This week’s Mainstream Media Scream features Van Jones, co-host of CNN’s “Crossfire,” on ABC urging Democrats to use Ebola as a campaign talking point against the GOP.
On Sunday’s “This Week” panel on ABC, Jones, a former Obama aide, said:
“Well, we’ve to get our base going. The other thing, too, is that we can’t let the Republicans get away with some of the stuff they’re doing this week, just trying to bash Obama. Hey, you know, government is always your enemy until you need a friend.
“This Ebola thing is the best argument you can make for the kind of government that we believe in. A year ago, Ted Cruz shut down America’s government, shut down the CDC over shenanigans. What if that happened this year?
“You got to start putting the Republicans on the defensive for the fact that they believe that you can take a wrecking ball to America’s government, never pay a price. Obamacare means that 8 million people who couldn’t have gone to the doctor last year, if they feel sick today, they would if they got Obama[care], they can go see the doctor. The Democrats have got to start talking like that.”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick: “Jones has taken to heart Rahm Emanuel’s admonition that ‘You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.’ In this instance, urging fellow Democrats to exploit the fear of widespread agonizing deaths from Ebola to sell the wonders of Obamacare and the benefits of government. Sounds like he’s the one with a crisis of ideas and rational arguments.”
Rating: Five out of five screams.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
