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The Ebola Factor: Rick Perry’s popularity soars with his decisive approach
The Washington Times ^ | October 12, 2014 | Jennifer Harper

Posted on 10/13/2014 11:05:23 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Yes, the presence of a deadly disease in Texas has benefited a certain governor. What with intense and alarming media coverage of two Ebola cases in the Lone Star state, Gov. Rick Perry has risen to the opportunity and gotten decisive indeed. It has paid off. Republican attitudes toward Mr. Perry have “improved significantly,” says YouGov polling analyst Kathy Frankovic, who reports that Mr. Perry’s favorability ratings have quickly jumped 16 percentage points — rising from 51 percent in late September to 67 percent by late last week.

While President Obama has yet to appoint an Ebola “czar” to coordinate U.S. response to the disease, Mr. Perry has already launched the “Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response,” complete with an aggressive emergency plan and hands-on director Dr. Brett P. Giroir, who warns of an “interconnected world” and vows that Texas is “fully prepared for the worst-case scenario, no matter what form that may take.”

Mr. Perry’s bodacious moves could burnish his image as a 2016 presidential hopeful, and those promising polling numbers should remain stable for a while, and possibly even improve. He should ready another kind of battle plan, though. None of this has been lost on his critics.

“The only ‘spread of Ebola’ in the U.S. was caused by a private hospital in a red state,” tweeted MSNBC host Joy Reid on Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ebola; election2016; rickperry; taskforce; texas
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To: DoughtyOne

+1


41 posted on 10/13/2014 12:20:55 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: GotMojo

Mary Landrieu


42 posted on 10/13/2014 12:22:42 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: Windflier

Well mate, “”Fantastic, we need some serious attention paid to this aspect of national defense, some real serious attention, and some concrete changes made.”” is a little more meaningful and important about NATIONAL defense than your post on “good hair”, “”And you’re expecting Governor GoodHair to make those changes? Don’t hold your breath, amigo.

There are things about Ebola and national defense and preparedness, and this “Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response” that need to be discussed by Americans nationally.


43 posted on 10/13/2014 12:28:48 PM PDT by ansel12 ( LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nationÂ’s electorate for democrats)
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To: re_nortex

“Texas is uniquely equipped, like no other state, to handle the Ebola outbreak. The medical innovations that came from here would fill pages, including the world’s first heart transplant”

that is news to the world.

http://hearttransplant.com/history.html


44 posted on 10/13/2014 12:34:29 PM PDT by bestintxas
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To: Bigg Red

Thanks.


45 posted on 10/13/2014 12:35:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: bestintxas

That was probably one of the dumbest statements ever


46 posted on 10/13/2014 12:35:32 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Mine or his?

If mine, please let me know how.


47 posted on 10/13/2014 12:36:31 PM PDT by bestintxas
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To: bestintxas
My error and I'll own up to it. It was the nation's first heart transplant that was performed in Texas. America has (or at least had until Obamacare) the best healthcare system in the world. And Texas was, is and will be at the forefront when it comes to medical care and innovations.
48 posted on 10/13/2014 12:43:45 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: re_nortex

I don’t disagree with your statements.

Am just trying to reduce the erroneous claims, as the South Africans may put issue to that one.


49 posted on 10/13/2014 12:52:33 PM PDT by bestintxas
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

50 posted on 10/13/2014 1:03:45 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“The only ‘spread of Ebola’ in the U.S. was caused by a private hospital in a red state,” tweeted MSNBC host Joy Reid on Sunday.

That is an amazingly politicized twist on the facts. “The only spread of Ebola in the U.S., so far, was caused by a total lack of border protection and immigration control by a far left racist who doesn't care about white people. The detail that the bio-weapon Obama permitted into our country then attacked Texas rather than another state is minor compared with Obama's decision to let that liar into our country.

51 posted on 10/13/2014 1:04:08 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Why would I want to attach this lead weight to Ted Cruz.

I can think of three reasons, but I forgot what they were while I was posting this.

52 posted on 10/13/2014 1:08:54 PM PDT by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: Sequoyah101
I’m here in Texas. What has he done that is so decisive?

Sounds like the same hooey we were fed in 2012, about Obama and Hurricane Sandy.

"He was there, in the vicinity of the action...looking like a leader."

53 posted on 10/13/2014 1:10:52 PM PDT by Bettyprob
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To: basil

what will you be voting for him?

President?

Ha!

Guardasil, Trans-Texas Corridor, and relatives hired by firms lobbying the state of Texas.

Tried for 8 years to get a spanish construction firm to build the TTC, which would have claimed imminent domain. Forced injections of STD vaccine for 12 year old schoolgirl.

What a loon


54 posted on 10/13/2014 1:11:28 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: bestintxas

his, sorry


55 posted on 10/13/2014 1:14:27 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: lonevoice

I like that response. I’m nearing the years when I’m going to have to keep it on file just in case I forget the snappy come-back. Then I’ll forget where I filed it

Darn!


56 posted on 10/13/2014 1:16:53 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: BereanBrain
Add to your list Perry endorsed Dewhurst meaning he opposed Ted Cruz, he endorsed RINO Mitch McConnell, the man who has publicly waged war on the TEA Party and he praised Hillary as a "Great Secretary of State (see my tagline).

Perry is not conservative and he will never be presidential material.

57 posted on 10/13/2014 1:17:47 PM PDT by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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To: BereanBrain

That was a typo, believe me. Basil is no fan of Perry.


58 posted on 10/13/2014 1:19:07 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things! Lord, please make Nina whole..)
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To: ansel12
There are things about Ebola and national defense and preparedness, and this “Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response” that need to be discussed by Americans nationally.

No disagreement with that, just don't get too hopeful about the level of serious, effective response from Perry and his 'task force'. The man's a politician, above all else.

If he and his 'task force' are serious about stopping this thing, the first thing they'll do is stop air travelers with Hot Spot passports from disembarking in Texas. Doubt that they will, though. Perry's in lockstep agreement with Obama's open door policy.

59 posted on 10/13/2014 1:25:29 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

So you don’t like Perry, you already told me that.

We only learned of the “Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response” minutes ago and you have already read it’s future and now want to share your knowledge of the task force, got it.


60 posted on 10/13/2014 1:41:09 PM PDT by ansel12 ( LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nationÂ’s electorate for democrats)
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