'Clown!' This absurd attempt at Ebola competence from Amb. Power is unbelievably idiotic [photos]

Well, that is an evergreen statement. But what sparked it today? Oh, just this absurdity from Ambassador Power:

Pic of bumping elbows—vs shaking hands—w/ Liberian Pres Sirleaf. Key part of #EbolaResponse is altering our behavior. pic.twitter.com/OcJ6bZEc6E

— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) October 29, 2014

Oh, well then! Y’all are totally on it. A hashtag AND bumping elbows? Whew! Crisis averted.

"#Ebola handshake" US Ambassador to UN @AmbassadorPower with WHO rep in Monrovia, Liberia http://t.co/2cbrddzQFH v/@EchoOfIndia

— Sudarshan Banerjee (@additiyom) October 29, 2014

Embarrassing hashtag diplomacy meets Ebola. Now with more fail.

errr, wut? mt @AmbassadorPower
Pic of bumping elbows w/Pres Sirleaf. Key part of #EbolaResponse is altering behavior pic.twitter.com/dSiBBd9UkT

— Bitchcoin (@SubMedina) October 30, 2014

The right message?
"@AmbassadorPower: elbowbump-vs handshake…Key part of #EbolaResponse is altering behavior. pic.twitter.com/6IUma9OFxr”

— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) October 30, 2014

Perhaps a racist message …

Obama hugged a healed Ebola patient. Samantha Power can only elbow-bump with Ellen Sirleaf. Is this racist? Ha! pic.twitter.com/0i4hzNrP1y

— афиногенов ? (@iFortknox) October 30, 2014

So now all black people have #Ebola ? #Racist@APDiploWriter @AmbassadorPower pic.twitter.com/kCKMKrKva3

— Beelzebub’s Tesseract (@CJHerod) October 30, 2014

Heh.

Careful, @AmbassadorPower, many people sneeze in their elbow these days.

— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) October 29, 2014

Double fail! Well, here’s an exit suggestion for you, Amb. Power:

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Perhaps the "Knee Bump" is in order.

Let's have a UN resolution to alter world behaviour.@1776BetsyRoss @AmbassadorPower

— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) October 30, 2014

Stay tuned!

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