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Yes, but is there some money we can throw at this problem?

Obviously, George Bush is behind swine flu.

I'm sure that Kathleen Sebelius would be confirmed anyway,eve if this flu outbreak wasn't making headlines. Leave it to the right wing nut jobs like Glenn Beck to say that this is all a ruse to get her confirmed and that there is no flu outbreak problem! How anybody could make that statement with a straight face is beyond me! Beck has taken his rightfull place and dethroned Limbaugh.......if only temporarily.....as king of the right wing idiots! Fools like Beck ought to be thrown off television and put in a home where they can be monitored 24/7!

Far right Republicans have become the sheep running heedlessly off the cliff. Some of the things that are being said by Hannity, Limbaugh and Beck are unbeliveable. If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny. Beck was upset this morning because Obama is not causing enough panic about swine flu.

If the Republicans keep listing to the 10-15% they will be lost. Move on with the appointment.

3....2.....1.....and then we find out her and Geithner had a "Don't Pay our Taxes Party" last year at one of their estates.

If the swine flu was any real threat, maybe there would be the need to appoint her right away and disregard her qualifications. However, there is not a crisis yet. Sixty people have gotten sick. There are more sicknesses and death from the regular flu a year, like over 100,000. They don't ever consider that a health care scare. This is another tool being used by Obama to ram through his agenda.

CNN, probably won't post this, since it is anit-democratic.

Get anybody other than Janet Napolitano on this 'swine-caused disaster'.

We need Sebelius to be confirmed NOW.

She will help counter the right wing extremists who oppose a woman's 13th amendment right to be free from slavery (providing involuntary physical servitude/service to a parasitic mass of cells within her uterus). We must put the bigoted Repubs in their place.

We need Ms. Sebelius at work...now. But Republicans just don't care about the health and safety of Americans. This is, after all, the party that gave us Hurricane Katrina.

The Department of Health and Human Services has in place all kinds of contingency plans. While I'm sure it will function well without a Secretary, it would be better if the GOP would stop blocking votes on President Obama's nominees.

As for the swine flu, yes, the numbers are pretty small at this time; however, there are already over 100 reported deaths in Mexico, and it won't be long before we will probably get a few, ourselves. The real crux of the problem is that it appears to be strongly contagious, we don't have an immunization against it, it is possibly airborn within a small area, and with our global travel ability, can infect dozens of countries literally overnight. While I understand that 50 cases does not seem like much, scenarios speculating on the flu epidemic of 1917 that killed hundreds of millions worldwide place something like four cases as instrumental in the spread initially. Our President's suggestion to keep calm but to stay aware is wise. Avoid travel to Mexico at this time. At the first sign of flu-like symptoms, see a doctor. Stay home from work or school if you feel ill with flu-like symptoms. Cover your mouth and nose if you sneeze, and wash hands frequently.

In this country, we tend to under rate influenza, but it is a leading cause of pandemic deaths worldwide. And this one seems to be seeking out a different target - instead of the very young and old whose immune systems are not developed or are compromised, it is affecting the healthy. That IS a frightening development.

How have 90 cases been confirmed worldwide, yet over 140 have died in well over 1000 cases in Mexico alone?

Regardless, its just a flu, let's not blow it out of proportion the way the panic-mongers at a certain network are trying to do.

And Mike in Dallas: lol : )

People like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity’s blame President Obama for the Swine Flu outbreak. Rush Limbaugh even blamed President Obama for the earth quake that hit Mexico a couple of days ago. That "Lard Butt" fails to realize that some place on earth shakes with every step he takes. This is about a dumb as it gets. It seems that if President Obama does something good and right, people like Limbaugh and Hannity’s may not be able to criticize him for it but they will not give him credit for it. They will come up with some reason it would have worked out even if President Obama had done nothing.

I guess if his daughters work and study hard and get all A's and B's in school, he and his wife will be accused of paying for those grades or the girls will have gotten those grades out of fear of reprisal from the White House. This is so crazy. No President has ever been treated this way in all of history. I will not label it as Racism because I am Black and people like Limbaugh and Hannity’s expect that from me so I will leave it to Whites to apply the Racism label to this issue.

Once again Republicans standing in the way 21 percent and Falling soon there will be no GOP!

I guess this means she won't be giving the commencement address at Notre Dame anytime soon!

I hope everyone realizes this flu strain is synthetic. main stream media is downplaying but the fact is that it is impossible that the mixture happend naturally.

Another example of Republicans trying to what isn't best for our Nation!

You have to wonder why it took so long to get to this confirmation. The 2 Senators from Kansas were so glad to get her out of the 2010 senate race, as well as most other Republican senators, that this was always a forgone conclusion.

