White House: Swine Flu Briefing Not a Deflection From Obama Golf Outing

FOXNews.com ^ | Sunday, April 26, 2009 | Major Garrett and Sharon Kehnemui

[TaxPayer2000]

WASHINGTON -- President Obama went golfing and the Department of Health and Human Services is short a secretary, so other U.S. officials took the controls Sunday as the Obama administration ramps up efforts to find and isolate U.S. cases of swine flu.

During a White House briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that HHS will issue a public health emergency warning that will free up resources to address the outbreak that has hit 20 Americans in five states.

Richard Besser, acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the agency is prepared to move millions of doses of the U.S. anti-virus stockpile to areas of early and potential outbreaks.

[dragnet2]

Was there nobody at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention willing to spew the administrations’ mantra that all was OK and this is no reason to stop the flow of illegal immigrants crossing the border?

Look, we need to show compassion here. Lets leave the borders open, and as they enter we can find and treat them.

Also, we can have our border patrol hand out tissues, and painters masks, in an effort to help contain this.

[BarneyCrush]

“Please pick up the white courtesy phone.”
It’s now the black courtesy phone.

[henbane]

I’ve heard that during the Eisenhower administration there was a cartoon in the New Yorker than showed Eisenhower playing golf.
Someone from his party was speaking to the people playing the next hole.
He was saying. “They just bombed New York. Do you mind if we play through?”

"There's a Mexican swine flue pandemic heading for America.
Mind if we play through?"

[Rebelbase]

“What is the problem? After 18 holes and a couple of gin tonics, Obama will still have plenty of time to appoint a health secretary to deal with this flu pandemic before the White House dinner party tonight. Give him a break.”

Oh Ye of little faith. Obama will will stay up all night working on rapid synthesis of an aerial antiviral and have fleets of tanker planes hosing down the infected areas by tomorrow afternoon.

[appleseed]

16 stories on Drudge above the top picture.

A few cases here and there, countries suspending this and that. Widespread, epidemic, etc..

What the crap is going on? Have we lost our mind? Look here everyone. I’m telling you to look here. The real story is 180 away from this.

[Fudd Fan]

0zer0 looks dorkier in that photo than in any I’ve seen. What a yutz.

[paulycy]

bump!

[TeleStraightShooter]

At this time, CDC recommends the use of oseltamivir or zanamivir for the treatment of infection with swine influenza viruses. The H1N1 viruses are resistant to amantadine and rimantadine but not to oseltamivir or zanamivir. It is not anticipated that the seasonal influenza vaccine will provide protection against the swine flu H1N1 viruses.

CDC Health Advisory April 25, 2009, 3:00 EST

[brewcrew]

I thought about that after I posted. ;)

[AuntB]

“Look here everyone. I’m telling you to look here. The real story is 180 away from this.”

Please, share with us, what IS the real story? I agree we aren’t getting it straight, we seldom do.

[maggief]

[angcat]

President Bush was not allowed to golf while our soldiers were dying. It's ok for Hussein to golf. Does the retard know how to golf anyway?

[Miss Didi]

Did you see these, Fuddie?

[oh8eleven]

He needs a bro-sierre.
Hitting the MJ will do that to 'ya.

[Miss Didi]

He’s even wearing his official presidential seal logo shirt and cap. And with the Blackberry strapped to his waist...what’s he going to miss an important email?

[angcat]

Probably has to answer any calls from his beastly wife.

[paulycy]

[penelopesire]

ROTFLMAO!!

[keepitreal]

He looks rather silly in those photos of him sitting in the golf cart all by himself. He looks to really like those shoes.

[penelopesire]

Pinging to pic in post #57...LOL!