Plague President... as in: "a plague on the nation".
We are leaderless.
Posted on 10/17/2014 3:46:15 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Obama on Friday named Ron Klain, a seasoned Democratic crisis-response operative and White House veteran, to manage the government’s response to the deadly virus as public anxiety grows over its possible spread.
Mr. Klain, a former chief of staff for Vice Presidents Al Gore and Joseph R. Biden Jr., is known for his ability to handle high-stakes and fast-moving political challenges. He was the lead Democratic lawyer for Mr. Gore during the 2000 election recount, and was later played by Kevin Spacey in the HBO drama “Recount” about the disputed contest.
Mr. Klain’s appointment, announced by a White House official, came as Mr. Obama and his team increased their efforts to monitor and contain Ebola, which has sown mounting fear among the public despite the fact that only two people have been confirmed to have contracted Ebola in the United States.
The virus has also threatened to raise questions about the Obama administration’s competence.
Mr. Klain is uniquely positioned to help Mr. Obama counter such questions and rein in a story that has sometimes seemed to spiral out of the White House’s control, said one Democratic operative.
“If anybody can get the way this is being reported and discussed under control in a short period of time, he’s the one,” the operative added.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
If you like your Solyndra you can keep your Solyndra!
Enjoy Barack Obama Legacy America
That would make a perfect bumper sticker.
Perhaps we could all call him "Dr. Krain?"
...and wait for someone to correct us...
With the economy as bad as it is, there has to be a lot of out of work clowns out there right now. I think Barry could have made a better choice.
Need a Dem insider to not just obfuscate going forward but to cover up past lies and incompetence. Why not just bring in Harold Ickes or Sandy Berger?
The prinmary job responsibility of the EBOLA CZAR is to act as a buffer between Barack Obama and the EBOLA crisis and to insulate him from accountability.
So, to put it short, he wasn't picked to control an outbreak, he was only picked to control the message.
All of these arrogant egotistical pricks basking in the limelight of their power and glory are gradually letting the truth slip out
Their carelessness knows no bounds even as they desperately shift into CYA mode
New strategy: Klain's going to sue the $hit out of Ebola.
The REAL problem here isn’t Ebola.
It isn’t that the border is wide open to people with Ebola.
It isn’t that the CDC hasn’t the foggiest notion how to care for patients with Ebola, or minimize its spread to others.
The problem is that this fiasco, created by Obama, may stick to Obama. That, and only that, will be the charge to Mr. Klain.
The rest of us are on our own.
Spinola by the NYT.
Please call congress and tell them that we must be deadly serious about containing Ebola by strict quarantine within the United States and from infected nations. This is our right and our duty and it is THEIR duty to protect US.
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121 or Google your congressman or senator and get his contact information and call him / her office directly. You can also call or go to their local offices.
I believe decisive response is urgent because you can’t put this Ebola genie back in the bottle once it gets out. It is a fire, it consumes all the fuel it can get and the fuel is people. The only way to stop a fire is to block it from the fuel or cool it with water. A vaccine or medicine to treat Ebola would be the water and we don’t have reliable, enough or any.
Every possible measure must be taken to stop the spread before draconian measures are imposed. What is being done now is sloppy. We are walking a dangerous road. The threat is blossoming by the day if not hour. Almost every hour there is some new Ebola development and none of them are good. This is a serious and potentially deadly event. Unchecked it could destroy or weaken the United States and facilitate our destruction by others. It has that potential for every country and that is why so many are responding with such strict quarantines. These consequences, no matter how small the probabilities, demand a full effort and significant response.
Ebola is being spread here in the United States right now. First Texas, then Ohio then? Terror is an excellent weapon. It disrupts, confuses, paralyzes and destroys a society. Many others and we on FR have speculated that terrorists may spread Ebola. How do you that remember 9/11 feel right now compared to what you felt then? Do you want to gather your loved ones near you to protect them? I do. Even more than I did on September 11, 2001! Isn’t this passive response by this administration accomplishing the very same things a terrorist would want?
When something is being done that makes as little sense as what Obama is doing there has to be some other reason. I leave it to you dear reader to draw your own conclusions as to the reasons.
What is happening now is insane. It makes no sense at all. For example the head of CDC says: “Stopping travel from Africa won’t do any good because you have to get people into Africa to fight Ebola.” “You can’t get Ebola from an infected person on a bus but an infected person should never be on a bus because he can infect others.” “Blocking travel from infected countries would damage their fragile economies.” What about ours? What about our safety? What about resources we have paid for that should be protecting us?
Even the most despotic dictatorship in Africa has acted to protect his nation by strict quarantine and stopping travel from infected countries. Even CDC, the UN and WHO advocate and credit strict quarantine for nipping the spread of Ebola in the bud at the source in places like Senegal and Nigeria where both have had faster and more successful outbreak controls than we have had here. 35 countries have stopped travel of people from infected West African countries. It is so obvious even a child could understand it so why is it OK for people from infected countries to travel here?
I will post this message and keep posting it until someone stops me.
For further reference:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216461/posts
http://www.thirdway.org/press_releases/152
Ron Klain Joins Third Way Board of Trustees
Says White House Tenure Showed How the Organization Impacts the Debate
April 11, 2011
For Immediate Release:
April 11, 2011
Contact: Jill Pike
(202) 384-1708
jpike@thirdway.org
Washington: Ronald Klain, who recently left the White House as Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President, has joined Third Way’s Board of Trustees, the organization announced Monday.
Mr. Klain, who is President of Case Holdings and General Counsel of Revolution LLC, has an extensive record of public service. Prior to his latest job as Vice President Biden’s top aide, he served in the same capacity for Vice President Al Gore. He has also held leadership roles in the Gore presidential campaign, the Department of Justice, the Senate Democratic Leadership Committee, and the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Byron White.
Third Way President Jonathan Cowan said in a statement: “Ron has offered his extraordinary counsel to two presidents and vice presidents, the Attorney General, presidential candidates, Senators and Supreme Court justices. Now he will bring his deep well of policy and governing experience to Third Way. And while we have a very distinguished Board, no one else has played such a significant role in American politics that they have been portrayed in a movie by an Oscar winner.”
Klain said: “Politics and governing is ultimately about the battle of ideas, and with their brand of fresh thinking, Third Way has emerged as one of the most important voices in Democratic politics. During my latest two years in the White House, I saw first-hand how Third Way’s ideas have had an impact on the national debate. I am delighted to be playing an active role with an organization that I believe in.”
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“efforts to monitor and contain”
Hmmm.... Where have I heard those words before?!
Just brilliant!!! We have a national medical emergency, so what does Obama do? He hires a lawyer.
I wonder just how many Americans will have to die before millions of patriots surround the White House?
Yes, the Obama response to ebola.....INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Barack Obama, if that’s his real name, needs to be arrested for multiple crimes against the CITIZENS of the United States.
If it has not become totally obvious to everyone that this Obama person does NOT have our best interests in mind, then the destruction of the United States is at hand.
Plague President... as in: "a plague on the nation".
We are leaderless.
The only thing Ron is going to be overseeing is the crashing of hard drives...
Can you get any lower than chief political hack for two Vice Presidents? Someone of less competence than Jay Carney dragged out of the shadows to take the hit for the parade of fools that preceded him?
You're actually on to something. At Klain's first press conference, some gutsy reporter should call him "Dr. Klain." Then Klain himself will have to correct the reporter, and say that he's not a doctor.
It would make for great theater.
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