Noah Rothman:
rojection is a powerful phenomenon, and the American people have been subject to a perfectly cynical display of psychological projection from Democrats this week as the increasing likelihood that the party in power is going to endure a stinging censure from the voters on November 4.
Democrats have spent the better part of the week insisting that Republicans who have urged the president to take stronger measures to contain Ebola in the United States, which he did on Friday with the creation of a federal Ebola response coordinator, are stoking unwarranted fears among the public. At the same time, liberals do not see a contradiction in their behavior when they make the dubious claim that the only reason why there is an Ebola threat to America today is because of Republicans and their pathological attachment to budget cuts.
Last weekend, as the left franticly scrambled for a way to shield the president from criticism after Ebola broke out in the United States despite the assurances of federal authorities that such an eventuality was unlikely, liberals began to ring their favorite bell about reduced federal spending being responsible for this crisis, as well as all other human ills. An authoritative voice joined the chorus last Sunday when National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins told The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein that the world would have cured Ebola today but for cuts to his agency’s budget.
Collins did not assign blame to one political party or the other, but the message had been perfectly received by partisan operatives on the left. “Gee, thanks Republicans,” Democratic strategist Paul Begala barked in reaction to the article. He was merely the vanguard of a pageant of liberal critics who emerged certain that this deadly hemorrhagic fever ravaging West Africa and now spreading across the globe was essentially a Republican plot.
Collins’ quote to Stein coincided coincidentally with the release of a ham-handed 60-second web ad from a progressive organization which directly blamed Republicans for the spread of Ebola.
“On many levels, this line of attack is absurd,” The Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler sighed.
Obama’s Republican predecessor oversaw big increases in public-health sector spending, and both Democrats and Republicans in recent years have broadly supported efforts to rein in federal spending. Sequestration resulted from a bipartisan agreement. In some years, Congress has allocated more money for NIH and CDC than the Obama administration requested.
The beleaguered fact checker awarded the group who released the ad with Four Pinocchios, signifying that even an objective observer inclined to charitably interpret the ad could not fine one element of truth to it.
Curt/(Noah): How do we know that democraps are speaking LIES? Their mouths are moving.
Perhaps if Democrats would just make ONE situation better they would not have to rely solely on lies.
Collins did not assume his post until late ’09. He is a democratic suck up and has repeatedly endorsed O care. So every republican is a spreader of Ebola?
stupidity abounds in this congress and wipe office.
Inspiration, if the pres. admits he is gay than Ebola will go away. Fair trade
Democrat desperation is an amazing thing to watch!! It’s Bush, Koch Brothers, Republicans. Tea Party Patriots, and if all else fails Palins fault!! EVEN THOUGH 0-blama is the President!!