which I was wearing some loose jeans mainly because I was out on the pitcher’s mound and I didn’t want to feel confined while I was pitching and I think I’ve paid my penance for that. I got whacked pretty good. Since that time, my jeans fit very well.”
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"If you want health insurance this year, you need to make sure that you are signing up by March 31st." - @BarackObama onair.rs/1iJLUum
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On Air/Ryan Seacrest (@OnAirWithRyan) March 14, 2025Hearing how chill Obama is on Seacrest was hilarious😂 @OnAirWithRyan
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Listening to Obama on Seacrest. #coolpresident
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Adelia Safitri M (@adeliar) March 14, 2025OBAMA IS ON THE RADIO WITH RYAN SEACREST RN
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Sierra Marquina: Gap Employee Gives Details On Shopping With President Obama
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LOVE YOU! GET COVERED!
:grin:
Hi, vc:)
Hello southern neighbour!
:cool:
Mr. President…You were those jeans just fine…..just fine. Just sayin’….
Look at that. Got the teacher all flustered looking at those jeans! YOU WEAR THOSE JEANS JUST FINE:) Holy shit, time for a cocktail.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
As Dmitar Berbatov would say, “Well hello there.”
:)
Now you’re making me cry, he was my new Cantona …… never quite worked out :cry:
I miss “The Continental” on Dirty Tackle. :(
I miss the former future Cantona!
I think they are trying to turn that young lady into some kind of star. She was on the Today show one morning or was it CNN morning show with Chris Cuomo. She does seem like a nice young lady.
Which lady are you talking about?
Loooooooove this, loooooooove PBO, looooooove Nerdy - thank you legend!!!
Thanks, Chips.
We nag you cause we love you. So go to Healthcare.gov. and enroll now. I’m going to put that on my facebook page.
Hay Nerdy, I missed POTUS on the Ryan Seacrest show thanks for posting it so I can listening to it. Thanks again.
So I can listen to it. Thanks again Nerdy.
You’re welcome.
I love my President - that is all!
Ok, April D. Ryan, the WH correspondent and DC bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks just followed me. I *do* win the Twitterz today!
Winning!!!!! LOL
Must be God is on Your Side? :)
Can the congregation say Amen?!
Can get a Eh, Mon!
Lib_L, isn’t she the April who asks dumb questions? Not sure that is a prize, unless you use the opportunity to tell her a thing or two once in a while.
I don’t think so. At least her website seems very informed.
I could be wrong, of course, as I’m wildly antagonistic to virtually all members of the WHPC.
We Report, You Decide:
When I die I want to come back as a horse..PBO’s horse that is!!! Oh dear….I actually am writing this…My motto is (normally) one does not have to say what they are thinking all of the time! My bad!
Zekke, it’s no contest, shirt on, shirt off, in a suit, in a tuxedo, in shorts, because it’s not only about what POTUS look like, it’s the kind of heart he has, how he believes in helping and treating people, and their is no contest . Look at how POTUS is with kids, and the people he meet. Imagine how Putin is. Putin lose all away around. By the way President Obama is a outstanding leader too. He is not weak. No contest.
In a boat, on a float…
No contest.
Putin is a ugly man , inside and out.
Wait..is this PBO? I recall seeing another pic of him similarly dressed as a pirate, but not this one…
It’s himself, Hopefruit!
A-HA! That’s the one I saw which is why I thought the other one looked soooo familiar, yet different in a way :)
Cutest cutie pie!
Edible! :lol:
With a pinch of awesome sauce :-D
And a sprinkle of cheesy puff dust!
:-D :-D :-D
Man, I really am loopy right now.
:lol:
Who knows anything about Gawker, what is it some kind of rag tabloid paper? It says that Mark Zuckerberg gives President an angry call.
That’s Fuckerberg annie!
Okay Mark Fuckerberg. :)
I missed you annie! and yes Mr Fuckerberg said he had made an angry call to PBO re privacy…tee hee….
Fuckerberg has some dam nerve. Did he make a angry call to G.W. Bush or Dick Cheney when they lied us into Iraq?
I missed you, Layla!
I missed you too hon!!!!
Great to see you back Layla, so sorry you’ve been through a tough time. Wishing you the speediest of recoveries!
Bahahahahahahahaha.
Awesome! :)
Be still my palpitating heart.
Hiya Ms Chips and TODers.
Thanks NW. I had not heard the Seacrest interview. Do you are anyone else have the video Seacrest was talking about regrading President Obama dunking on Lebron James?
When did POTUS dunk on Lebron? I think it was Seacrest talking to FLOTUS when she did her dunk on Lebron.
Oh thanks anniebella. I misunderstood. I’ve seen FLOTUS. It was all over Youtube :)
Chips, you attract a sordid sort to our Tweet conversations.
‘Scuse me, all your fault, I attract only civilized folk!
Yea. Sure. All the time.
Dudette - I got confused with that yesterday - it is dated 15 Mar 2025 - 12 months ago - or am I missing something?
I think this is from a March 2013 article
Oh dang I missed that!
“The truth is, generally I look very sharp in jeans.”
YES, SIR.
Bo pics all day - yes please thank you etc etc etc
There’s an idea - morning 99ts! :-)
Tis a good morning too - my resident computer geek (Mr 99) decided some computer cleaning was overdue - it’s like I have a new computer - 10 tons of dust removed - most from the fan which was sounding like a 747 on takeoff. So now I have a silent mode - fast mode - new computer
Oooooh, I need to hire Mr 99’s services - email him to me right now!
We both stood and watched the turn on - somewhat in trepidation that whatever makes it work hadn’t gone into the vacuum cleaner - or a loose screw dropped into the inner workings - but all was well. If you have someone who offers such a service - probably worth paying.
