There is “overwhelming confidence in the federal government’s ability to prevent a nationwide epidemic,” according to a new CNN/ORC International Poll.
“More than 7 in 10 Americans say the federal
government can stop an Ebola epidemic, and 54% believe the federal
government is doing a “good job” in addressing the disease.”
Yes, the media hysteria has had an effect, as 8 in
10 believe that a new person will be diagnosed with Ebola in the coming
weeks, however 53% think that healthcare workers and hospitals in their
community are ready to treat an Ebola case.
But, and here’s the bad news for repugicans, only
26% believe that someone in their area will get Ebola in the next few
weeks. The repugicans gave up running against Obamacare when it turned out
that Americans liked their Obamacare, leaving them with essentially
nothing to run on as they refuse to tell the public any details about
their platform.
Joe Sonka reported days ago for Insider Louisville
that Mitch McConnell (r-KY) told the Rotary Club, “I’m not
announcing what the agenda would be in advance. We’re not in the
majority yet. We’ll have more to say about that later.” Oh, so he’ll
tell you where he stands and what the Republicans are going to do with
our laws and stuff AFTER the election. He also mentioned his effort to
“fix” Social Security Bush’s way (aka, privatizing Social Security) at
the Rotary Club, and presumably privatizing Social Security is something
the repugican Senate Minority Leader would rather not discuss in the
spotlight until after the election. Wink wink.
This leaves repugicans with the only choice of
going negative and fear based, so last week they were trying to run on
ISIL (and still are, selling themselves as the party that will magically
keep you safe, in stark contrast to the facts – see 9/11) and now,
Ebola.
Embattled governors are grasping onto Ebola like a
lifeline, trying to show leadership even if it means stealing liberty
and freedom from Americans while ignoring science and medicine just so
that they can appear to be strong. Chris Christie (r-NJ) has made a bit of a fool of himself over it, locking a nurse up in a tent with no shower and a porta potty type enclosure for a bathroom. Georgia repugican Nathan Deal announced that Georgia “could quarantine ‘high-risk’ travelers from areas ravaged by Ebola even if they show no symptoms of the deadly virus.”
It’s not just repugicans grasping hold of Ebola as
their Hail Mary in a tough election. A scattering of Democratic
governors are at it as well. It’s just that repugicans have nothing
else to talk about or run on, so it stands out in relief with them.
Inept repugican Darrell Issa tried to use a weather app to show Obama how it’s done on Ebola,
because he seems to be short on facts and long on entertainment. The
apps that actually take our temperatures (unlike the weather app) are
for “entertainment” purposes only, much as the Congressman himself.
CNN Polling Director Keating Holland
drove the knife in, “Most Americans seem to recognize that they are not
in personal jeopardy themselves. In fact, the vast majority of
Americans probably don’t know anyone who has ever been to West Africa.”
Whatever will repugicans do?
The federal government might just steal this show in
spite of being underfunded and obstructed by repugicans, by showing
the purpose of the federal government. This could remind voters that
while we might get frustrated with government’s inefficiencies, we don’t
really want to shut that show down.
Nope. When Ebola comes calling, President Obama’s calm, rational, science based approach works.
The country has faith in the federal government to prevent an epidemic,
even after much hysteria and hang-wringing, pearl-clutching nay-saying
by increasingly desperate repugicans.
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