Ebola Czar

President Obama appointed an Ebola czar today. His name is Ron Klain and his job will be to coordinate efforts between agencies to meet the Ebola epidemic head on. It is an administration job, which he is suppose to be excellent at. He worked as head of staff for both Vice President Biden and Vice President Gore.

Of course the Republicans are angry. They think the President should have appointed someone with medical experience. Of course if he had, chances are the Republicans would have complained because the NRA didn't approve, or the candidate had his expertise in the wrong field, or more than likely because President Obama appointed him.

Today, October 17, more than two dozen Democrats have called for the appointment of Vivek Murthy to the position of Surgeon General. I can't see it happening. You see President Obama tried to appoint him into the position more than a year ago. Congress never voted on him. Why? Because the NRA doesn't like him. You see he had the nerve to say that gun violence is a health issue. You think?

In my humble opinion, we wouldn't need an Ebola czar if we had a Surgeon General. Doing without is as irresponsible as it was to cut funding going to the CDC for research and development. In my opinion, I don't see this appointment happening soon simply because Congress is made up of cowards. I don't see the Republicans doing anything but pointing fingers and blaming the President for everything they refuse to do, and I don't see the Democrats having enough backbone to stand up and make an issue out of this. The Republicans stand in lock step against the President, and the Democrats shut up and watch. This behavior is bringing the Country to its knees.