They would also have the skills to put all the cables back into the slots where they belong - a definite asset in any computer geek’s repertoire.
Love Bo.
She’s amazing!
She’s an exceptional dancer. ABT is beyond fortunate to have her in the company.
Yesssssssss…she takes ballet to another level…
her control is amazing….my granddaughter (11)…who takes ballet….says that she has to be STRONG but soft….smiling…I love my lil darling….
Your granddaughter TOTALLY GETS ballet!!!! She could not be more correct. Misty has several videos in which she discusses her artistry and her path to the career at ABT that she earned. You may want to share some of those with your granddaughter at the appropriate time. BTW, Prince is a big fan of Misty Copeland :)
Here’s just one other glimpse into her artistry …
thank you…Soooooo Expressive..i love watching her
The Soul does not know color, the Soul is made of Light. Only in the darkness of the human mind can the color of skin separate people. In separation lies the greatest sin of all. To separate ourselves from each other is to separate ourselves from God. Thus, they are lost in the dark, they who profess to know so much about the ways of God.
Touching words MP! You have quite the ‘Spirit’
Beautiful….MP….
but the GOP and their so called allies to do not see us in that light…I like to think that folks can change…I think about PBO….but when I see the things that are said and the policies that are enacted….I am not so sure that their hearts can change…
so all I can say is that they must be defeated…
LOVE this graphic - excellent. Thanks Lady D for posting! :)
Happy to hf! :-D
CNN is covering MH370 24/7 with no additional information. They’re hoping that maybe somewhere, somehow, they can eventually find a way to blame PBO for the missing jet.
Hey hf! I know…they are trying reallllly hard to find something! anything!
LOL! They’re looking for their dark-skinned male culprit…
They should listen to Jim & then find the next great scandal to talk about
http://www.stonekettle.com/2014/03/the-twilight-zone-malaysian-airlines.html
“Most likely, and by “most likely” I mean the probability is approximately 99.999999999999%, the plane and its unfortunate passengers are scattered like confetti across a large portion of the seafloor under the Gulf of Thailand or the Andaman Sea. “
“Listening to President Obama … ”
Can you imagine hearing his “on-air voice” right in your ear every day or night?
Uhm. Now where was I?
Where is Mr. Yardarm with the naughty mats?
Shhh. You’re not tellin’, are you?
I’m not one to squeal. My lips I shall seal.
You are a poet. And I know it.
(Too elementary, unlike yours, but it’s all I had tonight!)
I’m a poet
And you know it..
Well, I’ll take it!
:) :)
Whew!
Is there a full moon out tonight? Looked a little round and large earlier, but I just took a peek in passing. I’m thinking I’ll be out there howling to the night sky soon, if there is, so I’m saving my strength for that.
Republicans: Always finding a way to make the cool become uncool.
Oh, brother, helmet head and the Pillsbury Dough Boy’s mean grandpa. Eek.
Is Newt filing his teeth…they seem so short to me!
I looked at ‘em once, and then looked away.
Looked short.
:-D
He’s so fly.
That’s hysterical!
:grin:
I like his feet!
:grin: Funny how both you and Lib_L decided it was male and my first thought was that it was female - the leg crossing being so sexy and all. :grin:
I think the “suave” part led folks in that direction, eh? :)
Likely, but *I* looked at the body (those legs!!) position, and concluded no min knows how to cross legs (of that size) so artfully. ;)
We women win, then? I’m good. :)
:grin: Or we wimmin win.
:)
I thought “someone” would go there. Ha!
Funny you just happened to have that image around - like our Chips would!
This is ridiculous. I hope this doesn’t happen. I am sick of the gun nuts controlling everything——-against all reason.
now that Harry Reid has got a Filibuster proof vote for PBOs Nominees…who is it that blocks his pics….yup…DEMS…..there is a message in there somewhere
Those dam Democrats. They really piss me off.
It makes it hard for me to argue my brother’s both sides do it, both sides are corrupt viewpoint.
I will not say that both sides are corrupt…but there are issues that we have push our DEM legislatures about……
I’m now listening to the soundtrack from (1979/1983) “The Black Stallion/The Black Stallion Returns” Best.Movie.Theme.Melodies.Evah.
Listening to this soundtrack might be better than smoking pot….
Listening to this soundtrack while smoking pot is certainly better than listening to Chris Hayes yammer on and on about nothing…
But listening to this soundtrack while NOT smoking pot is infinitely better than listening to Chris Hayes yammer on and on about nothing…
Can I send you some snacks? :)
Sweet/salty cookies?!
Ha.
…or smoking pot and not even listening to music or hayes
No, no…no…Layla. :) :) Can’t have pot without my music. Music, pot, but no Hayes….
:-D
Seriously - and MSNBC/Last Word is not helping with their nonstop polling and tweets about “Hillary beating GOP in Iowa” I mean, who the HELL cares about this right now?!?!?!?
It’s infuriating Hopefruit, like 2014 didn’t matter - good gawd, people’s lives are depending on this year’s elections. I don’t feel as strongly about Hillary as some here, but her supporters are turning me that way. If she is going to run and she doesn’t step in to urge them to get off their asses and vote this year, then **** her.
It’s friggin’ pitiful - MSNBC is a joke, I have so much of my life back from hardly ever watching it any more.
Yes - same for me.
All together now TOD: VOMIT!!!!!
Budding politician
Btw, in my parents house, that woulda nevuh happened :-D
Tell me about it! And why is he calling her Linda, didn’t she say she was the mom? I can just imagine that young man when he hits nursery school/kindergarten!
It would not have happened in mine either; he is acting “too grown” as the old folks used to say, which is not a compliment.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/03/14/geeks-athletes-artists-all-say-get-covered-now/