President Obama is always the first to claim that no one is more frustrated, angry, or upset than he is whenever his administration meets a setback. In a lengthy article in Friday’s New York Times, sources at the Ebola meeting for which the president had to cancel a DCCC fundraiser said the president was “visibly angry” at the incompetence on display:
Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key elements of the response.
Those frustrations spilled over when Mr. Obama convened his top aides in the Cabinet room after canceling his schedule on Wednesday. Medical officials were providing information that later turned out to be wrong. Guidance to local health teams was not adequate. It was unclear which Ebola patients belonged in which threat categories.
“It’s not tight,” a visibly angry Mr. Obama said of the response, according to people briefed on the meeting. He told aides they needed to get ahead of events and demanded a more hands-on approach…
Funny how often the NYT runs stories reassuring us that Obama's heart is in the right place or that he's angry about right things.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 18, 2014
I get that White House wants us all to know that Obama is very, very angry about Ebola. But does @nytimes need to help them so credulously?
— Toby Harnden (@tobyharnden) October 18, 2014
Is there actually more than 1 'Obama is so angry' story, or is it just a macro that NYT and others insert for incompetence?
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) October 18, 2014
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Obama is angry again, just like he was about the IRS breach.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 18, 2014
I wrote a while back about Obama’s always being more concerned and angry and upset than everybody else. http://t.co/tmS05ROKqI
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) October 18, 2014
In anyone surprised that days after demanding aides get ahead of events, the president’s hands-on approach to the Ebola crisis involves the shaft of a golf club?
Pres Obama golfing at Ft. Belvoir. Bright sunny Fall day.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/523520105461059584
Seething over Ebola leadership from tee to green RT @markknoller: Pres Obama golfing at Ft. Belvoir. Bright sunny Fall day.
— Pouncing Coder Brad (@bradcundiff) October 18, 2014
@bradcundiff @hleecar @markknoller Strangely more comforting than if he were to be taking a special interest in it.
— Stephen Hollingshead (@PolicyDr) October 18, 2014
.@markknoller Kicked the #Ebola can over to @RonaldKlain and now it's play time AGAIN – before more fundraising
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) October 18, 2014
Did we mention that new Ebola czar Ronald Klain didn’t even call in to Wednesday’s meeting? He must have been busy filling out his Form W-4 or something.
https://twitter.com/proudusafan/status/523520474534666241
@RichardGrenell @markknoller NIH is closer than Ft. Belvoir to White House. Obama should visit Ebola nurse Nina Pham there.
— Kristinn Taylor (@KristinnFR) October 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/523525212437237760
Our "phone it in" President, doing the hard work for America. RT@markknoller: Pres Obama golfing at Ft. Belvoir. Bright sunny Fall day.
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) October 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/RepRepublic/status/523528088563380224
@markknoller Well isn't that special? #Nero
— Texbarb (@texbarb) October 18, 2014
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