Marc Thiessen is worried about Ebola you guys pic.twitter.com/b1BB2ymEtA
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 21, 2014
Mark Thiessen, former speechwriter for George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, is very worried! From the NYTimes, this morning:
… Ebola has dominated the news this month.
But it’s still not the No. 1. concern among Americans, according to a Gallup survey released Tuesday, although viral fears have cracked the top 10. About 5 percent of respondents said Ebola was their top concern (tied with education and the Islamic State).
The findings raise questions of how effective Ebola and the threat from the Islamic State will be as campaign issues when voters head to the polls in two weeks.
Ebola ranks sixth on the list of concerns, with the old standbys — the economy (17 percent), government dissatisfaction (16 percent) and unemployment (10 percent) — as the top three, according to Gallup…
Real-life CDC notice: pic.twitter.com/qSFj5eURi6
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 21, 2014
And here I was, wondering if Thiessen would like a chlorox chaser with his nice cool glass of STFU.
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Apart from marveling at the persistent malignity of certain primitive life forms, what’s on the agenda for the evening?
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