Obama Name Political Hack As Ebola Czar - Now Panic

Editorial Cartoon by William Warren

Bill Smith, Editor, ARRA News Service - Jake Trapper an CNN Politics reported: "President Barack Obama will appoint Ron Klain his "Ebola czar, . . . Klain is highly regarded at the White House as a good manager with excellent relationships both in the administration and on Capitol Hill. His supervision of the allocation of funds in the stimulus act' . . . He does not have any extensive background in health care but the job is regarded as a managerial challenge. CNN Political analyst David Gergen said, 'that while Klain doesn't have a health care background, he does have both domestic policy and foreign policy assignments on his portfolio and both will come into play as the administration deals with Ebola.' Klain will report to both White House homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco and National Security Advisor Susan Rice. . . . A former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and also to then-Vice President Al Gore, Klain is currently President of Case Holdings and General Counsel of Revolution, an investment group. He has clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court and headed up Gore's effort during the 2000 Florida recount and was portrayed in the HBO movie Recount by Kevin Spacey. He could not be reached for comment on Friday."

Gaff prone Vice President Joe Biden tweeted: "There's no one better at getting govt to work at its best than Ron Klain. He's a tested manager & problem-solver, and a trusted advisor. -vp"

Two days ago, President Obama was offering another person. WND reported at that time, "White House Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco, who has no professional medical expertise, was named by the White House as the point person in charge of coordinating the government’s response to the Ebola outbreak."

As previously identified, the new Czar will report to Lisa Monaco and Susan Rice.   Expect a lot of "flotsam" coming out of the offices and lips of Rice and Monaco.

CBS DC noted, "Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., slammed the decision on Twitter. 'Worst ebola epidemic in world history and Pres. Obama puts a government bureaucrat with no healthcare experience in charge. Is he serious?' Harris tweeted." In addition, they noted, "Meanwhile, the World Health Organization admitted to mistakes of its own in failing to contain the outbreak still spreading out of control in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. 'Nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall,' the U.N. health agency said in a draft internal document obtained by The Associated Press. The response was marred by incompetency and ineffective bureaucracy, the document says, and experts should have realized that traditional containment methods wouldn’t work in an African region with porous borders and broken health systems."

Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) is a physician. He responded that Klain's appointment "is inserting a highly political figure into this situation that's not political at all."

Now as William Warren's cartoon depicts, It is time "To Panic."

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