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HHS Secretary: I Don't Work for Those Calling for Me to Resign
WABC77 ^ | 10/25/13

Posted on 10/25/2013 9:24:43 AM PDT by Impala64ssa

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday rejected the onslaught of demands -- leveled most prominently by Republican lawmakers -- for her to resign over the botched rollout of the new Obamacare website.

“The majority of people calling for me to resign, I would say, are people who I don’t work for and who do not want this program to work in the first place,” Sebelius said during an appearance at a Phoenix HHS call center. “I have had frequent conversations with the president and I have committed to him that my role is to get the program up and running and we will do just that.”

When asked if any heads have rolled in the administration over the problem-plagued website, she responded: “No one -- no one has been fired.”

Republicans pounced.

“It is amazing that the Obama administration doesn’t understand that their bosses are the American people. Maybe that is why the administration continues to push this train wreck of a healthcare law and refused to heed years of warning signs that Obamacare was the wrong prescription to fix America’s healthcare problems,” Republican National Committee spokesperson Kirsten Kukowski said. “It’s time for President Obama to do what he should have done weeks ago and fire Secretary Sebelius.”

HHS issued a clarification on Friday, saying the secretary’s remarks were “aimed at reminding people of the longstanding political opposition to the law.”

“The secretary serves at the pleasure of the president and for the American people, many of whom desperately need affordable health care. She is committed to getting this right and ensuring that HealthCare.gov is working smoothly,” spokeswoman Joanne Peters said.

Sebelius’ comments came on the same day that several dozen members of Congress -- all Republicans -- sent a letter to President Obama urging him to fire Sebelius.

“By calling for the resignation of Secretary Sebelius, you can send a powerful signal that the American people will not be held responsible for her department’s failures,” the lawmakers wrote Thursday.

The White House continues to stand by the secretary and says she has the full confidence of the president.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 0care; fail; failure; headinvice; hhs; obamacare; papercliphead; sebillious
Kathy, you ignorant slut! You work for WE THE PEOPLE! (if that still means anything.) vid at link
1 posted on 10/25/2013 9:24:44 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

Barry has made a critical error.

He thought that Sebelius had at least a scintilla of competence.

She doesn’t.


2 posted on 10/25/2013 9:28:02 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: lacrew
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity.
3 posted on 10/25/2013 9:30:13 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Impala64ssa

“I don’t work for.....”...soon, I hope she’s right


4 posted on 10/25/2013 9:30:18 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: lacrew
Barry didn't hire her because he thought she was competent. He hired her because she was a loyal party member and a member of a preferred class.

Funny that women (51% of America) are thought to be a minority and in need of protections from the men (49%).

5 posted on 10/25/2013 9:32:01 AM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: Impala64ssa
HHS Secretary: I Don't Work for Those Calling for Me to Resign

Of cause not, she works for the Evil One.

Remember she was funded by "Tiller the Killer"

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
6 posted on 10/25/2013 9:33:41 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Political opposition to the law.

They see the country as those against us and those for us.

They don’t work for the entire country.

Forget the constitution completely.

They know enough to put this thing together but not enough to read and understand a two page job description/mission.


7 posted on 10/25/2013 9:36:01 AM PDT by stanne
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8 posted on 10/25/2013 9:37:21 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Impala64ssa
Aaarrgghh! Shiver me timbers Kathleen Sebelius photo: Obama's Health Secretary HealthSecretarysmokinganddrinking.jpg Blow me down. That'll do pig.
9 posted on 10/25/2013 9:38:13 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Apparently you don’t work either.

You are a cheap imitation of an American, manufactured in China.

I’d send you back so I can get a working model but, China doesn’t take returns.

Beeeeecause, they know they make KuhRrrrap! products....


10 posted on 10/25/2013 9:43:16 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Impala64ssa
Unfortunately she works for Americans who are largely ignorant of civics.

Michele Bachmann said this on Twitter:
Out of touch statement of the day goes to Secretary Sebelius.

And was immediately hit with attacks from the genius left.

@MicheleBachmann Incorrect as usual. The Secretary serves at the desecration of the President. More Bachmann stupidity

@MicheleBachmann Shelly, everything that comes out of your mouth is an out of touch statement. By the way, do you buy Girl Scout Cookies?

.@MicheleBachmann Just a pawn to make #Repubs look bad by picking on a woman ala #SusanRice- they'd send her out in blackface if they could!

11 posted on 10/25/2013 9:43:55 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: tumblindice

Please tell me this image is photoshopped. Is that a cancer stick she’s holding? In the House Chambers?? Gee, I thought that was very wrong. What kind of example is she setting for the chiiiildrun?


12 posted on 10/25/2013 9:53:46 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Impala64ssa
"I Don't Work for Those Calling for Me to Resign"

Fixed it.

13 posted on 10/25/2013 10:00:43 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Impala64ssa

Again, our attention is being mis-directed. Whether the site works or not NOW, it WILL eventually. We need to show that Obamacare itself is flawed!!


14 posted on 10/25/2013 10:02:19 AM PDT by Thorliveshere (I wish I lived in Texas.)
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To: Impala64ssa
“The majority of people calling for me to resign, I would say, are people who I don’t work for..."

Au contraire, you pinch-faced harpie, you work for US, and we're here for your performance review...

15 posted on 10/25/2013 10:07:36 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: Impala64ssa
I Don't Work for Those Calling for Me to Resign

"NOT enny meurr...."

16 posted on 10/25/2013 10:11:07 AM PDT by mikrofon (Inspecteur Cloulesse)
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To: Impala64ssa

Judging by results she just doen’t work at all - PERIOD!


17 posted on 10/25/2013 10:13:53 AM PDT by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
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To: Impala64ssa
Clue for Sebelius: you work for the people paying your salary.
The people paying your salary are the American taxpayers.
That means you work for us.
Based on your gross incompetence and insufferable arrogance We The People demand your immediate resignation.
Capiche, you profoundly ignorant ditz?
18 posted on 10/26/2013 5:38:15 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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