As the Obamacare enrollment numbers spooled out today, half a dozen members of Congress had the same idea: How did these figures compare to the sizes of various stadiums? So we got analyses from Texas:
Putting #ObamaCare numbers in perspective: 106,185 people enrolled. 108,713 attended 2010 NBA ASG in AT&T Stadium.(H/T @SenTedCruz) #dfw #tx — Joe Barton (@RepJoeBarton) November 13, 2013
From Ohio:
According to @AP fewer than 27,000 signed up for health care using http://t.co/E35BjkWCsQ. Those numbers could only fill 26% of Ohio Stadium — Bill Johnson (@RepBillJohnson) November 13, 2013
From Tennessee:
Congrats to Pres Obama for spending $634 million on a site that’s enrolled enough people to fill Neyland Stadium on a Saturday #TN04 — Scott DesJarlais (@DesJarlaisTN04) November 13, 2013
From Pennsylvania:
#Obamacare enrollees can fit inside Beaver Stadium. Comfortably. #WeAre — Rep. Tom Marino (@RepTomMarino) November 13, 2013
From South Carolina:
RT @LukeRussert: Penn State’s Beaver Stadium seats 106,572, just enough to fit all those enrolled in #Obamacare — Rep. Jeff Duncan (@RepJeffDuncan) November 13, 2013
From the particular, magical part of Texas that gave us Steve Stockman:
Only 106,185 have signed up for Obamacare so far. The XFL drew a total of 936,392 fans. Can Obamacare outperform the XFL? — Rep. Steve Stockman (@SteveWorks4You) November 13, 2013
And my favorite:
More people have attended the Gathering of the Juggalos (107,500+) than have signed up for Obamacare (106,185) — Rep. Steve Stockman (@SteveWorks4You) November 13, 2013