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Obama Went And Appointed An Ebola Czar — And Now The Man Is Nowhere To Be Found
BI - Reuters ^ | 10-30-2014 | Roberta Rampton

Posted on 10/29/2014 6:44:46 AM PDT by blam

Roberta Rampton, Reuters
October 29, 2014

It's not often that a White House official gets mocked on both Saturday Night Live and a major daily newspaper before he makes his first public appearance.

But Ron Klain's low-profile first week as President Barack Obama's behind-the-scenes Ebola "czar" has become another attack point for a White House struggling to show it's on top of the crisis.

Since starting last Wednesday, Klain has been seen only once, in a photo op on his first day, leaving health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health - and Obama himself - to be the public "face" of the response.

The White House has declined to give details about his activities, especially what role he played as governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey undermined the White House's attempt to keep the nation calm about the risk posed by healthcare workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa.

"I recognize that all of you have not had a chance to see him and talk to him every day, but the president certainly has," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Tuesday about Klein.

Klain's lack of a public profile has fueled attacks by conservative critics who last week seized upon his lack of medical expertise. Klain, 53, is a lawyer and political insider who previously served as chief of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore and left the White House in 2011 to help AOL co-founder Steve Case oversee his holdings.

The White House has tried to temper expectations that Klain will emerge as a regular voice on Ebola.

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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aol; caseholdings; czar; ebola; incompetence; ronklain; stevecase; thirdway
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To: blam

He’s probably in the drunk tank detoxing somewhere.


21 posted on 10/29/2014 7:01:27 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: blam

Can’t blame him. I wouldn’t want to be associated with it either.


22 posted on 10/29/2014 7:02:22 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: blam

“To a Democrat, saying something about a problem is the same thing as doing something about a problem.” - George Stephanopoulos, as a member of the 1st Clinton Administration................


23 posted on 10/29/2014 7:05:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: BykrBayb

The czar and czarina are in the closet researching and searching.(groping) All is well.


24 posted on 10/29/2014 7:08:00 AM PDT by refermech
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To: blam

Just what is the Ebola Czar’s job description and how much is getting paid to do that...taxpayers have a right to know.


25 posted on 10/29/2014 7:11:06 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: blam


26 posted on 10/29/2014 7:11:45 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Legacy of 'Obama The Divider' - Racial Revenge)
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To: blam

Perhaps he is in Obola training, think The Groom of the Stool PRIVY Chamber CZAR.


27 posted on 10/29/2014 7:16:09 AM PDT by annieokie
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To: blam

Greasing the skids, arranging backroom deals & setting up a whole new bureaucracy are things you don’t do in the light of day...


28 posted on 10/29/2014 7:21:16 AM PDT by mikrofon (Humpday BUMPty)
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To: blam

Czars are not meant to be found, they are only there to take the blame, as obama screws everything up, they serve no other purpose, as of now Klain is doing an outstanding job staying invisible and accumulating blame, don’t worry Klain will be in the limelight soon enough.

After Klain performs his duty deflecting blame from obama’s Obola, and is successful, he will be given a new position performing the same duty, as obama continues to create yet another greater crisis.


29 posted on 10/29/2014 7:28:14 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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30 posted on 10/29/2014 7:47:48 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (t)
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To: blam

Smoke and Mirrors - see Obama says, I am doing something, but the problem is just to complex for me so just let it run its course.


31 posted on 10/29/2014 7:52:45 AM PDT by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: rawcatslyentist
Have they checked the 9th green? Or the clubhouse? Maybe the pro shop

...or the bath house.....

Anyway its Rasis for Obama to appoint a white lawyer yuppie wannabe to this job.....

How about some of Holders people who are expert Obamacare Navigators....


32 posted on 10/29/2014 8:13:34 AM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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The sad fact is, he doesn't have to show up.  He was never meant to show up.  He was only meant to be a person Obama could shift blame off on.

He wasn't going to be tasked with anything more.  At least this is the honest way to go about that.  Obama has made it crystal clear what the guy's real function is.

He doesn't have one.  He's just the go-to blame guy.

Once he's blamed for something, he'll resign and another person will fulfill the function until they resign.  And then another, and another, and another...

I know I feel safer.  Don't you?


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33 posted on 10/29/2014 8:13:47 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Dunam, Duncan, man what infections these folks brought over.)
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To: blam

He’s out looking for ebola!


34 posted on 10/29/2014 8:19:05 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: blam

Maybe the newly appointed Ebola Czar can be found in the back of the room disguised as a Secret Service agent auditing Biology 101 at the Sidwell Friends School in Northwest Washington, the private Quaker school where the Obama daughters go and where some of Joe Biden’s grandchildren have gone.


35 posted on 10/29/2014 8:36:37 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: blam
as governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey undermined the White House's attempt to keep the nation calm about the risk posed by healthcare workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa.

That could have just as easily been written: as governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey attempted to manage the risk posed by healthcare workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa while the White House objected!

36 posted on 10/29/2014 11:10:44 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: matthew fuller

Yes. A BIG hand.


37 posted on 10/29/2014 1:40:40 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Don Corleone

Most in this Clown Car administration should be “quarantined” in prison.


38 posted on 10/29/2014 1:42:54 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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