You really have to watch the clip of President Obama strutting his self-righteous anger at states that are imposing Ebola quarantines. I, Barack thunders that such quarantines reflect a lack of leadership, and "that's not who I am." Thank you, sir, for letting us know what a strong leader you are.
On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough scalded President Obama's self-righteous hypocrisy. Mockingly quoting the President, Scarborough said "'This is America. And we do things differently'—unless it's in Barack Obama's own government, the military." Where of course a quarantine is being imposed on soldiers returning from Ebola hot zones. In the unkindest cut, Scarborough cast Obama's hypocrisy as "a Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker moment." Ouch.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: And without naming names, President Obama criticized lawmakers who are supporting quarantines and travel bans for people returning from Ebola-affected countries.
BARACK OBAMA: When I hear people talking about American leadership and then are promoting policies that would avoid leadership and have us running in the opposite direction and hiding under the covers [pause for dramatic effect] it makes me a little frustrated. I put those on notice who think that we should hide from these problems. That's not who we are. That's not who I am. That's not who these folks are. This is America. We do things differently.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Well, yeah. This is America. And we do things differently. Unless it's in Barack Obama's own government, the military. So anyway, the Commander-in-Chief, of course, is he saying he's hiding under the covers? Again, it's the inconsistency, the constant inconsistency coming from this government that has fueled fears and some would say irrational fears. I don't know if the fear is so much of Ebola so much as it is of the government's ability to have a consistent policy, a consistent set of guidelines which the president himself does not have. I got to say, it's a very bold move. As they say in Top Gun: bold move, Maverick. For the president to go out there and act that self-righteous while his own military that he runs, that he's the Commander-in-Chief of, that he's the head of, is putting a mandatory 21-day quarantine on troops that don't even treat Ebola patients. It is absurd that the president would act that self-righteous when his own government, his own administration, is conducting the very policies that he's acting so self-righteous to condemn. This is a Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker moment for the president.
