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Politics

Remy: The Healthcare Mash (It Was a Keyboard Smash!)

Nick Gillespie | 11.2.2013 8:30 AM

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Watch the latest Reason TV collaboration with Remy!

Originally released on October 30, this video is now over the 100,000-view mark at YouTube, a testament to Remy and producer Sean Malone's talents - and the ongoing trainwreck that is Obamacare.

More links, videos, and downloadable versions at Reason.tv.

Here's the original writeup for the vid:

Remy channels Bobby "Boris" Pickett for this Healthcare.gov-Halloween mash-up. 

Written and performed by Remy. Video by Sean Malone. 

About 1.50 minutes. Scroll below for lyrics and and downloadable versions.

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Lyrics:

He was working on his laptop late one night
when his eyes beheld a ghoulish site
He could not log in despite several tries
then suddenly to no one's surprise

(he did the Mash)
He did the Healthcare Mash
(the Healthcare Mash)
it was a keyboard smash
(he did the Mash)
the website was trash
(he did the Mash)
He did the Healthcare mash

Who could design such a site so flawed and so sloppy?
The code is so ancient, perhaps it was Hammurabi
He'd try to apply but the site would suspend
I've seen a eunuch with a more functional front end

(he did the Mash)
He did the Healthcare Mash
(the Healthcare Mash)
it was a keyboard smash
(he did the Mash)
He tried to clear his cache
(he did the Mash)
He did the Healthcare mash

Hundreds of millions of dollars were spent
for a website that has trouble loading
How could the government's web designers
create a site with such awful coding?

(they did the Mash)
Ahh, they did the Healthcare Mash
(the Healthcare Mash)
it was a keyboard smash
(they did the Mash)
they spent all of our cash
(they did the Mash)
They did the Healthcare Mash

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Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.

PoliticsNanny StateScience & TechnologyEconomicsPolicyRemyObamacareBarack ObamaHealth Care
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  1. JidaKida   13 years ago

    Sometimesm man you jsut have to rol lwith it.

    http://www.PlanetAnon.tk

    1. Ken Shultz   13 years ago

      Sometimesm man the spambot is jsut an idjit.

  2. Joao   13 years ago

    liked it

  3. Paul.   13 years ago

    I've seen a eunuch with a more functional front end

    Best line in the tune...

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