Limbaugh said yesterday that the reason Mexico has a flu outbreak, and that the reason they had an earthquake, is because Obama made a visit down there. He also said it is Obama's fault because a lot of the newspapers in the country are going out of business. My guess is that either Limbaugh, or Hannity, are taking their info from each other.

How soon will it be before we learn this one hasn't paid her taxes either.

The republicans will cut their own nose off to spite their face.

Good. This key position, should and need be filled soon.

Grow up republicans, it took a health emergency to get you off your butts....... no one cares anymore what the GOP says or stands for.....

WHEW! Glad to hear Democrats will be using this crisis to ram through their nominees and agenda.

Yes – let's get angry at Republicans... because had Seblius been approved... NONE of this swine-flu would have happened!!

(eyes rolling)

The fear-mongering blamed on Bush pales in comparison to the shameless Obama Administration and you bleating sheeple.

Oh, I'm sure Sebelius will have a cure by tomorrow.

If there's one thing that will cure a potential pandemic, it's appointing some idiot to a cabinet post.

It's not about Obama saving the world from swine flu , it's about having the proper people in place before these things happen. Republicans have been putting up road blocks and dragging feet since the election, for cheap political positioning. The timing of world events are going to bite them in the a#&. Lets see.............................
We don't need volcano monitoring....check , one Alaskan volcano
Obama is weak on terrorism......check , three dead pirates
Blocking the nomination of HHS nominee because a doctor who performs abortions donated to her campaign......check , one swine flu pandemic.The new GOP 21% and falling.

And for some unforeseen reason now Palin backers are trying to block the nomination? What gives here, sour grapes?

What gives this swine flu outbreak fidelity is the economic descion people will make when given the option to work or expose themselves to a misunderstood influenza

And it is about time! Looks as though Kathleen Sebelius will finally be confirmed as our Health czar.

Where but in the Republican Party could we find politicians blocking someone like Sebelius from public office in a time of crisis. The NO Party strikes again! Way to go boys and girls!

The only thing worse than the swine flu in the past 8-years has been Republican control of our economy and the White House with good ole Dicky and Bushy.

Global warming, capitalism, the UK, swine flu, secret ballots in union elections, quality health care... Obama is helping us get rid of everything he hates. Too bad the rest of us don't get to have any say.

If the conservatives put as much compassion on the rights of the living as they do the rights of the unborn, maybe – just maybe – this country could accomplish greatness again.

Yet Another Tax Cheat!....and a ...

Radical Extremist who advocates protection of late-term abortions

Radical Extremist who argues against the infant protection act to protect babies who are actually born during a failed abortion procedure

Socialist who will aggressively push through nationalized, socialist health care

Sorry, not the person we need in place and pushing through her nomination just because of the flu outbreak would be pure stupidity!!!

Approve her nomination and stop stalling, Republicans!

To hold up a nomination over the right wing views of the republicans is one more example of how stupid anybody associated with the republicans are. Witness recent pollinf like washpo/abc where 21% of people identify as republican. You had 8 years of a theocracy that was sheer hypocrisy based on the incredible criminality associated with the bush era. NYT article this week showing the decline of cnn in prime time ratings to fourth shows me that my switch to msnbc was vindicated based on my frustration with the shift to the right in the programming of cnn. You have an enormous number of Bush officials on your payroll as contributors which really decreases your credibility and makes cnn complicit in the bush administrations criminality by giving them a platform.

Sebelius.....Another tax cheat,and her husband a judge? whats wrong with the Democratic party,Can't they find an Honest person for appointment to HHS position?She should not be confirmed,she broke the law...

I wonder how long the Senate wishes to wait to vote her in?

How long is long enough?

Oh my God!! 90 cases world wide.

Worldwide there are 5000 case of Lou Gehrig's disease. When are we going to deal with this pandemic?

So they are going to stop standing in the way? Maybe not...

there is no way with 20 mill in mexico city and only 1 mill doses in mexico city this can be contained quickly

She should be approved and her first act should be to tell the President of Texas, Perry, that he will get vaccines after all the 49 other states are fully stocked.

Foreign aid should only take place after the domestic needs have been fulfilled.

Enter GOPers stage right, blabbering about a swine flu conspiracy to get Sebelius appointed and "soshulyze" US health care...

NC is getting rid of another republican senator next year.

Oh gee....I feel so much better now.
Somehow this will end up being hyped that Obama will save the world from the swine flu.

Sean Hannity blamed Obama for flu breakout so they would push vote through for Kathleen for Secty of Health. Repubs are just noisy without a voice

Guess it took a national health emergency to get the republicans to move forward. And, only because of the negative publicity they would get if they continued on with their irresponsible behavior.
American voters, since they totally ignore us, our country and our needs to survive, the only way we can stop their hypocrasy is to make sure everyone of them is voted out come next elections.