Category: Politics
Posted by Libby Spencer on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:50 AMDon't blame the feds for private industry failures
Not sure why George is blaming the federal government for the shortage of flu vaccine. The feds aren't producing the vaccine themselves. They contracted production out to five different pharmaceutical corporations and they're distributing it just as fast as they get it. Seems to me the pharma corps are dragging their feet on the production line because they can charge a premium for "rush jobs" and this is just another example of why we can't trust the "free market."
As for war and the economy, let's not be so generic about pinning down the failures. It's useful to recall these loser "wars" and the economic meltdown happened when the Republicans were in control. Maybe we could give a Democratic administration a little more time to fix it before we universally condemn "big government."
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Obama = Teflon
Maybe Libby has crashed from an overdose of Halloween candy over the weekend. She should actually read the article to which George links on the matter. Here are the first few paragraphs:
"Shortage of Vaccine Poses Political Test for Obama"
"The moment a novel strain of swine flu emerged in Mexico last spring, President Obama instructed his top advisers that his administration would not be caught flat-footed in the event of a deadly pandemic. Now, despite months of planning and preparation, a vaccine shortage is threatening to undermine public confidence in government, creating a very public test of Mr. Obama's competence."
"The shortage, caused by delays in the vaccine manufacturing process, has put the president in exactly the situation he sought to avoid â€" one in which questions are being raised about the government's response."
(Source: article from George Bullard's post)
It would be interesting to compare the "lead times"of H1N1 (weeks or months) to the "lead times" for Hurricane Katrina (days), for which liberals love to lash out at Bush.
Bottom line: Obama had months to deal with this and we've seen the shortcomings. Now he wants more power over health care. Libby needs to stop giving a "free pass and scapegoat" for every Obama failure. We know she has invested all of her "belief" and "hope" in him, but it's time to face reality.
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"Yes, you can expect that I'll hold Obama responsible for his own policies." Libby Spencer, 23-Jan-2009
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