Now that politicians and pundits are using Ebola to score political points, it seems only natural for Ebola Buddy to be a vice presidential candidate, or at very least a trusted political consultant. (Never mind that thousands are dying in West Africa and you should donate to Doctors Without Borders right now.)
Suddenly, everyone on the right is an infectious disease expert and thinks they know better than those CDC scientists who work for the gubermint’. Ebola is why big government is bad, why Obamacare will never work, why cattle should graze for free and why taxes on the rich should be cut, right? The tinfoil hat, anti-government crowd in Congress (who apparently overlook the fact they receive a government paycheck) is in full swing.And let’s not forget Rand Paul, that wise level-headed Republican, is calming everyone’s fears by saying that Ebola is more easily-spread than AIDS and, oh yes, we mustn’t forget the Spanish Flu and Bubonic Plague which killed bazillions of people. Remember, Rand Paul is the guy who apparently belongs to an organization that opposes Social Security and Medicare— the same organization that also doesn’t think HIV causes AIDS. (This is the same Rand Paul who certified himself as a “board certified” ophthalmologist.)
Mark Fiore