Obamacare Butt of Joke at CMAs: "I started signing up last Thursday and I'm almost done"
Also included a song rewritten to poke fun at the disastrous roll out-
Viewers who tuned in to watch the 47th Annual Country Music Association Awards, held Wednesday night in Nashville, might have confused the show with a roast of ObamaCare. Country music's hottest stars had a bone to pick with the faulty Healthcare.gov website.
CMA Awards host Brad Paisley jokingly told his co-host Carrie Underwood that his back hurt and he needed to see a doctor. Underwood asked the singer if he had signed up for ObamaCare.
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I have a feeling they won't be the next Dixie Chicks for this.
Nope, they'll just be audited extensively.