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White House: Ebola Travel Ban Still ‘Not on the Table’
The Corner/National Review ^ | 10/15/2014 | Brendan Bordelon

Posted on 10/15/2014 2:34:53 PM PDT by bkopto

As bipartisan calls to block travel from Ebola-stricken countries increase, the White House remains adamant that a commercial travel ban is simply not happening.

“[A travel ban] is something that is not on the table at this point,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest explained on Wednesday, claiming shutting down commercial travel would “prevent the expeditious flow of personnel and equipment into the region.”

“So that’s why, right now, a travel ban is not on the table,” Earnest later reiterated.

On Monday, former surgeon general Richard Carmona recommended that a travel ban remain “on the table.” (Carmona ran as a Democratic Senate candidate in Arizona during the 2012 election.)


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KEYWORDS: ebola; ebolaairline; ebolatravel; obamadoubledown; obamaebola; treason
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To: tomkat

21 posted on 10/15/2014 2:58:19 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: bkopto

Need to get Obola a fiddle....


22 posted on 10/15/2014 3:01:43 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: bkopto
What could possibly go wrong?

23 posted on 10/15/2014 3:05:11 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (First let me apologise for being white, and male.)
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To: bkopto
White House: Ebola Travel Ban Still ‘Not on the Table’

Until we are all on THIS table?


24 posted on 10/15/2014 3:07:43 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (There's no there there.)
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To: bkopto

Let me be clear: protect your borders or play Whack-E-Bola!
25 posted on 10/15/2014 3:08:12 PM PDT by Theophilus (Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
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To: bkopto

Straw man. What is sought is a protective quarantine, not a ban.


26 posted on 10/15/2014 3:08:44 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: bkopto

Nope, I bet he’s saving the travel ban until election day and it will be we the people who won’t be allowed to travel.


27 posted on 10/15/2014 3:09:18 PM PDT by Mrs. P
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To: Dilbert San Diego

All of their arguments against a travel ban are specious.


28 posted on 10/15/2014 3:19:52 PM PDT by Riverine
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“How would a travel ban FROM these places prevent us from sending people and humanitarian aid there?”

The same way hard drives conveniently crash at IRS.


29 posted on 10/15/2014 3:22:49 PM PDT by BobL (Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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To: bkopto

The decision not to impose travel ban and/or quarantine will go down as one of the worst mistakes of the Obama Presidency.

Already 2 Americans have been infected because an Ebola carrier (who lied to CBP) was allowed to enter the country. How many more must die before the public demands action?


30 posted on 10/15/2014 3:33:12 PM PDT by KingofZion
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To: bkopto

Does the White House want a deal ,you vote for Democrats and the WH will give you a Ban , LOL


31 posted on 10/15/2014 3:40:53 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
They keep saying a travel ban would prevent us from sending help there. Why can’t we send people and aid but ban travel back from those places?

It sounds better than it reads. Say it fast enough, and it works with the lofos. So far, 67% want a travel ban. 33% of the lofos are sticking with the Commie-in-Chief.

32 posted on 10/15/2014 3:51:24 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; MinuteGal

Good. The more Obama/the Dems continue to refuse to enforce a travel ban, the more the sheeple will turn on them, and it will be reflected at the ballot box. For most folks, this ebola reaction is visceral.


33 posted on 10/15/2014 4:18:42 PM PDT by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: Travis McGee
You are a naughty naughty FReeper !

(and the ears fit the sissyboy to a half-simian T)

34 posted on 10/15/2014 4:21:35 PM PDT by tomkat ( karma's not nearly vindictive enough)
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To: bkopto

There’s no room on a table filled with lobster, kobe beef and ice cream.


35 posted on 10/15/2014 4:31:29 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bkopto

Convenience stores, gas pump handles,...


36 posted on 10/15/2014 4:34:53 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: bkopto

No doubt CDC Director Frieden proceeded to explain how it’s imperative NOT to stop west African flights from infected countries because that will somehow accelerate the spread of Ebola in AFRICA, and the ONLY way the U.S. will be safe is if we cure everyone in AFRICA of Ebola.

I kid you not! Frieden said all of this on Megyn Kelly last night. The most interesting matter of course is that he spilled the beans that the Obama administration is actually more concerned about the people of Africa than the citizens of the U.S.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6WosNHQ3g

The problems with things like Ebola is that they grow exponentially. Even if Ebola grows slowly to start with, unfortunately, we ain’t seen nuttin yet. Just wait until flu and norovirus season hits to see what a completely paralyzed nation that battens down the barricades REALLY looks like as millions have symptoms that are much like how Ebola starts off! The trenches of our medical system are woefully unprepared for something like this. And thank you, President Obola for your “fundamental transformation” when flu season hits! Oh, and PLEASE let’s keep those West African shuttles flying back and forth, since obviously it would do no good anyway with your open borders policy.

Oh, and everyone? Be sure to vote a straight Democrat ticket in November: they really DO care about you folks, ya’ll hear? After all:

“Now, I am not on the ballot this fall,” Obama stressed. “... But make no mistake: My policies are on the ballot — every single one of them.” (Including unrestricted West African air flights.)

King Barack Hussein Obama, October 2, 2014, Northwestern University


37 posted on 10/15/2014 4:42:25 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Travis McGee

LOL!


38 posted on 10/15/2014 6:38:10 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

39 posted on 10/15/2014 9:58:39 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


40 posted on 10/15/2014 10:26:08 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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