of opinion between fake and real media in this article.

been smearing him. I could hear them saying "he may be a great healer but he has no management skills, organizing 12 ragtags doesn't cut it!".

Vilifying every and anything the president does is what the Republicans do. It would have made no difference to them who he appointed, they would have picked the person apart to the bones. It's the sort of negativity their base responds to best and they know that. That's how they rally them to get out and vote. The sad thing is, it works.

They make me sick.

actually be competent and effective and that is the last thing Republicans want.

Obama could have appointed the risen Christ and they still would have attacked him for it.

Rush Limbaugh: "So they hired the Savior, which is clearly a political move, but Jesus hasn't sealed our borders, and we have people infected with this thing. I don't know - I believe in Jesus, but I think he's wrong in this one."

"I mean, we all know that God is 'Murican but this guy looks too dark to be from Kansas"

GOOD!@ Watch out!

You know it's a good pick when the usual suspects are whining.

someone who can navigate the political waters. It means that something this urgent needs someone who can get Republicans on board politically, because they won't do it out of a sheer sense of compassion and human understanding.

bullshit the GOP spew to their cult.

agreeing on Obama. That's quite a novelty.

If it's because the appointee has no background in dealing with infectious diseases, that's a valid point.

This position is to make sure the different agencies talk to each other and the public.

and if Obama had made that mistake, and added yet another medical expert on top of the existing ones, then the Republicans would have another reason for not approving a Surgeon General during this crisis because we wouldn't have a pressing need for still another medical expert in charge of health issues.

Obama made the right choice in opting for an expediter, and Klain is an experienced facilitator who gets things done when working to coordinate the multiple different agencies, as well as the international aid organizations that are now trying to control this disease.

I hope your assessment turns out to be correct.

Reid took away the filibuster for presidential confirmations.

Reid can call a vote anytime he wants to and he only needs 50 of the 55 Democratic senators to agree with him.

The NRA has come out against the nominee Obama has nominated.

Supposedly as many as 10 Democratic senators have told Reid they won't vote to confirm the nominee.

Either Reid needs to call a vote or Obama needs to nominate someone else.

Reid's not going to call a vote before the election because the last thing Pryor, Landreaux, Begich or Hagan need right now is to pick a fight with the NRA.

Klain is a political hack.

ranting. Good to know.

Im tired of political yes-men in our government. We need someone who knows what they are doing and knows what they are dealing with.

I dont give a fuck about politics when it comes to a situation like this. This shit is real. People will die with this if it isn't handled correctly.

"We've got to manage this thing. I think Klain is a good manager"...

http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5683312

is duly noted.

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and communicating to the public. Why? Because their brains are trained at solving scientific problems. They need someone who can organize policy and connect with everyone, at all levels, who are involved.

enquiring minds want to know.

Shit, everything President Obama does pisses them off, even if it is something they should agree with. As Rachel Maddow pointed out tonite, four years ago they were screaming about how many "czars" there were. Last week they were screaming that we needed a czar to handle this problem, now we have one and he sucks, or he's the wrong one, or he has three eyes or some shit.

I couldn't give less of a shit what the conservative media thinks. I pretty much already know.

He could raise the dead, and they'd ask something along the lines of "Who does he think he is, Jesus?!?!?!"

He could pick up a dirty napkin from a sidewalk and throw it in the trash, and they'd bitch that he didn't fold it first.

Honestly I think 90% of it is just to get someone who can go out in front of the cameras that isn't Tom Freiden, because every time that guy opens his mouth it's a fucking disaster.

When they don't get what they want, and then again when they get what they want.

If Obama appointed Jesus and he started healing all the people with Ebola the right would cry out about undermining the health care industry.

Its a way to concentrate the crazies on one person.

Meanwhile, everyone else at the CDC and in the administration gets back to doing actual work.