re: #347 Mattand

As a New Jersey resident, allow me to register my utter disgust that my governor is basically torturing a woman because Ebola booga booga.

If you ever needed a more perfect description of how the GOP operates these days (fear and ignorance masquerading as leadership), here you go.

And Christie is what passes for one of the moderate ones. We are so fucked if these people get control of government again.

As Charles has pointed out, this is one issue where Democrats are little if at all better. It’s really not about either party, its about the media and the public. Right now, the public in New York and New Jersey is in a media-driven panic about Ebola. The governors of those states are trying to get ahead of the panicked herd so they can be seen as leading. Most politicians would (and are) doing likewise. Those that don’t will be seen as callous to public fears and risk receiving the dreaded label “out of touch”.