Why Has Ebola Czar Nicole Lurie Been MIA?

IBD ^ | October 15, 2014 | Editor

[yoe]

Preparedness: Earlier this week, Sen. John McCain called for an Ebola czar, not knowing one already effectively exists. Why should he, since Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H., has been completely M.I.A.

You have to wonder sometimes if anyone in a leadership position in the Obama administration bothers to show up to work these days.

Case in point is Dr. Nicole Lurie, who arguably should be front and center in planning for and responding to the Ebola outbreak.

After all, it's right there in her job title. She's the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, a position created in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that reports directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Her mission, according to the HHS website, is "to lead the nation in preventing, responding to and recovering from the adverse health effects of public health emergencies."

[yoe]

Obama has started a 'new' Bureaucracy with the appointment of Ron Klain, a Washington former chief of staff for both Biden and Algore as well as a Washington lobbyist plus is called a Washington insider...one whom Obama can trust...meaning, he will lie for Obama when needed. Like Susan Rice, you can believe zip of anything he says. (According to Obama, it’s making sure that Africans, particularly children and their families, are safe.)...all must read the entire article...someone (s) elected a man who believes he is the Global Crusader, rather than POTUS. Heaven help us..............

[Carl Vehse]

How much have taxpayers been paying Lurie since 2009 to be MIA?!? Would she trade places with Barry Obola?

[cripplecreek]

Finalizing the sex change operation?

[DaveyB]

Been on the golf course consulting with her boss?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

One must assume Dr. Lurie is like all the other White Hut staffers - an incompetent political hack.

[RegulatorCountry]

I’m seeing more Fred McMurray, myself.

[cripplecreek]

We should be asking the same question about Great Lakes Czar Cameron Davis since we ended up getting a Carp Czar to do basically the same job.

[morphing libertarian]

a czar is a hole the government pours our tax money into

[DoughtyOne]

It’s HELLBOY! It’s HELLBOY I tell ya...

LOL

[Gadsden1st]

She is not MIA.

She is showing her appreciation to the nurses that took care of Duncan by taking them on a two week vacation to Disneyland.

[ought-six]

I am confused. How many Ebola Czars are there?

[ought-six]

YIKES! That’s a woman?

[Batman11]

I’m seeing Lancelot Link’s jawline.

[DoughtyOne]

[digger48]

I was thinking Fred Gwynn

[KoRn]

...Because it’s a filthy dirty political appointee that clearly directed funds to cronies, rather than a company that was actually WORKING on a CURE. You also can’t tell what gender it is. Regardless of what it considers itself now, I’m sure it was a ‘male’ at some point. Maybe they haven’t completed the transition. /sick

I wonder if “Nichole” is an alternate name for Nicholas. Just curious....

[RegulatorCountry]

I can see that.

[FlingWingFlyer]

When you put political hacks and DemocRAT donors in these jobs, this is what you get. Total incompetence.

[DoughtyOne]

Maybe I’ve got it wrong. Maybe she’ll HELLWOMAN!

[Carl Vehse]

"We should be asking the same question about Great Lakes Czar Cameron Davis since we ended up getting a Carp Czar to do basically the same job."

And don't forget, the taxpayers are still paying the salaries for the AIDS Czar, Auto Recovery Czar, Border Czar, Copyright Czar, Compensation Czar, Cyber Security Czar, Drug Czar, Ethics Czar, Faith-based Czar, Guantanamo Base Closure Czar, Health Czar, Information Czar, Iran Czar, Manufacturing Czar, Middle East Czar, Performance Czar, Regulatory Czar, Science Czar, Technology Czar, War Czar, and Weatherization Czar... and their staff, office, and travel budgets.