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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:47 AM Original message |
Obama's choice of Gupta says a lot. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. I dont trust a damn thing that comes out of that hacks mouth. |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. you don't but the rest of America does |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Not the ones with whom he has to work. The job involves a lot more than going on TV. |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Please do not assume that I am in your "rest of America". |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. You wouldn't trust anything any of these big pharma hacks say. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Good point. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. But he'll no longer be a pharma lackey. |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. i agree with you |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Surgeon General is not a medical position, it is a public health position. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. You have a good point there. And I like it that CNN is kind of boxed |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. That's exactly the point. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. A trusted public figure? He's a corporate hack who lied about a documentary. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Anything to back that up? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. My personal experience in the health care field. Gupta is a celebrity but not respected in his field |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. funny |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. To you, that's what he is. To most of America, he's a known TRUSTED source |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. My views represent the majority of people in the health care fields. |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Examples? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Most of America Is An Idiot-Strewn Wasteland |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Discussion about this particular topic has revealed the same about much of DU. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. you should have higher self esteem |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. to the rest of America, James Carville was the voice of the Dem party on TV from 2000-2008 |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. To most of America..... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Judge Judy for Attorney General!! |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Yeah, she's "trusted" by millions. Sign her up NOW, Barack! |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. He's not qualified to lead the PHS |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. I umderstand that aspect, but, it also tells me that corporate media determines who gets the mic and |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That's partly the Democratic party's fault. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
19. A doctor was on one of the morning shows. Just giddy about the choice |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
20. I couldn't be more pleased with Obama's choice. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. how informative. nt |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. He also still performs surgery on a regular basis |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. If only the Surgeon General had anything to do with surgery. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. he's a liar and a libeler. nt |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. Gupta's stance on marijuana is |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I assume it takes no smarts to get an MD, to get published, to get on a medical faculty |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm convinced now that Gupta is a bad pick. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm with you. People here act like Gupta would be setting drug prices and denying insurance claims |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. When the Insurance/Drug Complex slides the knife in our back |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. The Feepers think he's too far left.... |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. i agree |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'll be sure to remember than when my "entitlements", Social Security and |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. When asshat Gupta went out of his way to try to discredit M. Moore's facts in Sicko, |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Dr Dean applauded the pick today |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Because he is a gentleman and has manners |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Interesting that you accuse Howard Dean of lying.... |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. And show me where I said Howard Dean was lying... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. I would argue that he makes a good spokesperson but |
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