Ron Klain named as EBOLA Czar

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Developing...

[joeybee12]

1. Why didn't Obama use this opportunity to tell Repukes to get off their asses

and confirm a surgeon general instead?

[rurallib]

2. Yep!

If this guy has to be confirmed they will probably obstruct just to make Obama look bad.

[belzabubba333]

3. after he is named he should come out and say that guns are a national safety issue

just to piss off the nra

[Schema Thing]

4. Actually he should have appointed Dr. Vivek Murthy

[GeorgeGist]

5. A fucking lawyer.

Stupid shit makes Republicans happy.

[Aerows]

6. Why not a doctor!?

A Lawyer to help with a health crisis? Yeah, that makes sense. Not.

[Marrah_G]

7. What the fuck?

He is a god damn lawyer............


I give up.... of all the brilliant minds we have in this country, he chooses a fucking political lawyer. Why not make a pastry chef the next head of NASA?

[BlueEye]

8. I'm not happy with the choice of Ron Klain, a lawyer.

I'm sure Klain is a good Democrat that served Biden and others very well.

But this is Ebola we're talking about...

APPOINT A FUCKING MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.

I just read a thread where we criticize Ohio Gov. Kasich for ousting a doctor from a state public health position and replacing him with a Republican lawyer hack.

Well, now we just invited the same type of criticism from the GOPassholes. God... What is Obama thinking on this one?

[pscot]

9. I've been asking myself that

since Larry Summers. If you figure it out, maybe you'll share it with the rest of us ignoramuses.

[Ykcutnek]

10. I applaud this decision because I pay attention.

And not driven by fear.

Arbitrarily appointing a medical expert to a position where management experience is needed would be dumb.

This is actually an intelligent move.

[BlueEye]

12. What management experience??

Chief of Staff is more about manipulating political relationships than actually managing. At least the new VA appointee had experience managing Proctor & Gamble.

I believe the best managers are ones with technical expertise in the field they manage. That's why the best CEOs of major hospital systems are almost always MD/DO or at least have a Masters in Public Health.

Ron Klain has minimal technical expertise in health care. I do not consider lobbying for Big-Pharma sufficient medical experience for the position of Ebola Czar.

And my sentiment is NOT driven by fear whatsoever. I live in an area of Ohio that has experienced its own Ebola scare, due to the second nurse getting infected. And I"m still going to work, not panicking.

[Ykcutnek]

16. He is lauded in D.C. for his managerial experience, specifically interagency management.

Sounds good to me.

[Le Taz Hot]

13. An attorney is NOT

a manager. But go Team Obama!

[Ykcutnek]

15. That's right, Obama is President. Not Romney.

Get over it.

[Octafish]

11. Coalition for Asbestos Resolution

ImClone

Not a lobbyist since 2005.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15632.html

[bluedigger]

14. Sounds like just the guy to limit exposure.

Private healthcare will want to limit their exposure to civil liability for poor practices after all.