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The Purpose Of Obama’s Ebola Czar
Freedom Outpost
Since last Friday, the right has been all a Twitter (literally) over Obama’s choice for Ebola Czar. Many are asking how he could do such a thing – appointing a political operative – one who has no medical background whatsoever?
Yes, a new Czar is what we need because apparently the other umpteen government departments that are already supposed to deal with medical, health, and disease issues can’t or won’t do the job, and, evidently, no department in government has the common sense to coordinate with another on its own. Some Czar has to be appointed to tell them to.
So the right is livid and confused over the choice, while those on the left are either defending Obama’s choice or are silent. My guess is the ones who are silent are either running for reelection or didn’t get the talking points memo—or both.
One who did get the memo, or probably wrote it, is Media Matters. In typical leftist fashion Media Matters didn’t defend the new Czar Ron Klain, but walked the typical path of change the topic through “Gotcha Politics” and “Moral Relativism.”
They brought up the old, “well, Bush did it, too” argument – pointing to the 2004 appointment of Stewart Simonson as the “Bird Flu Czar.”
Media Matters points out that, like Klain, Simonson had no medical background, although they did have to admit that Stewart was assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Health Emergency Preparedness. At the time, the left questioned that choice much as the right is doing today.
Reposted with permission
