Government Scandals for Days

ABC's hit TV show, Scandal, features Olivia Pope the IT public relations representative for D.C.s elite. Aside from having a cult following and trending on Twitter every week, the show touches on some actual issues in today's world. The show's basis is about covering up government scandals. Everything from murders to affairs to lies and cheating on elections. Olivia Pope and her team of experts take on a new scandal every episode and for the most part succeed. 

Too bad there isn't a real life Olivia Pope to cover up the government's mistakes especially one as easy as a broken website. 

When President Obama signed into action the Affordable Care Act, a website was, naturally, in the works so people across the country could have easy access to set up their accounts and get the affordable care they were promised. 

Unfortunately, the website had a few problems at first... like the fact that it just didn't work. But to be fair, all websites have user interface issues at first and it takes a little bit of time to work out the kinks. Well a couple days or weeks turned into four months, and while millions of Americans consistently checked the site to see when they would finally be able to get what they were promised they were constantly disappointed. It was until December that the website was up and functioning. And all the while, government spokespersons simply gave (for lack of a better word) lame excuses for it not working properly. 

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Right now, is when an Olivia Pope would have been useful. Because for months people only had questions. 

The woman behind the issue (and the woman who really needs a better publicist) is Kathleen Sebelius. While Sebelius claimed it was just time for her to move on, the real reason is the government scandal that she just plain old dropped the ball on. The problem is that not a single person did a good job of even spinning the story to save face. 

Well, Sebelius figured it was her time to go and resigned this past week, and Obama plans to implement another person that would be more suited for the position. 

It may not be a murder or an affair, but from the looks of it, a broken government website can cause just as much drama.  

Until next time, 

Nikki Darling