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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTavis Smiley rips Bill Kristol: You are ‘the worst of America’ for using Ebola in politics
PBS host Tavis Smiley on Sunday lashed out at Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol over suggestions that counties in Africa experiencing Ebola outbreaks be quarantined.
During a panel discussion on ABC News, Kristol argued that Republican candidates could win by mentioning that President Barack Obama had not banned travel from African countries because its a pretty easy criticism to make.
The president has been blamed for everything else, Bill. Why should he not be blamed for the spread of the Ebola virus? Smiley snarked in response. This is the worst of America when we politicize issues like this. These are life and death issues It underscores the worst and the darkest side of our media culture and our body politic.
But Ive kind of had it, respectfully, Bill, with these arguments that we ought to quarantine certain countries in Africa, he continued. You can quarantine individuals, you cant quarantine countries.
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Tavis Smiley rips Bill Kristol: You are ‘the worst of America’ for using Ebola in politics (Original Post)
kpete
Oct 2014
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Bortman33
(102 posts)1. You go Travis.
Unfortunately kkkristol will wear your attack on his rotting putrid person as a badge of honor among the rest of his living dead associates.
Joe Bacon
(5,165 posts)2. So are we going to quarantine Texas?
After all, that's where the cases were!
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)6. Only if it means a whole bunch of Texans die.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)3. And THAT'S just for starters!
Let's talk about him being a Palin leg-humping, smirking, war-mongering P.O.S. while we're at it
He makes me sick.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)4. Bill Kristol sucks
He sucks.
Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)5. Kristol is the worst for a lot more reasons than that
if he is not the single most craven and unrelenting cheerleader for spreading death and destruction around the planet, you'll be sorely pressed to tell who is!