So, Ebola is not a threat, at least to the Republicans, now that
the election is over.
Of course, every single person who contracted Ebola in this
country was trying to help others, so Republicans were never in
any danger.
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Paul Krugman
When Government Succeeds
http://tinyurl.com/m88wdep
The great American Ebola freakout of 2014 seems to be over. The
disease is still ravaging Africa, and as with any epidemic,
there's always a risk of a renewed outbreak. But there haven't
been any new U.S. cases for a while, and popular anxiety is
fading fast.
Before we move on, however, let's try to learn something from
the panic.
When the freakout was at its peak, Ebola wasn't just a disease,
it was a political metaphor. It was, specifically, held up by
America's right wing as a symbol of government failure. The
usual suspects claimed that the Obama administration was falling
down on the job, but more than that, they insisted that
conventional policy was incapable of dealing with the situation.
Leading Republicans suggested ignoring everything we know about
disease control and resorting to mocking claims that health
officials knew what they were doing....
BOB KLAHN
bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn
... Jesus was a community organizer ... Pontius Pilate was a governor.
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